kitchen table math, the sequel: help desk

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

help desk

I just had an email from a reader who is looking for those fantastic planets instructivist posted a while back, which I now can't find.

grrr....

She wants to print them out for a student, and of course I had Big Plans afoot to show them to Chris.

dang

Does anyone remember the general time frame instructivist posted those?

I'm thinking summer?


update 10-3-07:

Concerned has the link:

Relatively Speaking


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15 comments:

concernedCTparent said...

My kids just asked to see them this week.... synchronicity again?

http://instructivist.blogspot.com/2007/07/relatively-speaking.html

October 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM
concernedCTparent said...

So, can I expect a funky door prize for being the first to respond? :)

October 3, 2007 at 3:01 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

I should start snapping up copies of out-of-print William J. Kerrigan for prizes.

October 3, 2007 at 3:05 PM
Redkudu said...

"I should start snapping up copies of out-of-print William J. Kerrigan for prizes."

Can you get your hands on one? I'll pay for it. :)

October 3, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

They're gone???

October 3, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Here's the ISBN:

Writing to the Point
Fourth Edition
William J. Kerrigan
Allan A. Metcalf
ISBN: 0-15-598313-X
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1987

I just bought used copies of all his other books (one on reading, too).

October 3, 2007 at 4:31 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

btw, I pulled together everything I have on Kerrigan into a long but coherently organized email for a friend (a SEGMENTED email!); I'll copy you on it.

I'm pretty sure you can use the method without having the book from this email alone.

Better to have the book, but most folks could get started with this email.

October 3, 2007 at 4:33 PM
concernedCTparent said...
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October 3, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

Actually, I believe he developed this program when he taught at Iowa State in the 1950s.

I assume he's dead - am trying to find out who owns the copyright.

October 3, 2007 at 5:27 PM
concernedCTparent said...

Well that would make infinitely more sense, wouldn't it. It would be great to see his work widely available. Goodness knows how much this type of instruction is needed (and sorely missing) in our schools.

October 3, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

We've had the Reading Wars & the Math Wars.

It's probably time to start the Writing Wars.

The funny thing is, I think one parent has already started the Writing Wars, and she happens to live in a neighboring town.

Barbara Feinberg, in Hastings.

October 4, 2007 at 6:26 AM
SteveH said...

"The funny thing is, I think one parent has already started the Writing Wars, and she happens to live in a neighboring town."

Do you have a link?

October 4, 2007 at 6:41 AM
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October 11, 2007 at 8:32 PM
concernedCTparent said...

Thanks to Instructivist, this took place earlier today somewhere in CT:

5 Year Old: "Mommy, do you know how much I love you?"

Mommy: "How much?"

5 Year Old: "I love you as much as Betelgeuse."

Mommy: "Well sweetie, I love you as much as Antares."

October 11, 2007 at 8:35 PM
Karen A said...

Q. What does Paul McCartney drink for breakfast?
A. Betelgeuse (Beatle juice)
(After all, he used to be quite a star . . . )

Actually, that's a great story!

October 11, 2007 at 9:13 PM

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