How do you know if your child has mastered her math facts? I know that there is a lot of talk about the importance of memorizing our math facts. Is it really as important as everyone says that it is? Does my child need to know what 6 x 8 is without a calculator? […]
Today is the 5th Monday of the month. These are the odd weeks. The shifting week. Starting with one month and ending with another, you never know quite which month you are supposed to act in. Which month’s goals do you focus on? Which month’s bills do you pay? This is the week that I
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When I was a child my mother told me that the secret to cooking was following the directions. Whether she was right or not, I can’t attest for my cooking never amounted to much and neither did my ability to follow directions. Even if my cooking doesn’t follow the directions, I have found that some
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We’ve looked at ANI charts. We’ve started the procedure for systematically writing a great essay. What about math problems? Especially those pesky word problems? Working with a word problems is the unraveling of a great essay. Essentially, we take all of the information in the problem, filter it, draw it, organize it, and make conclusions
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If you’ve been in Amanda’s writer’s society for any length of time, you’ve definitely heard the term ANI chart. ANI is an acronym that stands for Affirmative, negative, and interesting information about a specific issue. The idea of creating an ANI chart around a thesis is from the writing program called The Lost Tools of
