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Autism: Sample Worksheets from AutismHelper

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Autism: Sample Worksheets from AutismHelper

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Especially for early learners, worksheets that utilize matching and fill in the blanks, can allow students with ASD to display their learning in different ways.

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Autism: Social Studies Vocabulary Visual Cards

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Autism: Social Studies Vocabulary Visual Cards

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This is an example of vocabulary visual cards being used to introduce key terms to students with Autism. They are easy to read, contain only the relevant information, and are paired with visuals to help the student connect the information.

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Autism: Introducing History from the Perspective of a Mother of a Child with ASD

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Autism: Introducing History from the Perspective of a Mother of a Child with ASD

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This Mother shares her experience introducing history to her child with ASD. Although it may not be within the context of the classroom, her use of visuals and hands-on learning can be applied to students with ASD in the schools, especially during 1:1 learning time.

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Student Learning:

Start each day with a sense of self geography. I used to say, "We are traveling to Egypt today!" Which lead to an anxiety filled reply, "Mommy go, Bubba stay home." There was no way he was getting on a plane. So, I begin our history lesson with, well, a light heart, but also, a literal WH question, where do you live?

Then, ask where is............which ever civilization you're working on, whether it be China, Egypt, Mesopotamia etc. This gives multiple opportunities to know where they are on the map in relation to where they are studying.

Differentiate by changing the WH question:

What state do you live in?

Which country do you live in?

Where is the continent you live on?

Day 1: Introduce the Material

Prep:

Without a doubt, pre-read the chapter and if you choose to do so, the suggested picture books, chapter books or readers, which are provided per chapter. These are not needed as it's a complete history curriculum however, we use them on day 3, review, or a couple chapters per day.

Next, read the comprehension questions and vocabulary words that are provided in the guides, or change them based on your child's level.

Student Learning:

Begin by having your child read or listen to the chapter. This can be independent, read aloud, or an audio book, like "Curiosity Chronicles", which is also in dialogue format. I love this because it gives the opportunity for a shared read in scripted back and forth conversation.

When we do this, Bubba is always Ted because the lines are shorter.

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How to Start Experiencing History - The Autism Helper

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Start each day with a sense of self geography. I used to say, "We are traveling to Egypt today!" Which lead to an anxiety filled reply, "Mommy go, Bubba stay home." There was no way he was getting on a plane.

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Autism: Indiana Resource Center for Autism

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Autism: Indiana Resource Center for Autism

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The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has provided a document of resources that can be used for students with ASD. It provides links, descriptions of the programs, and the targeted grade levels to allow educators the ability to quickly identify appropriate resources.

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Autism: BrainPop Visual Interactive Site

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Autism: BrainPop Visual Interactive Site

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This site is fantastic at providing visuals for learning various concepts in Social Studies. Each topic also contains movies, quizzes, challenges, vocabulary lists, related reading, and even games for students to explore. Students with ASD may benefit from being able to access content from various different ways.

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Google Earth is a fantastic way to introduce geography to students visually. Students can explore their local communities, or jump into different parts of the world. This site can also allow students to spatially locate countries and locations.

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Google has provided a database of photos, videos, 3D models of various historical artwork, architecture, and prominent points in history. This site can serve as a visual support for students interested in learning more, or as a supplement to textual resources. This site is also great at showcasing different art by decades, allowing students to visually see progressions and trends that arise and change as they go through the timeline.

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Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

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Although there is a paid version, a free version is available. This site allows students to read articles at various reading levels and languages, making articles more accessible for diverse learners.

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Social Studies support and resources for K-12 curriculum

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Find differentiating, and standards aligned social studies content with engaging and vetted texts.

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Teacher Recommendations for Teaching Social Studies

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Teacher Recommendations for Teaching Social Studies

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This document provides specific recommendations for differentiating learning in a social studies classroom. These recommendations can then be applied to the classroom to provide various levels of interventions for different student needs.

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Sample video of Differentiated Activities for a Social Studies Classroom

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Sample video of Differentiated Activities for a Social Studies Classroom

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This video demonstrates using "What do I see/hear/do?" to provide differentiated activities for students to practice specific concepts in Social Studies. This approach can help educators become creative in how they teach future lessons.

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Differentiated Activities for Middle School Social Studies Students

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Interactive site for learning about American democracy

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Interactive site for learning about American democracy

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iCivics provides numerous virtual games that students can play to learn more about the various government system. For example, you can learn about the branches of the government, test your knowledge regarding your constitutional rights, and discover more about the law making process.

