kitchen table math, the sequel: truc

Monday, November 26, 2007

truc

Some of you will remember back when we coached C., then age 10 I think, to answer all open-ended math questions with the words:

I used a strategy of guess and check and then I looked for a pattern.


Yesterday we were frantically trying to teach C. how to write in time for him to take the ISEE test next Saturday, and we came up with two sure-fire trucs:

  • The final paragraph should being with the word "Finally."
  • The concluding sentence or paragraph should begin with the words "For all of these reasons."

It works.

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