Teaching LD Math

Don’t spend too much time looking :( Math is ‘way, ‘way behind reading. The articles on Math SKills on this site will have some really good pointers. I’ve got some links and ideas on my site too at http://www.resourceroom.net .

From what I’ve seen, most kids get shoved through the same curriculum too fast every year, and then do it all again the next year becuase they haven’t mastered anything yet. It would be a whole lot better to teach *something* to mastery! It is hard to ignore their stomping and screaming “But we’ve done this before, we know this already!” — but they’re only half right. They’ve done it before… but they don’t know it.

Good luck! What specific skills are you trying to teach?

Hey I am in the same boat as you are so if at all possible if you get anything sent to you about teaching math to special education students please email me and I will do the same in return Thanks but I will need an email address

I just found a great internet site www.ldonline.org. Check it out.
Best Regards,
Susan Molina

This is my third year teaching special ed math. Last summer I found mathusee.com and sent for the free overview video. My supervisor approved the purchase of enough materials for my resource classes in grades 5-8 and we are experiencing success. The videos give me ideas for teaching each concept, and the manipulatives and worksheets help the students to understand what the numbers are doing and what they stand for. Every day we begin class by discussing what we did the day before and I coach students to help each other describe a concept. For example, I ask the class to tell me everything they know about fractions, with each person contributing one point until we have had a good review and everyone is ready to move on to the next step.
I also made a short powerpoint presentation of the skip counting from 1-9 as recommended in this program and students who had never memorized their multiplication facts are showing huge gains.