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The Library of Congress has a collection of different media, documents and photos that can be used as resources for students learning various topics in social studies. Primary visuals related to historical events can be used to help supplement student knowledge and provide a better visual representation of events that have occurred.

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The world’s largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

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Teaching History focuses on providing teaching strategies for teachers to encourage high quality lessons on Social Studies. They have specific resources for teaching English Language Learners, and guides and resources for the general education classroom. They also include lesson plan reviews, and demonstrate key components that is found in quality teaching.

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Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K-12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has created Teachinghistory.org with the goal of making history content, teaching strategies, resources, and research accessible.

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Smithsonian has a collection of virtual tours, with some narrated, of their current and previous collections on display. These virtual tours are self-guided and allow the students to explore areas within the museum virtually, and encourage students to engage in inquiry.

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

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This site contains a collection of interactive social studies lessons. Lessons include various multimedia resources, such as videos, interactive tables, and even sections where students are prompted and encouraged to take notes.

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Social Studies Activities And Lessons | PBS LearningMedia

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Discover thousands of social studies activities, lessons, and interactive resources for all grades, all aligned to state and national standards.

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The Physics Classroom contains a variety of multimedia tools and resources to supplement concepts in Physics. It allows students to view video tutorials, animations of principles in physics, and test knowledge on practice questions.

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Have you tried a Concept Builder lately? You should. This growing collection of cognitively-rich exercises will focus student attention on discrete learning goals. Filled with interactive elements, this section is the perfect tool for getting students thinking about the meaning of concepts. Perfect for students and 1:1 classrooms using iPads, Chromebooks, and the like. And for Chemistry types, we've added a large collection of Chemistry Concept Builders.

Minds On Physics - Version 5 is the HTML5 version of Minds On Physics that replaces our App and Legacy versions. Relying on a large bank of carefully crafted questions, Minds On Physics seeks to improve students' conceptions of physics. "MOPs" combines interactive questioning modules with a thorough, question-specific Help system to engage students in an exercise in thinking, reflecting and learning. Version 5 is our best-yet version of Minds On Physics. There is a fully functional free version and a paid version that integrates seamlessly with our Task Tracker system and offers some rather enticing features.

Version 2 of the Calculator Pad is now available. Our newest version includes >2500 Physics and Chemistry problems organized into >250 ready-to-use problem sets. Numerical information is randomly-generated. An answer box allows students to solve and check their answers. Most problems are accompanied by an audio-guided solution that explains how to solve a similar problem while hilighting the habits that can be adopted for solving any problem. Teachers with Task Tracker accounts can modify problems and problem sets and even create their own problems. Task Tracker also allows teachers to assign problems to their students and track their progress.

Concept Checkers were built to coordinate with the Physics Interactives section of our website. Relying upon our Task Tracker tool to deliver questions, check answers, and track student progress, a Concept Checker is designed to coordinate with an interactive simulation. Use it as a follow-up check to understanding after exploring the simulation. Most sims are accompanied by a Concept Checker. Some sims have Task Tracker code built into the simulation. But not all sims will have a Concept Checker. Concept Checkers can be used with or without a Task Tracker account.

The Science Reasoning Center is our most recent upgrade. This section (once complete) will include more than 50 activities that are perfect for encouraging scientific reasoning skills. Students use science and engineering practices, combined with cross cutting science concepts and core ideas from the disciplines of physics (and chemistry) to analyze phenomenon, experiments, and data presentations. NOTE: We broke ground in April of 2023; we should have a large portion of content available by August of 2023. We will continue work throughout the 2023-24 school year.

A collection of pages with questions and answers/explanations which serve as reviews or practice. Each review complements a chapter from The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

A variety of question-and-answer pages which target specific concepts and skills. Topics range from the graphical analysis of motion and drawing free body diagrams to a discussion of vectors and vector addition.

Calling all high school juniors: You've trusted The Physics Classroom to help prepare you for that unit exam in physics. Why not trust us to help prepare you for the biggest test of the year - the ACT test? That's right. Let the TPC help you with the ACT.

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The Physics Classroom serves students, teachers and classrooms by providing classroom-ready resources that utilize an easy-to-understand language that makes learning interactive and multi-dimensional. Written by teachers for teachers and students, The Physics Classroom provides a wealth of resources…

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PhET has created various interactive simulations that students can interact with. It allows student to explore scientific principles in a virtual way that is engaging, and encourages students to explore.

