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MathBuilders A Supplemental Math Program for Braille Users K-3. MathBuilders is a supplemental math program separated into eight units by content standards and grade level, allowing the teacher to focus on specific standards or provide remedial material for individual students. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MathBuilders A Supplemental Math Program
for Braille Users K-3
MathBuilders is a supplemental math
program separated into eight units by content standards and grade level, allowing the teacher to focus on
specific standards or provide remedial
material for individual students.
MathBuilders Eight Units (* = currently
available)– Matching, Sorting, and Patterning *– Number Concepts– Place Value– Number Operations– Measurement– Geometry *– Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and
Decimals– Data Collection, Graphing, and
Probability/Statistics
Each MathBuilders Unit Will Contain:
• Teacher’s guide with lesson plans for grades K-3
• CD-ROM with General Guidelines for Teaching Math to Young Braille Users
• Student worksheets• Manipulative Parts
General Guidelines for Teaching Math to Young
Braille Users – included on CD-ROM and available for
purchase separately - gives an overview of the eight-unit program and includes
chapters that provide guidance in teaching math
to braille users.
MathBuilders General Guidelines
• Provides General Overview of Program
• Accommodations for students with VI
• Adaptive devices• Tactile
Illustrations• Assessments• Bibliography
Framework for Each MathBuilders Unit:• Objectives• Instructional Strategies• Worksheets• Manipulatives• Assessment Grid
MathBuilders Activity Objectives are
aligned to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM) Standards
MathBuilders Lesson Plans Include:
• Objective• NCTM Standard and Curriculum
Focal Point• Suggested Materials• Instructional Strategies• Connections to other curriculum
areas
MathBuilders Worksheets
• Reinforce concept• Provide additional practice • Print over Braille for directions• Coded to match lessons
Other MathBuilders Components
• Suggested stories and connections to other content areas
• Related Math Materials• Assessment Grid
Matching, Sorting, and Patterning
• Teacher’s Guide– Introduction for specific content
theme– Recommended children’s literature– Lessons for grades K-3
• 58 Worksheets– Print over Braille – Answer sheet in teacher’s guide
• Manipulatives• CD
Materials Included in Kit
• Kit includes the majority of materials for each lesson– Set of 54 shapes –
three shapes, three sizes, and three colors/textures
– Story Board and shapes with Velcro backing
- Length sticks- Feel ‘n Peel stickers and instruments for making sound patterns
Sample Objectives for Kindergarten
• MA K-1 Match pairs of identical common objects• MA K-2 Match by size.• MA K-3 Match by shape.• MA K-4 Match by color or texture.• MA K-5 Identify the one object in a set of
objects • that is very different.• MA K-6 Identify the one object in a set of
objects • that is different in only one way.• MA K-7 Recognize patterns.• MA K-8 Describe patterns.
Sample Lesson
MA K-10Matching, Sorting, PatterningObjective: The child will extend a
simple pattern of two or three objects or shapes by repeating the pattern at least two more times.
Sample ActivityOn the bottom row find the next
two shapes to continue the pattern on the top row:
Geometry• Teacher’s Guide– Introduction for specific content
theme– Recommended children’s literature– Lessons for grades K-3
• 34 Worksheets– Print over Braille – Answer sheet in teacher’s guide
• Manipulatives• CD
Materials Included in Kit
• Story Board and Diagramming
Strips • Geometric Shapes
• 3-D Geometric
Figures • Geometro• Nemeth Code
Reference Sheet
Introduction of Nemeth
• Shapes• Similar• Congruent• Parallel • Perpendicular
Sample Objectives for 1st Grade
• G 1-1 Identify and reproduct/construct the common geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, and lines – straight and curved
• G 1-2* Describe the common geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle according to the number of sides and corners (vertices)
• G 1-3* Investigate, describe and name common 3-dimensional shapes: sphere, cube, and pyramid
• G 1-4 Examine and relate 3-dimensional shapes to 2-dimensional shapes: circle to sphere, square to cube, triangle to pyramid
Sample Lesson
G 1-6GeometryObjective: The student will identify
symmetrical figures (lines of symmetry with two matching parts).
MathBuilders
Unit 1Print Kit Catalog # 7-03560-00
Braille Kit Catalog # 5-03560-00Unit 6
Print Kit Catalog # 7-03563-00Braille Kit Catalog # 5-03563-00
Project Leader
Jeanette Wicker