DS is in Y4. V bright - high level 5 for maths and high 4's for literacy. We are hoping he will go to a quite highly selective grammar. However, I can't seem to get him to eliminate silly mistakes which in nearly all instances come from not reading the question properly, or jumping the gun in terms of what is required.
For eg. he did 24 maths questions at the weekend and needed absolutely no help in terms of working out the answers. But 7 of them were wrong because he had rushed in and hadn't fully absorbed what the questions was asking.
I try and get him to check his work but tbh I remember checking answers as being deathly boring, and unless he takes time to read the question properly he's going to come to the same conclusion again.
Any tips on how to get this sorted - I'm worried it'll jeopardise his chance of getting in to grammar.
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Eliminating silly mistakes - not reading questions properly
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suecy · 14/01/2013 10:44
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