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Over 1.1 billion simulations delivered

160interactive simulations

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3001teacher-submitted lessons

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Collection of Bill Nye's Home Experiments

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Collection of Bill Nye's Home Experiments

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Bill Nye's website contains a collection of experiments that can easily be done both at home and within the classroom. Since it requires easy to find materials, it can be done in a 1:1 setting. The site also contains explanations of the processes involved in the experiment in an easy to read format.

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Experiments you should try at home featuring topics from the Bill Nye The Science Guy show.

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National Geographic provides easy to read information to students, as well as videos and visuals to supplement content. Students will be able to engage with the information in various ways, and explore further by clicking on accompanying related links. They even feature experiments that can be replicated at home or in the classroom, and provide visual instructions of each step, step-by-step.

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Get science experiments, videos, articles, and more.

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NASA's Kids' Club is an interactive site that allow students to explore concepts regarding space. Students can find more information on specific topics, view videos, photos and even download apps that further supplement knowledge and encourage inquiry.

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NASA encourages you to visit NASA Kids' Club and use its games and activities to inspire the next generation.

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This classroom utilizes a MakerSpace to explore STEM and Science concepts. It uses peer grouping and team work to allow students to work together and collaborate on projects. The activities in the video are hands-on and encourage students to communicate and learn together.

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Although this video features a preschool classroom, the strategies of using play to engage students in Science concepts can be extremely useful for struggling students. Rather than confining activities to worksheets and textbooks, play allows students to manipulate hands on with objects, and naturally lead students' to their own discovery and inquiries, regardless of their reading levels and comprehension.

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HowStuffWorks: A site to motivate inquiry-based learning

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HowStuffWorks: A site to motivate inquiry-based learning

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This site does incredible in providing answers to questions students may have, encouraging inquiry-based learning. It provides many visuals and easy to read articles, making it more accessible to a wider variety of students.

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Science explains and demystifies the world through the objective of gathering and analyzing data. Explore the natural world, engineering, space, military technology, physics and even supernatural phenomena.

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This site features interactive games for students as an alternative way to learn about chemistry, physics and biology. It does so in a gamified way to encourage motivation and retain engagement.

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Pandemic Simulator - In this online strategy game you play the role of an evil bug trying to cripple the worlld. Choose to be either e a virus, a parasite or bacteria with specific characteristics which in turn infects all inhabitants on Earth. You win the game by wiping out all the humans on earth. This is not an easy task as governments and hospitals are, at the same time, working hard to prevent the spread of disease and find a cure. Gain DNA points as your bug becomes more determined and spreads, then use these points to upgrade the bug.

It's your job to infect everyone in the world with your disease. You start with a disease that's very low on the radar which looks like a locally-spread flu. This game will develop your sense of spreading a bug, and it is up to you to improve your bug and allow it to spread rapidly. Use your points wisely to maximise the pandemic's effectiveness.
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Over the Bridge is a multilevel construction game and hard, physics-based, online puzzle for elementary school, middle and high school age players where you must display creative engineering skills and problem solving determination to construct sturdy bridges that support a car's journey over it. Featuring an increasingly-challenging levels, you must carefully and methodically drop the construction materials into the focus area, and hope that the awaiting car can safely travel across your structure without toppling in.

Reasons to play this tricky, logic brain teaser game: Solve physics-based problems in a fun, interactive way. Test and exercise your analytical thinking skills, creative mindset, and basic appreciation of physics as you attempt to build sufficiently strong bridges in each level.

Strategy to win: Good old trial and error plays a very important part toward your success here. If you fail with an initial attempt, try to figure out where you went wrong, and adjust your bridge structure accordingly. Think about and use gravity to your advantage in the construction process. Be observant of the car's progress across your creation - This can give you clues about where your bridge might need fine-tuning.
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Super Stacker is the big game concerning balancing! You must balance the objects given to you to win. It may sound simple, but this is a really fun and interactive game which could have you playing for hours as you make your way through the missions. No two missions are the same with each one providing a different challenge! Have fun!

The aim of the game is to place all the items given to you on the screen and make them balance on the initial stand provided to you. The missions will increase in difficulty as you progress, with more awkward shapes to balance and less to actually balance them on. This will test you knowledge of how balance works in science, as this game is very realistic. Bare in mind the shape, size and weight of the object to make sure you dont topple your structure!
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Physics Drop is a challenging puzzle game where you have to use physics to complete the levels. Help the ball reach the basket at the end, and earn your well-deserved victory.
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A Chemical Match is an online science/ chemistry-based game that will send you on an atomic mind-bender of confusion - as well as provide endless hours of enjoyment! With super-slick ambient graphics and simple acoustics, it's a learning experience that anyone can enjoy. Match up the chemical items to win!

