Last year one of my students was struggling with his multiplication facts, and this year I decided to follow up on him. This student had a really hard time in math as we all know if we do not know our facts, then we will pretty much struggle with everything else in math like division, fractions, decimals, etc...
Well what I did is I took his IPOD and downloaded all the facts for him so that he could listen to them during the summer time. This year I was so happy to find out that he knows them all! He told me that listening to his IPOD really helped him remember his facts. This year in 5th grade he has told me as well as his teacher that he is doing great in math, and his multiplication facts come like 123 to him.
I have told other teachers so that they can too do this for some of their students that are struggling with math facts.
An IPOD can be used for learning tool, as I discovered this year. Before I used to only see it as a form of entertainment. It is essential that we think outside the box!!!
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