I’m wondering if any LD teacher knows of a book from the mid to late 80’s that taught addition and subtraction facts. Things I remember from the book are the birthday fact to teach +1. If you have a birthday you are one more year older. That when you remove the fence there’s one big back yard for subtraction problems that are neighbors like 8-7=. It seems like they taught doubles and partners with wheels on a wagon for 2+2 etc. Please help. I don’t know if I’m confusing two books or not. I thought the book measured about 8 1/2 by 11” and it was soft sided. I’m not an LD teacher but an LD teacher in a former school shared it with me at the time. If you have the name of the book or know what I’m talking about, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Re: Teaching Addition and Subtraction facts
And… the link on the site that says “click here to find out more” about teaching basic facts isn’t a link (in the box on the left hand side) — hey, I wanna find out more :) :)
I like the way that your examples are related to the concepts, not just random mnemonics (like “dinner for 6 at 7 on 42nd street” — which is fine, but you can only cram so many of them into the noggin if they’re not related to anything).
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Sorry, Des, about the broken links for basic facts. I’ll try to fix that. I try to update the website with stuff for my students and if I do a workshop, it’s nice to post stuff there. My publisher is the real winner. Most of the time it costs me more to travel and present that I ever will see from my book. I did the book to give something back to my profession—truly. Contact me and I’ll send you photocopies on the basic facts pages from my book! How’s that for salesmanship? “Business ain’t my bag.”
[quote:4b5bc79450=”des”]He doesn’t mean to be a salesman but he is. :-)
—des[/quote]
Re: Teaching Addition and Subtraction facts
Yea, I’ve never come home with more money than it cost to travel, but especially if it’s at conferences, it’s still worth it when we can afford it. (Next year, Denver…)
The link works now — I like the visual effect of the wheels.
I don’t mean to be a salesman, but my book has lots of similar ideas about how to teach basic facts. I believe that there are more conceptual approaches to teaching and learning basic facts. One that you mentioned and many, many more are discussed in my book. My website would give you a link to where it can be obtained. Please email me if you need more details or ideas.
Best to you,
Doug McFarland
www.maththatcounts.com