This week Andrew got honored at school for being a Math Master. I am not exactly sure what this means for other grades but for 2nd grade it meant that he has already passed his addition and subtraction test (standardized test they have to successfully complete at the end of the year) and now he has moved on to multiplication. Every day the students in his class do a time test that drills on math facts. Once you have passed the addition you move on to subtraction. And after you have passed the subtraction test you move on to multiplication. The test that he took yesterday included all multiplication facts up to the 9's. He didn't know those ones so he skipped a lot. But I am pretty impressed that he has a good handle on the 2's and 3's. I mean, he is only 7. So now we will begin the drilling of multiplication tables. His teacher sent home two different methods of learning multiplication facts yesterday. One was learning the facts to the tune of a song and the other was a chart to look at. Any guesses which one appealed to my Andrew more? If you guessed the chart you would be correct. He is so incredibly literal sometimes. It will be interesting to see how the test pans out as the year goes on.
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