The whiteboard
Every math question opens a big whiteboard so your kid works it out by hand, and you see the work.
What it is
On every math question, a whiteboard fills the iPad screen with the question at the top (sums are written in columns, division with its bracket). Your kid writes with a finger or an Apple Pencil, with a pen, an eraser, Undo and Clear. Done closes it and the number pad appears for the answer; Show my work opens it again.
Why it helps your kid
Showing work is where the thinking happens: columns, carries, the steps of a division. A kid who only types the answer either knows it or guesses. Paper also slows them down just enough to check.
Where to find it
Everywhere math is asked: the lesson (the memory check, the steps done together with Luna, catching her mistake, the quick tries and "you do"), practice and the exit check, warm-up cards, a Boss and placement. Kids → your kid → See this day: each answer that had work shows "Their work" with the drawing.
How to do it
- An Apple Pencil is the best tool for this, but a finger works.
- Ask to see the work when an answer was wrong: the mistake is usually visible.
- The board clears for each new question; nothing carries over.
What your kid sees
The question at the top of a full-screen sheet of grid paper, Pen, Eraser, Undo, Clear and Done; then the number pad.