The aim of the game is to match as many items as possible. This will test your observation skills and speed skills. The clock will be ticking so make sure you don't buckle under the pressure. Scan the board for matches of three or more and then move around accordingly! Lets see if you are up to the challenge.
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Science Games for Kids online,free fun cool interactive physics chemistry biology game for PC girls

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Science Games for Kids online, free fun science games, cool science games: Interactive physics games for kids, online chemistry games for kids, girls, biology

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Collection of Science Experiments and Activities for Various Grade Levels and Topics

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Collection of Science Experiments and Activities for Various Grade Levels and Topics

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This site contains a collection of science experiments that can be used in the classroom. Experiments are categorized by grade level and topics, allowing educators and students to find an experiment that is most appropriate for the student's current level. It also provides videos and visuals of the experiments to allow students an alternative way to interact with the material.

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Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers, & Tools

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Free Topic Selection Wizard, science fair project ideas, step by step how to do a science fair project, Ask an Expert discussion board, and science fair tips for success.

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Autism: Alternative Ways of Presenting Material

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Autism: Alternative Ways of Presenting Material

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This article demonstrates different sample activities that can be applied to students with Autism that can support learning through other visual means.

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Teaching Science in Special Education - Autism Classroom Resources

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Science in the special education classroom can be one of the most fun subjects but also the most challenging. These are some ideas to make it easy.

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Autism: Using Discrete Trial Training to Teach Math

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Autism: Using Discrete Trial Training to Teach Math

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This site shows an example of using DTT in a group setting to build math fluency. This can be targeted and tailored to individual students with ASD, whereby they are shown flashcards and given multiple opportunities to practice their skills.

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Group Math Work: Discrete Trial Training - The Autism Helper

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Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism

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This article targets students in special education, but can be specifically applied to students with Autism. Students with autism can benefit greatly from differentiated learning strategies, and being offered visual aids to supplement learning.

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5 Tips For Teaching Science In Special Education - Where I Aut-a Be

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Special Education Science Curriculum Science can be one of the most abstract concepts to teach. It's rare to be given a special education science curriculum. So it can be such a challenge to come up with hands on science activities.

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This is an example of visual worksheets that can be utilized for teaching mathematical concepts to students with Autism. Students' interests can be taken into account and incorporated into the worksheet themselves to help motivate and build engagement.

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Autism: Teaching Mathematics to Children with Autism

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Autism: Teaching Mathematics to Children with Autism

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This video provides examples of strategies you can use when teaching mathematics with Autism. They use manipulatives and different ways of displaying math concepts and ideas. One great thing I love about this video is that they remind educators to use and give social praise for correct responses.

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Teaching Mathematics to Children with Autism

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Autism: Using a Task Analysis to Teach Subtraction

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Autism: Using a Task Analysis to Teach Subtraction

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Erin provides examples on how you can use a Task Analysis to teach students with Autism how to subtract numbers.

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So I've been talking a lot about Task Analysis lately. I have shared how amazing it is for teaching Functional Routines in the classroom. That's how I started using Task Analysis back when I was potty training a student in my first year of teaching. It wasn't until a few years later that I realized what an amazing tool it could be for teaching academic skills, too!

This is a step by step walk through of how I teach subtraction to students using Task Analysis in my classroom. First, I create my data sheet by determining which steps will be needed to complete the task. In this case, I decided there are 4 steps in completing a subtraction fact. The steps are:

I took that information and added it into a Task Analysis Data sheet I developed. When I start teaching students to subtract using Task Analysis I prompt the entire chain making sure students are being reinforced when completing problems.

These are the steps I have laid out that students will complete when learning how to subtract. You can see the student first put on the 5 erasers, then removed 2. We then counted the remaining erasers and wrote what was leftover.

Once I have introduced a prompt to my student it is important that I begin fading that prompt immediately. I don't want my student to become prompt dependent. The best way to avoid this is to slowly fade back the prompts you are using. I tend to like to fade from the last step in the chain to make sure students are successful. Always remember to pair this with reinforcement. We want students to associate all those good things with the task they are completing.

I continue with these lessons until my students are 100% independent in 5/5 trials over 2-5 days (depending on the student) and then I start generalizing these skills in the classroom and across all settings.

Are you ready to dive in to Task Analysis for teaching academic skills?

