The gifted teacher is having some trouble with the way my DS9 is doing his 4 digit addition and subtraction. She said he is getting it right but not doing it the quick way.
The principal said he is having trouble with his multiplication. I said, does he not know them or is it an understanding issue? She responded with something My DH and I did not understand. She said that's just right for him developmentally to not know this.
He recently did a sheet of multiplication at school with it all correct except he skipped a row by mistake. He could do multiplication in K.
I think some of this different ways of thinking in Math are about being gifted and coping with not enough challenge.
I'm confused about how/why he might be having a problem with multiplication. Any thoughts on helping with this or my children and school dealing with creativity in Math?
Last edited by onthegomom; 11/05/09 07:33 AM.
