Isaac did not do well on a math test. For homework he had to correct his errors, explain where he made his mistakes and give the correct answer.
As I was making dinner he was sitting at the kitchen table struggling. So when dinner was done I asked him to show me his test and explain the missed problems to me.
Now, I have no idea how to do these pre-algebra problems, and negative numbers have never made any sense to me. But after discussing each problem, including allowing ourselves to say "when would I even need this?!", we worked through them, and with Isaac's knowledge of the "rules" and my problem solving skills and logic, we did it.
I think Isaac feels better, and I am right proud of myself!
that's one smart grandmother. Both my engineer husband and myself who started college as a math major too many years ago tried to help my teenage grand daughter with pre-calculus and we were BOTH stumped.
ReplyDeleteWell, glad that my kids and grandkids never ask me, the dummy, about math.
ReplyDeleteGood for you, I'm impressed. So grateful my grand's mom is good with math. I used to write educational math programs, much has changed.
ReplyDeleteYou should be proud. It's a good thing my grandchildren don't have to count on me for help with school, especially math. We would all be in trouble.
ReplyDeleteA proud moment, I am so glad my grandchildren are too young for homework and such.
ReplyDeleteGood job, both of you! Solving math problems is like solving mysteries.
ReplyDeleteSO glad I don't have to deal with modern math. Congratulations! I'm sure Isaac benefitted a great deal from the one-on-on with you.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! I was a math teacher, but switched to Language arts as I found math was too subject orientated to develop a good relationship with kids.
ReplyDeleteYay for you, helping Isaac with his Math and at the same time doing a little bonding. That's what the best kind of Grandmothers get to do.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of "helping" my step-son, Tyler, who was in an advanced calculus class when we went to Honduras and I homeschooled the kids. When he said he was having problems with math, I thought I might have a heart attack. But I bravely asked him to explain it to me, and by about the third time through, he discovered what he had done wrong. It was still all Greek to me, but I kept asking him what he thought it all meant, and he was able to work it out. Whew!
ReplyDeleteGood for you! I would have told him that his grandfather would have to help him!
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely a terrific grandma. I would leave all math things to Art.
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