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Using Task Analysis to Teach Subtraction - You Aut-A Know

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Autism: Applying Task Analysis to other Math Topics

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Autism: Applying Task Analysis to other Math Topics

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Randy Ewart breaks down and explains how Task Analysis can be used for other concepts in math for students with Autism. He provides examples and suggestions on how math problems can be broken down to provide further instruction to students with Autism.

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Making Math Meaningful: Task Analysis for math topics - Part 1 | Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network | Nebraska

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Task Analysis for Math Topics, including strategies for identifying valid learning objectives, breaking them into small parts, and then using task analysis as an assessment tool.

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This site offers free virtual math manipulatives to help students visualize mathematical concepts. This is a fantastic resource for virtual and distance learning as families may not have extra resources to provide their children with tangible manipulatives. Students in Tier 2 & 3 can use these visuals to gain a better understanding of various concepts.

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Online manipulatives bring all of the learning and fun without the mess. Our math virtual manipulatives help students grasp abstract concepts through modeling. Literacy virtual manipulatives create a fun space for practicing spelling, rhyming, and more!

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Virtual Manipulatives | Mathematical Modelling | Toy Theater

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Original teaching tools aimed at supporting teachers in the elementary school classroom. Two color counters, 3D dice, probability spinners, graph builders, fraction bars, base ten blocks, and more!

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This video starts as an introduction and stepping stone for setting the stage on how to introduce math interventions within the classroom.

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3 Easy Steps for Getting Started with Math Intervention

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Classroom Example of Tier 1 Strategies being Implemented

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Classroom Example of Tier 1 Strategies being Implemented

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Although this video was recorded 11 years ago, this teacher demonstrates using group/stations as an alternative means to providing math instruction. Here students are grouped into various math projects and have the opportunity to show their learning in different ways. They are also encouraged to engage and collaborate with their peers to help strengthen their learning.

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Wilson shares math intervention strategy

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This site has a plethora of resources for brainstorming math interventions within the classroom. They list several interventions and provide descriptions, list materials that are required, and the steps to implement.

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Students who can be trusted to work independently and need extra drill and practice with math computational problems, spelling, or vocabulary words will benefit from Cover-Copy-Compare.

Students can improve both their accuracy and fluency on math computation worksheets by independently self-monitoring their computation speed, charting their daily progress, and earning rewards for improved performance.

Teachers can improve accuracy and positively influence the attitude of students when completing math-fact worksheets by intermixing 'easy' problems among the 'challenging' problems. Research shows that students are more motivated to complete computation worksheets when they contain some very easy problems interspersed among the more challenging items.

Students can consistently perform better on applied math problems if they follow an efficient 4-step plan of understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back.

This intervention employs students as reciprocal peer tutors to target acquisition of basic math facts (math computation) using constant time delay (Menesses & Gresham, 2009; Telecsan, Slaton, & Stevens, 1999). Each tutoring 'session' is brief and includes its own progress-monitoring component--making this a convenient and time-efficient math intervention for busy classrooms.

The student monitors and records her or his work production on math computation worksheets during time-drills-with a goal of improving overall fluency (Maag, Reid, R., & DiGangi, 1993). This intervention can be used with a single student, a small group, or an entire class.

Students can consistently perform better on applied math problems if they follow an efficient 4-step plan of understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back.

8. Balanced Massed & Distributed Practice
Teachers can best promote students acquisition and fluency in a newly taught math skill by transitioning from massed to distributed practice. When students have just acquired a math skill but are not yet fluent in its use, they need lots of opportunities to try out the skill under teacher supervision - a technique referred to as 'massed practice'. Once students have developed facility and independence with that new math skill, it is essential that they then be required periodically to use the skill in order to embed and retain it - a strategy also known as 'distributed practice'.

Students can effectively clarify their knowledge of math concepts, and problem-solving strategies through regular use of class 'math journals'. Journaling is a valuable channel of communication about math issues for students who are unsure of their skills and reluctant to contribute orally in class. Regular math journaling can prod students to move beyond simple 'rote' mastery of the steps for completing various math problems toward a deeper grasp of the math concepts that underlie and explain a particular problem-solving approach. Teachers will find that journal entries are a concrete method for monitoring student understanding of more abstract math concepts. To promote the quality of journal entries, the teacher might also assign them an effort grade that will be calculated into quarterly math report card grades.

Making a drawing of an applied or "word", problem is one tool that students can use to help them find the solution. An additional benefit is that it can reveal to the teacher any student misunderstandings about how to set up or solve the word problem .

Reluctant students can be motivated to practice number problems to build computational fluency when given worksheet that include an answer key (number problems with correct answers) displayed at the top of the page. Such speed drills build computational fluency while promoting student's ability to visualize and to use a mental number line.

