Teaching Foundation Mathematics: A Guide for Teachers of Older Students with Learning Difficulties

by Naggar-Smith; Nadia

• ISBN13: 9780415451642
• ISBN10: 0415451647
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-03-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This fully photocopiable resource will provide essential materials for anyone teaching Pre-entry or foundation Maths in secondary schools and further education. Teaching Foundation Mathematics is developed to provide age appropriate material for adult learners with moderate to severe learning difficulties and/or disabilities and for children, over 12, with special needs. It will also prove useful to teachers training to work with these learners. 30 ready-to-use lessons are at your fingertips in this book, complete with tutora??s notes, teaching objectives, detailed lesson plans and photocopiable worksheets, where appropriate. The lessons are divided into three areas a?? number, shape and measure.

Author Biography

Nadia Naggar-Smith was a Basic Skills and Key Skills lecturer and co-ordinator in Further Education at New College Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the book

Number

Introduction to Number

Cardinal Numbers

Ordinal Numbers

Card Bingo

Number Lines

Addition and Subtraction

Bar Charts

Estimating

Early Multiplication

Addition and Subtraction Strips

Connecting Concepts to Symbols - Addition

Measure

Introduction to Measure

Length Footprints and Handspans

Capacity

Shoe Sizes

Which Coin?

Weight

Time - David's Day

Days of The Week

Months of the Year

Strings and Things (Using the language of length)

Addition and subtraction using money

Shape

Introduction to Shape

Make A Shape

The Feely Box

Catch The Shape

Roll the Shape

3D Shapes in Our Lives

Shapes in The Supermarket

Stacking Shelves

Using 2D and 3D Shapes: Investigating Nets

Measuring Right Angles

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