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[quote=Anonymous]5th grade DD is generally good at math, usually gets mid to high 90s percentile on iReady math test.  She is a pretty driven kid, and wants to get into the Honors Math class in middle school.  This is an attainable goal for her, but one she’s just shy of achieving with her current performance.  Her teacher this year sends home their weekly math test, graded, and I see that DD consistently gets a half point off here and there for “silly mistakes.”  She sometimes gets basic math facts incorrect, e.g., single digit addition (8+5=12), which I’ve noticed at home as well.  Also, she  makes random mistakes, such as moving the decimal point one place value.  For instance, she correctly did long division and wrote “0.4” in her work.  But then she wrote “0.04” in the designated answer space.

I think there are potentially different causes of these two kinds of mistakes.  For the math facts, I’m thinking maybe she just needs some rote facts practice?  In that case, can anyone recommend a workbook or other pencil on paper practice?  I’d prefer not using an app.  For the other mistake, I’m not really sure what’s going on there.  I suspect she has inattentive ADHD (we’ve scheduled an evaluation), could this contribute to these kind of mistakes?[/quote]

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