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Fractions
Half is bigger than a third
They think 1/3 is bigger than 1/2 because 3 is bigger than 2.
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Fractions
Adding without adding the bottoms
They do 1/2 + 1/4 and write 2/6. Both numbers get added.
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Problems
Read the story before the numbers
They see two numbers and multiply, or add, before they know what the question asked.
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Writing
One idea, then stop
The paragraph is a list of facts, or one sentence that never lands. A new idea sneaks in halfway.
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Reading
A word they will not try
They freeze, guess from the first letter, or wait for you to say the word.
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Facts
The 7s without counting up from zero
Asked 7 × 8, they start at 7 and count on their fingers from the beginning.
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Place value
A number is tens and ones
They read 47 as a 4 sitting next to a 7, not as four tens and seven ones.
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Subtraction
Borrowing, without the word borrow
They subtract the smaller digit from the larger no matter which is on top, or they freeze when the top digit is smaller.
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Time
A clock with hands
They read the long hand as the hour, or they say the hour the short hand is closest to even when it has not arrived.
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Reading
A word with a silent e
They sound every letter, so 'make' becomes mak-uh, or they ignore the e and say the vowel short.
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Numbers
A teen number has two digits
They see 13 as a 1 and a 3, not as one ten and three more.
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Grammar
One label at a time
Asked for the noun, the verb, and the adverb together, they freeze or call every word a noun.
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