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functional math curriculum - Braille

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HOLLINGER, KEVIN
Tue, Oct 18, 2016 5:44 PM

Hello Gang!
I'm working with a student with SOD who remains significantly behind in many areas of the ECC and math. I am desperately needing to find out if anyone can recommend a good functional math curriculum that is already in Nemeth Braille and possibly has graphics. She has mastered the contractions for most of the operators, comparisons, groupings and a few miscellaneous symbols. She can pretty much "read" anything you put in front of her but cannot "write" the problems, especially in the vertical orientation - she mastered the abacus, talking calculator, iOS calculator, etc. She uses the Math Window, a Perkins, draftsman, etc. but is really lacking math reasoning and formatting. As an 8th grader, she will likely transition to a more "functional" curriculum at the high school but I am convinced she still has much capacity to learn, but we need resources. Her parents want a focus on indp living skills and not 'geometry' or 'algebra' as she is emerging with folding money, estimation, exchanging money/making change, unit price, etc.
Please email me with any resources I can use for ongoing instruction not just the manipulatives.
Thanks
Kevin

Hello Gang! I'm working with a student with SOD who remains significantly behind in many areas of the ECC and math. I am desperately needing to find out if anyone can recommend a good functional math curriculum that is already in Nemeth Braille and possibly has graphics. She has mastered the contractions for most of the operators, comparisons, groupings and a few miscellaneous symbols. She can pretty much "read" anything you put in front of her but cannot "write" the problems, especially in the vertical orientation - she mastered the abacus, talking calculator, iOS calculator, etc. She uses the Math Window, a Perkins, draftsman, etc. but is really lacking math reasoning and formatting. As an 8th grader, she will likely transition to a more "functional" curriculum at the high school but I am convinced she still has much capacity to learn, but we need resources. Her parents want a focus on indp living skills and not 'geometry' or 'algebra' as she is emerging with folding money, estimation, exchanging money/making change, unit price, etc. Please email me with any resources I can use for ongoing instruction not just the manipulatives. Thanks Kevin