Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Here is a nice math puzzle for a rainy day.
Read all about it: HERE
Puzzles are great for Visual Spatial development
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The Early math collaborative comes with a great suggestions to boost your student’s Visual Spatial capabilities. Do some puzzles, jig saw puzzles. You can use store bought puzzles or make it fun by making one together.
Read all about it: HERE
Open number lines
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Marilyn Burns shares with us her view on open number lines.
She brings up great reasons to try an approach with and open number line:
- An open number line reinforces the idea that the answer to a subtraction problem is the difference between two numbers.
- It supports using the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction by counting up instead of back.
- It engages students in decomposing numbers and reasoning.
- It provides a visual model that’s a useful tool.
Read all about it: HERE
Work on numeracy
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Corbettmaths has a wonderful site with five questions a day for primary students.
The nice part is that there are various levels of questions to work with and the answers are given too. A great resouce.
Read all about it: HERE
Start the math lesson easy
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Anuska Fitzherbert shares with us some nice ways to start a math lesson. It is important to set the tone for the math lesson and she relates it to the Hindu way of starting something important with a Pooja, a ceremonial prayer for success. Well that is something all students will want to participate in for a math lesson.
She comes up with six nice ways to start the lesson, great reading for our teachers.
Read all about it: HERE