She has actually always been pretty fast with calculations, though, so it's surprising to see her slow. One thing that has been psyching her out ths year is that this teacher is REALLY into showing your work, and neatly. DD is freaked out about this, esp after having a teacher last year who did not require work to be shown at all (DD took full advantage of that). I have caught her carefully writing out things like 3 x 4 = 12 and had to be like--uh, DD, the teacher knows you know that! She isn't sure what is required to show because she has no concept of what is "normal" to need to show.