Originally Posted by 2giftgirls
have you tried Post It Notes on the papers?

Oh, there's a thought! Thanks!

Wouldn't have helped her a bit on last Friday's math test, on which she got no credit for 3 of the problems because the instructions (which she didn't read) required that she show her work in a particular way. They're doing a whole unit on estimating using different techniques, and she has the "why bother estimating when it's just as easy to solve the problem" thing going on.

No winning with kids sometimes! smile