Math+Assistance

Great Math websites for fact practice!
www.mathisfun.com www.honorpoint.com www.multiplication.com [|www.bigbrainz.com] []

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 * Math Fact Madness Multiplication****: [|www.Tinyurl.com/fvamult15s]**
 * Math Fact Madness Addition:**

Stuck on a Math concept?
www.khanacademy.org [|www.mathisfun.com] www.ixl.com www.coolmath.com [] : great for visualizing fractions

K12 Math Instruction
As your student works through their daily Math lesson, make sure you utilize the video lessons and online explanations, as well as having them complete problems out of their textbook! Do not allow them to attempt the assessment until an adult checks their book problems! The assessment should not be used as a pre-test! If the assessment is failed, make sure that a reteaching step occurs and the student and parent figure out what Math skill is not understood.

Addition:  Start teaching the addition facts in this order: sums to 10 doubles (1+1, 2+2, etc.) doubles plus 1 (1+2, 2+3, etc) doubles minus 1 (1-0, 2-0, etc)
 * Teaching Math Facts to kids with Dyslexia **

[|Doubles addition worksheets]

One Learning Coach's journey...
 * I ended up making a list of the doubles (or the sums to ten) on a sheet and went over the answers with her. I then had her roll a dice (I had one with numbers up to 12 and told her to ignore 10, 11, and 12). When she rolled, she had to say what the other number had to be to make 10. I'm sure there's other ways you could practice - and I know for a fact that there are online games that are free that you can also use to improve these skills. For the doubles, I just had her shout out the double of any number she rolled.

After doing these - she did the math practice for you - I noticed right away that she started getting some addition problems correct that she usually got wrong. I looked at what she was getting wrong - and looked at ways she could try to remember the answer. So, for 8 plus 4 - 8 plus 2 is ten and there are 2 left over so the answer is 12. Things like that.

One thing that I always try to teach my kids - because it is the way that I find helps me. M__emorize how dice look__ - or how the dominos make numbers. If you can learn to see them in your head - it will make math easier. For example - I can see the last problem I just mentioned. 8 is what I start out with and I only try to visualize the second number - 4. I know right off that 8 plus 2 is 10. I see the domino with 4 spots on it - ignore the 2 that make 10 and just "see" how many dots are left to find the answer. The same goes with 8 plus 5. See the 5 domino shape in your mind - the top two dots make 10 and there are 3 left over. I don't know if this works for everyone - but I have always tried to represent numbers in either the shape it is found on a die or on a domino - and it makes retrieving the answer so much easier.

I also worked hard on making sure she understood that any number is composed of the numbers 0 through 9. It can be hard for them to understand multiple digit math.

I spent quite a bit of time working with her to do larger math problems (more than one digit) with tens and ones - so that she visibly saw that you "take away" or "carry over" depending on the problem. What I found helpful is to make a square for the hundreds, tens and ones for the first number - the addition sign on the next line and a box square for the hundreds, tens and ones of the second number. Essentially, they are the empty boxes for a math problem. I then put this sheet in a page protector and had her do the math problems in school this way. First, she had to write the numbers on the sheet - then she had to manipulate the hundreds, tens rods and ones cubes - and also write the answers down on the sheet. This way she could manipulate the math with hundreds - tens and ones - as well as see how to properly manipulate it on the written form. After doing that many times - she was finally able to do the math problems without manipulatives. It just took her a little extra time doing it with the manipulatives first. Now she understands.


 * Bigbraiz.com also has an addition game available. As far as I know - they have these games available for free for teachers/homeschoolers - and you only pay if you want to add more scenery to the game. They are awesome games that I highly recommend. Just know that I always stress teaching the tricks first - to make sure they really understand the math and don't just memorize - it helps them so much more in the future.


 * This sounds a lot like the program I used with Asma called "Times Tales" which uses pictures to represent the numbers. Not sure if it would work with every dyslexic - but it did get some good reviews. [|Addition Fun Way Picture Learning]
 * Two Plus Two is not Five

Multiplication:
 * There is a website called bigbrainz.com They have the game called "Timez Attack" which is for multiplication practice. It is an extremely fun game for the kids to play - and they actually learn a lot from it.


 * Improve memorization of times tables using "Gypsy Math" where the student can use his or her fingers to quickly remember how to multiply by 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 (this requires no immediate knowledge of a times table higher than four). A complete description and mathematical proof of this strategy can be found in //Dyslexia and Mathematics 2nd Edition//edited by Miles and Miles.
 * Make visual aids for number facts available, including multiplication grids, number lines, and manipulatives.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Make the facts "visual" by creating a story and picture for memorization. There are programs for purchase that also help with this: Times Tales (also has 30 day trial offer).
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">[|Times Tables the Fun Way]