A lovely start to the day. Looks are deceiving. Over my shoulder was a mass of grey YUK rapidly heading towards us. And now…
Wet, cold, grey and just grisly.
Another thing which is grisly here is DECIMAL POINTS.
Hawklad is dyslexic. That’s both letters and NUMBERS. 4,6,7 and 9’s can be difficult for him. Somedays they are fine others not so good. This is so frustrating as he is really good at Maths.
Something which is never fine are those pesky DECIMAL POINTS. He just can’t process them. He can do really complex calculations yet struggles to do the simplest additions if you introduce DECIMALS. When it comes to schooling it’s just keeping those fingers crossed that DECIMALS just don’t appear. They can mess up Maths, Science, Geography and Computing lessons.
His Maths Assessment Scores fluctuate according to those pesky dots. His last score was 60% as there was a large section on rounding up decimals and standard notation. He did another paper yesterday. This time only one decimal appeared. From what I can see he got that question wrong but was perfect on the other 16 questions. That paper as a final in 2 and a half years time would be so cool for him.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
My granddaughter can’t do math. 16 years old can’t tell the time, or make change.
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Hawklad struggles with time as well. Can understand how long say 90 minutes is but not what 12.30 is. Spookily I have done a post about that which if WP stops messing about will come out Sunday now.
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Those decimal places are pesky. They get Catelyn every time. D is just learning them – but he never really learned multiplication or division, so trying to step into this new world is a nightmare. Yet, with the help of his aid, he is getting 100% on his tests. Ugggggghhhh.
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100% is Fantastic. But it is so frustrating. Telling the time is another one. Trying to write a post about it but not happy with the tone.
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Yes, we so want to emphasize what he is really good in! You’re doing great!
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Thank you x
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That must be elating for you.
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Definitely
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👍👍😍
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Decimals do suck.
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Definitely. I must admit they don’t come naturally to me. I need to look at them for at least 10 seconds before the mind reads them. x
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Does he understand fractions? Could he just convert the decimals to fractions? Or is the whole thing just horrible because of his dyslexia?
It must be SOOOO frustrating for him trying to decipher written words & numbers.
They are testing Ben at school, his yearly IEP Meeting is coming up. I guess he’s cooperating with the testing🤷🏼♀️ his teacher said he’s doing good.
I wish Hawklad would just choose Homeschooling and be done, so you guys could move on. It would be so much better for him. It would boost his confidence to do well, pass tests, stop doing stupid spelling tests🙄🤦🏼♀️
He’s obviously a smart kid, he needs an education tailored to him.
Okay… I’ll stop ranting now🤐🤐🤐😂💌💌💌
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Not as bad as decimals. He can do them (not perfectly) but need to keep relearning the techniques. xxx
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I was always good at any kind of math…except oral arithmetic. I could not do that for the life of me. My Grade 4 teacher recommended my mother get a book to work with me at home. I just could not calculate that stuff in my head. Give me paper and I was great, but I just couldn’t do it without. So I can feel for your son. It is frustrating to say the least.
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I guess we all have grey areas like that.
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I know how he feels! I recently attended one math class, turns out they shouldn’t have placed me in it. I took back the work book with me anyone, it was just paper. Going through it, it actually made me want to relearn math’s, especially since they had the answers in the back, lol. I can just work backwards, lol
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Funnily enough I learn better working back from the answer.
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Me too, lol
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Xxx
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So frustrating. It seems as though dyslexia is more widespread than it used to be, or is it that these days it is more recognized?
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I guess it’s more looked for.
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I’m sorry about Hawklad’s decimal point and math woes. My son’s math lessons involve those pesky dots lately, too. My son has dyslexia that affects him in language arts and math. But thankfully he doesn’t flip numbers or letters around. What he can’t seem to do is memorize times tables. He has to constantly calculate by adding multiple times. And the steps used for long division are such a burden to try to remember. Anything that takes several steps is too burdensome – like when adding fractions with different denominators by having to calculate a common denominator, then calculate equivalent fractions, then add, and finally reduce the final answer.
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It’s amazing the ways the kids find to get to the answer. Yes maybe longer but so creative
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Creative indeed! Outside the box thinkers!
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Sometimes you have to
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Dad, have you tried finding help online? A Google search listed the following website. Perhaps there are others more appropriate for your needs.
https://homeschoolingwithdyslexia.com/dyslexia-mastering-math/
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Will check this out, thanks.
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Those pesky little dots! I have always hated decimals 😡
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Can we ban them
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Ooh yes please. Surely we don’t need them?
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It’s a winning policy
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Sorry to hear about the frustration Hawklad is experiencing and so glad the second paper only had the one question involving the devilish dots.
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It does so help.
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I have absolutely no doubt about that – poor kid. Hope it gets more manageable.
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Fingers crossed
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