Explicit time-drills are a method to boost students' rate of responding on math-fact worksheets. Explicit time-drills work best on 'simple' math facts requiring few computation steps. They are less effective on more complex math facts. Also, a less intrusive and more flexible version of this intervention is to use time-prompts while students are working independently on math facts to speed their rate of responding. For example, at the end of every minute of seat work, the teacher can call the time and have students draw a line under the item that they are working on when the minute expires.

Improve students' rate of homework completion and quality by using reinforcers, motivating 'real-life' assignments, a homework planner, and student self-monitoring.

Research shows that when teachers use specific techniques to motivate their classes to engage in higher rates of active and accurate academic responding, student learning rates are likely to go up.

Teachers can promote greater student 'risk-taking' in mathematical learning when they cultivate a positive classroom atmosphere for math discussions while preventing peers from putting each other down.

During large-group math lectures, teachers can help students to retain more instructional content by incorporating brief Peer-Guided Pause sessions into lectures.

Response cards can increase student active engagement in group math activities while reducing disruptive behavior.

When teachers instruct students in more complex math cognitive strategies they must support struggling learners with a 'wrap-around' instructional plan. The plan incorporates several elements: assessment of the student's problem-solving skills, explicit instruction, process modeling, performance feedback and review of mastered skills or material.

Solving an advanced math problem independently requires the coordination of a number of complex skills. The student must have the capacity to reliably implement the specific steps of a particular problem-solving process, or cognitive strategy. At least as important, though, is that the student must also possess the necessary metacognitive skills to analyze the problem, select an appropriate strategy to solve that problem from an array of possible alternatives, and monitor the problem-solving process to ensure that it is carried out correctly.

The student is taught explicit number counting strategies for basic addition and subtraction. Those skills are then practiced with a tutor (adapted from Fuchs et al., 2009).

The student plays a number-based board game to build skills related to 'number sense', including number identification, counting, estimation skills, and ability to visualize and access specific number values using an internal number-line (Siegler, 2009)

22. Self- Monitoring: Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists
The teacher analyzes a particular student's pattern of errors commonly made when solving a math algorithm (on either computation or word problems) and develops a brief error self-correction checklist unique to that student. The student then uses this checklist to self-monitor-and when necessary correct-his or her performance on math worksheets before turning them in (Dunlap & Dunlap, 1989; Uberti et al., 2004).

The student plays a number-based board game to build skills related to 'number sense', including number identification, counting, estimation skills, and ability to visualize and access specific number values using an internal number-line (Siegler, 2009).

Students should develop automatic recall of basic math-facts in the elementary grades. Math-fact mastery permits students to shift valuable cognitive capacity away from simple calculations toward higher-level problem-solving (Gersten, Jordan, & Flojo, 2005; National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008). An important goal for schools, then, is to ensure that students are proficient in math-facts by the end of grade 5 (Kroesbergen & Van Luit, 2003) to better prepare them for the demanding middle-school math curriculum.

Teachers need an instructional strategy to encourage students to be more savvy interpreters of graphics in applied math problems. One idea is to have them apply a reading comprehension strategy, Question-Answer Relationships (QARs) as a tool for analyzing math graphics.

The teacher analyzes a particular student's pattern of errors commonly made when solving a math algorithm (on either computation or word problems) and develops a brief error self-correction checklist unique to that student. The student then uses this checklist to self-monitor-and when necessary correct-his or her performance on math worksheets before turning them in (Dunlap & Dunlap, 1989; Uberti et al., 2004).

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Response to Intervention (RTI) / Math Interventions

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Students who can be trusted to work independently and need extra drill and practice with math computational problems, spelling, or vocabulary words will benefit from Cover-Copy-Compare. Students can improve both their accuracy and fluency on math computation worksheets by independently self-monitoring their computation speed, charting their daily progress, and earning rewards for improved performance.

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Visual Math Games for Early Learners that May Need Extra Support

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Visual Math Games for Early Learners that May Need Extra Support

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ictgames features numerous math games for early learners to help visualize math concepts. Many of these games provide an alternative means of displaying basic math concepts in an engaging way for students who are interested in more game based instruction.

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Welcome to ictgames. Here you'll find free to play educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old; written by a UK teacher with 20 years experience. The games are linked to the UK KS 1 and 2 curricula. Here are some help videos to get you started.

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Free educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old. Made by a UK teacher with 20 years of experience in education.

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Online Math Program to help students build fluency

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Online Math Program to help students build fluency

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This free program can help students develop fluency in math skills, and serve as an alternative method for instruction.

