MathBuilders A Supplemental Math Program for Braille Users K-3
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MathBuilders A Supplemental Math Program
for Braille Users K-3
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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MathBuilders General Guidelines
• Provides General Overview of Program
• Accommodations for students with VI
• Adaptive devices• Tactile
Illustrations• Assessments• Bibliography
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Framework for Each MathBuilders Unit:• Objectives• Instructional Strategies• Worksheets• Manipulatives• Assessment Grid
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MathBuilders Activity Objectives are
aligned to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM) Standards
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MathBuilders Lesson Plans Include:
• Objective• NCTM Standard and Curriculum
Focal Point• Suggested Materials• Instructional Strategies• Connections to other curriculum
areas
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MathBuilders Worksheets
• Reinforce concept• Provide additional practice • Print over Braille for directions• Coded to match lessons
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Other MathBuilders Components
• Suggested stories and connections to other content areas
• Related Math Materials• Assessment Grid
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Sample ActivityOn the bottom row find the next
two shapes to continue the pattern on the top row:
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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
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Materials Included in Kit
• Story Board and Diagramming
Strips • Geometric Shapes
• 3-D Geometric
Figures • Geometro• Nemeth Code
Reference Sheet
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Introduction of Nemeth
• Shapes• Similar• Congruent• Parallel • Perpendicular
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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
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Sample Lesson
G 1-6GeometryObjective: The student will identify
symmetrical figures (lines of symmetry with two matching parts).
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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