More Math Your Way

Students will start by showing me what they do know about math.  Then, we will build on the basics - being able to add numbers quickly and correctly.  Next, if the student desires to make this into a multi-day course, we will work on understanding subtraction and how it is related to addition.  After addition and subtraction are comfortable processes, then multiplication will be addressed, first as a concept (what it is and why we use it) and then working on facts.  After multiplication facts become comfortable, then we will approach multi-digit multiplication.  Finally, we could look at division - first understanding what it is and why we use it, and then practicing examples in growing complexity as the knowledge base grows.

Homework is specific to the concept discussed in that meeting (i.e. addition problems with double digit numbers, if that is what we discussed in class) and a small to moderate amount (fewer than 10 problems at a time).  The emphasis would always be on quality of work, and understanding the process, rather than quantity.  Homework should take no more than 10 minutes.

As we go along, I will teach Dutch how to check his own work.

55 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.