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View the research behind our ESSA Tier IV evidence

XtraMath worked with LeanLab Education to document the connections between using XtraMath and improving outcomes for students primarily in grades K-6.

Download our Logic Model to discover the research and evidence that demonstrates how using XtraMath enhances students' learning and performance, leading to better outcomes for both students and teachers.XtraMath worked with LeanLab Education to document the connections between using XtraMath and improving outcomes for students primarily in grades K-6.
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XtraMath - 10 minutes a day for math fact fluency

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XtraMath is a free program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

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Interactive Site for Students to Practice Math Concepts in a Visual and Game Based Format

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Interactive Site for Students to Practice Math Concepts in a Visual and Game Based Format

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SplashLearn is free for teachers and combines math instruction and games together. The site emphasizes it's ability to not only provide math problems in a way that is engaging, but also in a way that allows students multiple ways to solve a problem.

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SplashLearn: Fun Math & ELA Program for PreK-Grade 5

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SplashLearn is an award-winning learning program loved by over 40 million kids for engaging Math and ELA practice. Aligned with Common Core and various state standards.

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Meta-Analysis on Effectiveness of  Cover-Copy-Compare Procedure in Math Skills for Students with and without Disabilities

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This research article describes how the Cover-Copy-Compare strategy can be an effective and evidence-based method to increase students' math skills with or without disability.

In case the link does not work, full citation is below:

Joseph, L. M., Konrad, M., Cates, G., Vajcner, T., Eveleigh, E., & Fishley, K. M. (2012). A meta‐analytic review of the cover‐copy‐compare and variations of this self‐management procedure. Psychology in the Schools, 49(2), 122-136.

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This is an example of Math Talk being used in the classroom. Math Talk can help build metacognitive strategies and get students thinking and planning about the strategies they use when dealing with mathematical problems.

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9 Math Intervention Strategies/Examples to Apply to Class Instruction

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Richard Blankman lists 9 strategies to help plan lessons for struggling math students and provides examples of when it can be used.

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Mathematics has potential to inspire wonder and foster creativity. It is far deeper than counting and arithmetic; math can provide irrefutable proof of grand ideas and predict new scientific discoveries.

As educators usher in a new generation of future problem solvers, a challenge to overcome today relates to current math proficiency levels. But fear not! No matter where students are on their math journeys, there are strategies educators can use to maximize and accelerate their growth.

What Is Math Intervention?

In the broadest terms, math interventions are ways to help students who are behind in their math learning. However, for many educators, the meaning of math intervention is the support provided to students who are two or more grade levels behind in a math topic. Many schools offer dedicated classes-frequently with fewer students and more than one teacher-to support students who would benefit from intensive math intervention.

Tier 2 Intervention and Tier 3 Intensive Intervention

The strategies described in this article can serve as Response to Intervention (RTI) math strategies. However, they do not differentiate among the needs for a multi-tiered system of supports for interventions within the core classroom (Tier 1), as supplemental intervention through differentiated instruction (Tier 2), or as intensive intervention that can occur in either the core classroom or in a traditional pull-out classroom (Tier 3).

Tier 1: Students receive research-based instruction within their core classroom.

Tier 2: Students receive targeted supplemental intervention using differentiated instruction.

Tier 3: Students receive individualized, intensive intervention within their core classroom or in a pull-out model.

All students have different learning needs. What works for one student may not work for another, and what works for a particular math skill or problem may not work for another. Moreover, the supports that your students need may look different depending on classroom capacity or the organization of specialized intervention support within your school or district. Feel free to try the ideas below, adapting them to your individual students.

Planning Lessons for Students Who Are Struggling

Explore this list of math intervention strategies before giving a lesson, as they can be used in whole-class or small-group math instruction and guide what problems to use in the first place.

Strategy 1: Account for Student Strengths

So your student doesn't like math? Or maybe doesn't seem to make any progress with the topic you're teaching? Well, what do they like? Account for the whole student. Ask about their family, hobbies, and entertainment. Maybe there's a class they particularly love or even a previous math topic that interested them. Consider creating an interest survey where students share their feelings about math, which can extend to what interests them outside of math, too. Look for ways to connect what your students love to the math topic that's confounding them.

This can also be an opportunity to introduce students to new ideas and subjects that they didn't even know would be of interest to them. If your math program includes videos or simulations, encourage your students to explore. If it doesn't, there are still plenty of free options online. Listen to your students and figure out what personally engages them so you can tap into what they care about.

