x 6

I've been learning to skip count in six and I was having a bit of trouble so I worked with the blocks and made the numbers.
I made it in a two rows so that the pattern was easy to see.
6,12,18,24,30
36,42,48,54,60
Once you get to 30 you just start over again but adding 30.
I redid the blocks so that I only used 2, 6 and 10 blocks. This helps me to see the 6+2=8 (on 6x3=18 because 6x2=12 is very easy for me). And when you look at 6x4=24, it's just double 6x2=12.

I then learnt the 6 times table. There is an easy way to times the even numbers. You half the number for the ten and then use the number for the unit. Mum wrote it on the board for me and wrote Even = Easy and it sure is. She says this has even helped her to learn her 6 times table because she never knew it.

This is also how I find the 5 times table easy for even numbers. All you do is half the number and add a zero.

5x8=40 (because 10x8=80 but 5 is half of 10 so you just half the answer).

Beta finished

Today I finished Beta. It only took me 6 weeks to do the whole year's work. I got "The Last Battle" - the last Narnia cd for finishing the work. I was so excited about being close to finished that I did 9 tests today (and two of them were really long ones).
I am excited to start on Gamma but know that it will be harder because my multiplication is not quick. Alpha helped my addition and subtraction to get really quick and so I am sure Gamma will help me a lot.

Alpha done

I started Math-U-See last year and it took me 7 months to finish the first year of work. I was really excited. I got a new Narnia cd "The Silver Chair". Now I have started Beta.