MathBuilders A Supplemental Math Program

for Braille Users K-3

MathBuilders is a supplemental math

program separated into eight units by content standards and grade level, allowing the teacher to focus on

specific standards or provide remedial

material for individual students.

MathBuilders Eight Units (* = currently

available)– Matching, Sorting, and Patterning *– Number Concepts– Place Value– Number Operations– Measurement– Geometry *– Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and

Decimals– Data Collection, Graphing, and

Probability/Statistics

Each MathBuilders Unit Will Contain:

• Teacher’s guide with lesson plans for grades K-3

• CD-ROM with General Guidelines for Teaching Math to Young Braille Users

• Student worksheets• Manipulative Parts

General Guidelines for Teaching Math to Young

Braille Users – included on CD-ROM and available for

purchase separately - gives an overview of the eight-unit program and includes

chapters that provide guidance in teaching math

to braille users.

MathBuilders General Guidelines

• Provides General Overview of Program

• Accommodations for students with VI

• Adaptive devices• Tactile

Illustrations• Assessments• Bibliography

Framework for Each MathBuilders Unit:• Objectives• Instructional Strategies• Worksheets• Manipulatives• Assessment Grid

MathBuilders Activity Objectives are

aligned to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

(NCTM) Standards

MathBuilders Lesson Plans Include:

• Objective• NCTM Standard and Curriculum

Focal Point• Suggested Materials• Instructional Strategies• Connections to other curriculum

areas

MathBuilders Worksheets

• Reinforce concept• Provide additional practice • Print over Braille for directions• Coded to match lessons

Other MathBuilders Components

• Suggested stories and connections to other content areas

• Related Math Materials• Assessment Grid

Matching, Sorting, and Patterning

• Teacher’s Guide– Introduction for specific content

theme– Recommended children’s literature– Lessons for grades K-3

• 58 Worksheets– Print over Braille – Answer sheet in teacher’s guide

• Manipulatives• CD

Materials Included in Kit

• Kit includes the majority of materials for each lesson– Set of 54 shapes –

three shapes, three sizes, and three colors/textures

– Story Board and shapes with Velcro backing

- Length sticks- Feel ‘n Peel stickers and instruments for making sound patterns

Sample Objectives for Kindergarten

• MA K-1 Match pairs of identical common objects• MA K-2 Match by size.• MA K-3 Match by shape.• MA K-4 Match by color or texture.• MA K-5 Identify the one object in a set of

objects • that is very different.• MA K-6 Identify the one object in a set of

objects • that is different in only one way.• MA K-7 Recognize patterns.• MA K-8 Describe patterns.

Sample Lesson

MA K-10Matching, Sorting, PatterningObjective: The child will extend a

simple pattern of two or three objects or shapes by repeating the pattern at least two more times.

Sample ActivityOn the bottom row find the next

two shapes to continue the pattern on the top row:

Geometry• Teacher’s Guide– Introduction for specific content

theme– Recommended children’s literature– Lessons for grades K-3

• 34 Worksheets– Print over Braille – Answer sheet in teacher’s guide

• Manipulatives• CD

Materials Included in Kit

• Story Board and Diagramming

Strips • Geometric Shapes

• 3-D Geometric

Figures • Geometro• Nemeth Code

Reference Sheet

Introduction of Nemeth

• Shapes• Similar• Congruent• Parallel • Perpendicular

Sample Objectives for 1st Grade

• G 1-1 Identify and reproduct/construct the common geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, and lines – straight and curved

• G 1-2* Describe the common geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle according to the number of sides and corners (vertices)

• G 1-3* Investigate, describe and name common 3-dimensional shapes: sphere, cube, and pyramid

• G 1-4 Examine and relate 3-dimensional shapes to 2-dimensional shapes: circle to sphere, square to cube, triangle to pyramid

Sample Lesson

G 1-6GeometryObjective: The student will identify

symmetrical figures (lines of symmetry with two matching parts).

MathBuilders

Unit 1Print Kit Catalog # 7-03560-00

Braille Kit Catalog # 5-03560-00Unit 6

Print Kit Catalog # 7-03563-00Braille Kit Catalog # 5-03563-00

Project Leader

Jeanette Wicker