Getting ready to play FIAR!
Playing PAR 55
Running back with some of his friends!
This pic was taken when things were winding down. All the tables were filled with 4 kids & 2 adult judges.Runningback had been participating in an after school program called Math Pentathlon for the past 3 years. The kids learn 5 different games, they are not just math. Some are analytical thinking, reasoning, or dice games. They make the kids think "out of the box". In April we traveled to Austin to compete against 25 other schools. Runningback won 3 of his 5 games. It does not sound like much but it is quite an achievement. Besides math skills, they are teaching patience & sportsmanship.
Runningback has had to overcome quite a few hurdles in the past 3 years. We have had to battle teachers who wanted to keep him back in the 1st grade, being diagnosed with eye & processing problems in the 2nd grade and now in the 3rd, he as been diagnosed with dyslexia. This last one explains all the things we have been struggling with. With all of these things he has maintained an A-B average in school! He has worked so hard for so long on an even plain with the "normal" kids, I am glad he will finally be getting the help he needs. Now with the extra help & manipluatives, who knows how far he will soar!
2 comments:
Yay Runningback!! Way to go! What an awesome group to be involved with. And I"m glad he will be getting the extra help with dyslexia program. I have had lots of very smart students with dyslexia. What a hard worker!!
First~H's head TOTALLY gags me!!!!! Eweeeee!
Next~I think F could easily beat me in ANYthing math related! ; )
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