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Overcoming Dyscalculia and Difficulties with Number

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This practical book draws on Ronit Bird's teaching experience to create detailed strategies and teaching plans for students aged 9-16 who have difficulties with number. Activities and games are used to teach numeracy skills in these key areas: number components, bridging, multiplication, division and reasoning strategies. New to this edition: An updated Part I, improving the clarity and flow of the teaching ideas, including a table mapping games against specific teaching points More activities and guidance for multiplication and division A new Part V, consolidating new and existing teaching games in one place 4 new videos added to the online resources This is an ideal resource for class teachers, SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) and maths subject leader, and is equally useful for teaching assistants and learning support assistants.
Part I: Stop Counting in Ones Chapter 1: How to help pupils stop counting in ones Part II: The Bridging Technique Chapter 2: Pre-skills for learning the bridging technique Chapter 3: Bridging through 10 Chapter 4: Bridging through multiples of 10 Part III: The Area Model of Multiplication and Division Chapter 5: Pre-skills for the area model of multiplication and division Chapter 6: The area model of multiplication and division Chapter 7: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long multiplication Chapter 8: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long division Part IV: Reasoning Strategies Chapter 9: Reasoning Strategies Part V: Games Collection
The underlying teaching approach in all Ronit Bird's work is to provide the necessary concrete and practical experience in an enjoyable manner - through games and activities, not worksheets - while at the same time helping learners through the important transition between concrete and abstract calculation techniques - Jan Beechey -- Jan Beechey * Dyslexia Review *
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