Bognor's Curse

Ministry of Magic, Head Office
Valorious Kermudge, Director of Recruiting and Apprenticeships

Dear applicant:
It is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been accepted for an apprenticeship in the Research Department at the Ministry of Magic. In this role you will have the enviable opportunity to work under one of the great wizards of our time, Dr. Hieronymous Grout, assisting him with his researches on Applied Arithmancy (with a particular focus on Defense Against the Dark Arts). We have arranged a student room for you in the Ministry dormitory. Please report to the dormitory at your earliest convenience and after you have settled in they will direct you to Dr. Grouts laboratory to start work.

Congratulations and welcome! We expect great things from you.

Very Sincerely Yours,
V. Kermudge

P.S. Below are some details about the apprenticeship program that may interest your parents.

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OVERVIEW
Bognors Curse is an interactive mini-adventure designed to help children learn their times tables from 1x1 through 10x10 with conceptual understanding and fluency while having fun at the same time!

Product video: https://youtu.be/7tgJFHXxCvM

KEY FEATURES
+ Interactive mini-lessons teach and check understanding of core concepts
+ Practice activities focus on learning one number at a time
+ Challenge mode tests mastery of all facts through 10x10
+ Intelligent recommendations suggest what to study next based on performance
+ Clean, intuitive design
+ Easy to use with any number of students - perfect for home or classroom

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After working through the interactive mini-lessons, users should be able to:
+ Explain what it means to ‘multiply’ two numbers
+ Demonstrate *how* to multiply two numbers, with examples
+ Define the commutative property of multiplication and explain why it holds

After successfully completing the challenge mode, users should be able to:
+ Quickly recall from memory the product of any two numbers from 1x1 to 10x10

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Grade 2
+ CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.C.4: Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns

Grade 3
+ CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication
+ CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.5: Understand properties of multiplication
+ CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7: Multiply within 100

AGE RANGE
The primary audience is 7-10 year olds (2nd-4th grade in the U.S.), although many others can benefit. During testing, even adults reported learning something new!

DESIGN CREDITS
+ Story Concept, Instructional Design, & Software Design: Michael W. Connell
(Twitter: @MichaelWConnell, Blog: http://theeducationscientist.blogspot.com)

+ Graphic Design: DCBurke Design / 50 Hillside Design
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcburkedesign, dcburkedesign.carbonmade.com)