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  • Counting Out Value of Coins

    Counting Out Value of Coins

    Counting out the total value for a set of coins can be very challenging for students who struggle with money. Here is a video showing how to use a WORD document table a former colleague and I created to support students in a life skills class. The video shows how this handout is used but…

  • Counting Out Value of Coins

    Counting Out Value of Coins

    Counting out the total value of a set of coins can be challenging for some students. A strategy to address this is a modified 100s chart with images of coins and decimal values. Versions of handouts There are 4 versions, listed in the order I used them with my students. I suggest you start with…

  • Online Math Games

    Here are a variety of online math game sites I have used over the years. Break is coming up for many districts. Maybe these can fill the void and allow some learning. Several address other content areas as well. I have also used these games for break times at school to keep students working on…

  • Money in Authentic Settings

    Money in Authentic Settings

    Working independently and effectively with money is a crucial component to independent living. When I started working on math for students receiving special education I was taken aback by the number of high school students who could not work with money effectively, including counting out the total value for a given set of coins. One…

  • Superhero Math

    Superhero Math

    I was recruited to help a middle school student who is having a very rough time at this time in his life. It was shared with me that he likes Marvel superheroes and he is struggling with counting money and multiplication. Below are some ideas I presented for a test run and photos of the…

  • Data Collection for IEP Objectives

    Data Collection for IEP Objectives

    Here is an example of what data collection can look like. (The IEP objective should have been indicated on here as well.) It shows the data, any prompting from the teacher (P with a circle around it), notes and at the bottom is 3/9 for 33% correct. Also note that I was working on finding…

  • Authentic Activities – Money and Prices

    Authentic Activities – Money and Prices

    Below is a photo of a typical worksheet for money. I worked with a parent of a high school student severely impacted by autism and she explained that her son worked on nothing but worksheets when he worked on math. For students with more severe disabilities the worksheet may not be real or meaningful as…

  • Assessment for General Curriculum Math Topics

    In special education there is a tool called a task analysis. It is a formal approach of identifying the steps taken to demonstrate mastery of a skill. For example, putting on shoes with Velcro straps involves the following steps: get shoes, sit on chair, match shoes with feet (right to right), insert foot into respective…

  • Adding Money First Steps

    The following shows steps to introducing the concept of the value of money and of adding coins. The concept of a dime is presented as 10 pennies (see below). The dime is compared to a penny, nickel and quarter using these representations. Repeated use of these representations leads into an intuitive understanding of the coins.…