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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pick a problem and you write down the steps as he is doing it.
Show him how it looks like with only steps and no final answer quite yet. Concentrate on 'writing down steps and explaining it' as the answer to the question. 
I really need an example, because right now it looks like it's 5+5, and no wonder he feels like there are no steps. Even here you have:
step 1: pick up 5 stones
step 2: pick up 5 more stones
step 3: put them all in one pile
step 4: count them all in that pile. See, I stopped at saying it's 10. We don't need 10, we need steps since he cannot do steps. He knows 10. We all know 10. Steps are annoying, but it is what it is.
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That helps.  I have a first grader who is basically asked to show his work when doing this level of problem and he is so resistant.  He was asked to do 10 + 5 and asked to show a strategy or "helper fact" he used.  He could not, ended up writing a "helper fact" of 9+5 =14 which didn't actually help him solve the problem, but he also can't write down a strategy of "I just knew it."  I wish they would give the kids harder problems to work on when they do these so the kids actually understand why a helper fact or strategy is needed.  [/quote]

Yes, it is not a necessary math skill to write out problems which don't require writing out.  Kids will naturally write them out when they actually NEED to write them out.  [/quote]

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