Using A Hundred Chart for Money

http://mathwire.blogspot.com/2010/09/using-hundred-board-to-count-money.html#links

My Classroom Economy

Teach your students the ABCs of financial management--skills for real life.

http://www.myclassroomeconomy.org/materials.html

Math VIDS!

A wonderful website for finding research-based mathematics practices...highly recommended!!

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/index.html

Concrete-Representational-Abstract: CRA

Concrete-Representational-Abstract: CRA is a research-based strategy, proven effective for teaching abstract mathematical concepts to students with learning disabilities. This is especially useful for students at the secondary level.

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/documents/CRAApplicationFinal_000.pdf

Research:

Witzel, B.,Mercer, C., & Miller, D. (2003). Teaching algebra to students with learning difficulties: an investigation of an explicit instruction model. Learning Disabilites Research & Practice, 18(2), 121-131.

Allsopp (1999); Baroody (1987); Butler, Miller, Crehan, Babbit, & Pierce (2003); Harris, Miller, & Mercer (1993);  Kennedy and Tips (1998); Mercer, Jordan, & Miller (1996); Mercer and Mercer (2005); Miller, Butler, & Lee (1998); Miller and Mercer, 1995; Miller, Mercer, & Dillon (1992); Peterson, Mercer, & O'Shea. (1988); Van De Walle (2005); Witzel, Mercer, & Miller (2003).







Source: http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/strategies/cra.html#

Corrective Mathematics: Direct Instruction

A substantial body of research has demonstrated the direct instructional approach to be very effective for students who struggle with mathematic.

Corrective Mathematics is a commercial program using the direct instructional approach.

Resources:
Engelmann & Steely, 2002
Carnine, 1997

Fact Families

This template is designed to reinforce the notion that families live together in a house. The smaller two addends are written in each window. The larger number (the sum) is written on the door. Students use the 3 family numbers to write 2 addition sentences and 2 subtraction sentences.

Students will need lots of modeling and guided practice to transition to writing the numerals in the correct spots and using the numbers correctly to form the four number sentences in the fact family. Students usually have difficulty remembering to use the larger number first in the subtraction sentences. Some students benefit from reminders to use the door number first.

Checking their work: All students should be reminded to check their work to make sure that each number sentence is correct and that they have only used the three numbers in the number fact family. Teachers may ask students to check off or color in a bush for each fact that they check, using the bushes as a prompt to self-monitor and check their work.

Center Activity: Provide templates and dry erase markers at the center. Write fact families on index cards for student use. Be sure to include some mixed-up families where the sum is in the middle, for instance, so that students have practice sorting out the numbers to use them correctly in the template and in the number sentences.

*Resource: http://mathwire.com/.

Fact Families Download

Domino Fact Families

Dominoes can be used to introduce students to fact families. Students need a Domino Facts Template inserted in a sheet protector, dry erase marker, and some dominoes for this activity. The student selects a domino and draws it on the template (or uses counters to build the domino). He/she then counts the number of dots on each side of the domino, writing the numbers in the squares above the domino sides. The student figures out the total number of dots and writes this number in the rectangle below the domino. These three numbers are the number family the students will use to write the 4 number sentences for that fact family.

Differentiation: Vary the complexity of the dominoes students use to accommodate the varied needs of learners in the class.


Center Activity: Make the materials available in the math center so that students practice fact families on a regular basis.

Domino Facts Template

*Resource: http://mathwire.com/.