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Commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
After reviewing this with my 1st and 2nd grade kids, we've decided the best homework solution is crowd sourcing on boingboing and sending unresolved questions to SamSam, keep the thread open, we've got a spelling test tomorrow....
Commented on Large Hadron Collider: Now This Is Just Getting Ridiculous
I've been throwing bread crust at my monitor and don't seem to be having the pop up problem any more- you could try throwing a bird at the screen, but I usually save that for bigger projects...
Commented on James Gurney's art book: Imaginative Realism
Thanks for posting this! Spent four hours yesterday in bed with a sick kiddo and we read Dinotopia almost to the end. As always, I'm transported by the lovely paintings- my son really did ask how the pictures could look...
Commented on Another impossibly skinny Ralph Lauren model
I'm all about fashion so I went out and had myself photo shopped. On the plus side, I fit into my six-year-old son's jeans,and I was able to sneak through the mail slot when I locked myself out of our...
Commented on Notional future They Might Be Giants albums about War on Terror, labor history
We got the disk last week and kids and I have been singing non-stop. My 8 year old has been doing free form lyrics in to the tune of "I am a paleontologist", I think he wanted his version of...
Commented on Daily photos of a healthy cervix for one month
unicorn chaser, plez, just not right there...
Commented on Comics in the Classroom
I'm all for comics in the schools and host a weekly afternoon club at my son's elementary. We've got a lot of non-readers, pre-readers in the group as well as kids who are on the autism spectral scale and have...
Commented on Treatment of intersexed African athlete appalling
Could we NOT file this under "happy mutants" how about naming Caster Semenya as our unicorn chaser for the day instead, she's my new super hero...
Commented on What is the meaning of this unusual tombstone?
Got it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbYiKqY1JNM&feature=related will call Buddy Hacket ASAP...
Commented on The Devil's Kettle
Surface Friends- The divers are great though, keep sending them. They taste just like Eloi, but chewier though the tanks give us gas....
Commented on Prairie dogs immediately escape from $500k escape-proof habitat
Awesome! Let's read Little Brother to them and see what happens next. Go Lil hackers Go...
Commented on Best Government Flak Quote of The Week
His press officer really said that? I find it dewbie-ous...
Commented on Adventures in Cartooning: wit and instruction for kids who want to learn cartooning
Wow, super excited to see this book, I spend friday afternoons at my son's school doing an afternoon comic club, we're all over the place reference book wise. McCloud is a must read, but can be a lot to digest...
Commented on Funny tale of an online romance and its real-world conclusion
and, and, and, come on........
Commented on Weird ice balls in London?
Missing from the photo is the 600 gallon glass of scotch to drop them in- this is a country which takes its humor and drinking seriously....
Commented on Cryonics: 2
Just to play it on the safe, without knowing what's beyond, as I release this mortal coil, my dying breath will be "Dewars straight up"...
Commented on Maggot cheese that tries to eat your eyes
I eats my cheese w/ honey I done it all my life It may taste kinda funny but keeps da maggots on da knife...
Commented on Ada Lovelace Day needs your support!
It's a bit obvious but I never get tired of Hedy Lamarr's story and it will be a FUN blog, I'm in baby!...
Commented on BBtv: Hunting for the Kappa Monster in Tokyo, part 2
Oh dear, my daughter just started attending a Japanese immersion elementary school and the Kappa is their mascot! I can never tell her about this, she'll never use the bathroom there again!...
Commented on Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom, Steampunk Naturalist: photos, fiction and podcasts
Scrolling through the photos I recognized the haunted house immediately, it's the Avery Mansion in Ft. Collins Colorado. In the 60's my dad and some of his hippie friends rented rooms there, my pop was in the basement- they swore...
Commented on The Faith Tones: "Jesus Use Me" LP cover
@10 I believe the exit doors are located on the far right and to your extreme left...
Commented on Sarah Palin: spammer and digital secrecy scofflaw.
dunno, I'm just glad there's someone around who can teach McCain how to email...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
#248 Was it in Larimer Square, it's been bugging me too and I think it's the same place that became the creepy office supply store... Dolly Madison was wonderful, they'd use a spatula to scoop the ice cream onto the...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
@191 Mod Kris? Yo, it's Shawn G. come see us @ facebook! http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=33898908273&ref=nf...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Thanks Mark! this has been too much fun, better than my high school reunion by a long shot, I took the inevitable step and created a facebook group, mostly I want to see some of the old videos! It's called...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
How about ice skating the amazing building that IM Pei designed for May D&F. Can't believe anyone had the balls to tear that down. So sad http://www.dshistory.com/stores/may_df_denver/ice_skating_on_zeckendorf_p.html...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
The Fluid was the best band EVER! Just found their clip on Youtube from a show I mostly remember too! http://www.youtube.com/thefluidvideoarchive I totally remember Mean Uncle Mike, I had a massive crush on Mike Ward all through High School, shout...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Holy crap- I had a wiki childhood/punk adolescence with way too many of you! Shout out to Roller City, though I liked Skate City in Arvada a bit better they had a black light for couples skate. As a tween...
Commented on A visit to Casa Bonita restaurant in Denver
I must have been the luckiest kid in Denver as I got to go to Casa Bonita for my 5th birthday AND be a guest on Blinky's Fun Club. Actually, nothing much has measured up since. The food does suck,...

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Blaatann commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
I agree that teaching kids to view 8+3 as 10 and 1, the one "spilling over" is a good idea, this is exactly how I visualize adding large numbers. But they could have taken the time to line up the numbers, text and graphic. I think the reason I had to check the comments to understand what was going on was that I just couldn't decipher the meaning due to the wonky text alignment....
TomChicago commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
This is one of many different strategies to solve basic facts problems and it's a very good one. The ability to break apart numbers here will serve kids very well down the road when they add larger numbers (302 + 153 is easy to add mentally when you think of it as 300 + 150 + 2 + 3) or when you estimate. The number 10 is taught to kids as early as grade K as a benchmark number as our number system is based on tens. So, they first learn in grade K different combinations of numbers that make...
Yooper commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
Homework in first grade, why? I am quite sure I have read that research as found no benefit to HW this young. Instead for your child, read a book, walk in the woods, play with hand puppets - they'll learn a lot more. This practice sheet was surely closely tied to the lesson. I suspect it was meant to be in-class practice. Please don't complain about the lack of clear insturctions - they are FIRST graders! For any innovative curriculum, parent-teacher/school communication via PTA meetings and/or parent conference days are critical but very hard to put in practice. But parents...
beameup commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
770-625. Your way: 0-5, can't do, borrow from the 7, add 10 to the 0, 15-5=5, 6-2=4, 7-6=1, read off the answer left to right: 145. This requires no understanding of place value, and for most people requires paper and pencil. Students that have learned the filling 10s method can move on to filling 100's. For this problem, I need 75 more to get to 700, add that to 70 = 145. Very quick, very simple, deepens understanding of place value and number. I think learning the mental math techniques is very valuable. BUT, like you, I do think it...
golden80 commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Mountain States Bank on east Colfax... They had a pretty catchy ad on the radio around 1982. I don't have the actual audio, but I soooo remember it: (Chorus group) Oh they say that time is money, so you spend it drivin' 'round, Drinking dollar gasoline and smellin' up the town, Searching for a parking place that you can call your own, (Woman's voice) Hey, there's a spot (Man's voice) Oh no it's not, it's a (honk honk) loading zone. (Chorus group again) Now, is this any way to bank, any way to bank? Driving 'round in circles while you're...

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