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Son's teacher needs to go back to school
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No, there's nothing wrong with making mistakes, but you should also accept when you're wrong as well.
I'm quite happy to be challenged when I make mistakes (I mentioned before parents gleefully correcting me writing the wrong year in reading diaries and winding me up about it) - indeed sometimes I intentionally ham it up and make mistakes to get the kids to notice I've done so (I tend to do that more with phonics though - so I'll model writing "cup" and actually write "cut" and ask them if it's right - cue uproar and giggles that they've caught me out).
I'll also model double-checking something I'm not sure of - I let kids see me try out spellings on a corner of the whiteboard and double-checking with a dictionary before committing myself to the correct one (I'm one of those people who tends to need to see a word written down to know it's spelt properly rather than being able to spell it outloud), and with maths I'll make sure they see me checking answers by performing the inverse operation... or if using a calculator on the IWB - I'll make a point of showing them that I've estimated the answer in my head first to make sure I've put everything into the calculator correctly... because mistakes are part of the learning process as well - and I think learning the skills to track back where you've gone wrong in a process is as useful a skill as getting it right every time.
If the kids catch me out on something I've got wrong - then they've taught me something, they've shown me they've learnt something - we all profit - I'm sure as heck not infallible!Little miracle born April 2012, 33 weeks gestation and a little toughie!0 -
Ok I suck at maths, BIG TIME
Can I just check
< means less than 7 < 17
> means greater than. 17 > 7
I have been remembering it by thinking that the less than sign looks a bit like an L and the greater than sign could be made into a b if put a line in front of it.
Just looking at what I have written there brings me out in a cold sweat!Nevertheless she persisted.0 -
Interesting arguments throughout the thread, but the origianl post about the homework wasn't really in doubt and I'm afraid I wouldn't have let the teacher get away with a wooly answer on basics like that
There will now be children who think that reading a mathemeatical statement from left to right (at 8 years old don't forget) who think that ">" means less than which it NEVER does read from left to right. The homework clearly (to me anyway) means you place each of those numbers in front of the statement to see if they are true and then place then in the relevant set of numbers within the Venn diagram
Onlyroz's posts spell it out well that statements may be inferred to mean something else by equivalence but that is far more advanced than this homework0 -
You've got it right. The way I remember it [mentioned in an earlier post] is that < and > have little ends and big ends. The big number lives at the big end and the little number lives at the little end.Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »Ok I suck at maths, BIG TIME
Can I just check
< means less than 7 < 17
> means greater than. 17 > 7
I have been remembering it by thinking that the less than sign looks a bit like an L and the greater than sign could be made into a b if put a line in front of it.
Just looking at what I have written there brings me out in a cold sweat!Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
Being Wednesday, it's Numeracy homework day again. The littluns brought their books home and I flicked back to the homework mentioned in the OP.
The teachers has stuck a white sticker over the comments saying the boys were wrong and changed it to "Good work", and given them house points as well.
One important thing to remember is that when you get to the end of this sentence, you'll realise it's just my sig.0 -
Good job!
(and well done)"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
Never mind the house points, he should be giving them his day's pay for last Wednesday.halibut2209 wrote: »Being Wednesday, it's Numeracy homework day again. The littluns brought their books home and I flicked back to the homework mentioned in the OP.
The teachers has stuck a white sticker over the comments saying the boys were wrong and changed it to "Good work", and given them house points as well.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
DVardysShadow wrote: »Never mind the house points, he should be giving them his day's pay for last Wednesday.
If OP's child is like my DD, she would gladly take house points over cash anyday!!
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It's time to get the kids' teachers their christmas presents tomorrow. Mrs H wants to get him a box of chocolates, but I'm tempted to splash out on this
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Are you sure that this was not the root of the initial problem?halibut2209 wrote: »It's time to get the kids' teachers their christmas presents tomorrow. Mrs H wants to get him a box of chocolates, but I'm tempted to splash out on this [Maths for Dummies]Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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