This isn't a simple task for you, the teacher! You may need to research details about your students' interests and seek out the mathematical connections. It may help to browse our full library of free resources, including math activities that relate to fashion, sports, business, and art, to name a few.

What works for one student may not work for another, and what works for one math topic may not work for another.

Strategy 2: Use Schema-Based Instruction

Word problems can leave students across all grade levels wondering where to even start. The combination of parsing English and manipulating mathematical concepts can be daunting, especially for multilingual learners. One evidence-based strategy is to create a schema, or an underlying blueprint or structure that you can introduce students to and continually revisit when working through word problems. For example, consider the following word problems:

Alice has 81 fish that she has to place evenly into 9 buckets. How many fish are in each bucket?

Rosario wants to hang 25 artworks into 5 galleries so that every gallery has the same number of artworks. How many artworks go in each gallery?

A pet shelter has 18 cat treats that it wants to give out evenly to the 6 cats in the shelter. How many treats will each cat get?

All of these problems can be described using a schema that describes the general concept of division:

Total ÷ Groups = Number per group

Once you have a schema, you can refer back to it to help students illustrate problems and adapt new word problems to the same schema. It may help to draw the schemas, create posters for the ones that appear most frequently, or-if your students are ready-see if they can define their own schemas.

Strategy 3: Peer Tutoring

Want to know one of the best ways to learn math? Teach it. Seriously; ask math teachers of all stripes, and they can attest that having to explain an idea to others makes them learn it more soundly than they ever thought possible. This can be a scary strategy to employ when the students don't seem to have mastered a concept yet themselves, but plenty of learning can happen through the teaching process. Having students talk to each other about math fosters rich math conversations. It also helps students identify classmates who are strong counterparts in terms of helping them when they're stuck.

Pair students up and have them teach a concept to each other. Be sure to give them tools to tutor another student even if they're struggling themselves. For example, you could provide (or have students create!) cards with numbers, equations, images, or vocabulary terms. The "tutor" can select the cards, and the "tutee" can sort them and form rules that describe all of the cards in each group. After 5-10 minutes, have students reverse roles: the tutor becomes the tutee. Not only does this strategy improve math understanding for both students; it bolsters confidence and attitudes about math, to boot!

If your students could use some practice with division, try out the card sort activity below, which comes from Math 180, our math intervention solution for students in Grades 5 and up.

Strategy 4: Practice Fact Retrieval

Part of what stops a lot of students from progressing in math is frustration over not knowing and constantly getting stuck on math facts. After all, if you can't quickly add and multiply, how can you be expected to solve larger problems that rely on those facts?

Modern evidence suggests that math facts should not be the focus of lessons and are improved through general practice. However, some evidence shows that setting aside some time for practicing math facts-around 10 minutes per day-can reap large dividends in terms of confidence in math class and growing in math competency beyond fact fluency. There are endless ways to practice math facts with students, including video games, board and card games, and the strategy that follows: Cover-Copy-Compare.

Fact fluency can also be thought about in the context of problem solving. When solving math problems, don't quickly correct an arithmetic error and move on. Instead, spend time on it and have students discuss their thought processes. Consider employing Number Talks, five- to fifteen-minute conversations around computation problems that are solved mentally, which are great at getting students to work naturally on their fact fluency and speed of recall.

Strategy 5: Cover-Copy-Compare

This is an intervention that offers a specific evidence-based activity to practice fact retrieval. In preparation, create a worksheet with around 10 math facts. Have the list of sums or products (for example) lined up along one side of the paper. Let students study the facts and, when they're ready, cover the lined-up numbers and try to recreate the list. When they're done, compare the list they generated to the original list.

Mark the facts correct or incorrect. If any are incorrect, repeat the procedure of covering, copying, and comparing until all the facts are solved correctly. This task helps create a definable and manageable goal for students-get all of the facts correct-no matter their current math abilities. You can differentiate the task by having students answer orally instead, which has the added benefit of being quicker. This routine improves math accuracy both across general education and special education, and can apply to math ideas beyond just math facts! For example, this strategy could be used to build fluency with greater than or less than symbols.

Strategies to Use While Teaching

Try this list of math interventions while giving a lesson, as they can be tools to help individual students-or even full classes!-who seem to be stuck on a problem.

Strategy 6: Employ Metacognitive Strategies

Research has shown time and time again that if you can get students to think critically about their own mathematical thinking, there is an opportunity to grow. On the surface, the problem may seem to be an understanding of math concepts, but the deeper problem may in fact be the students' mindsets.

Encourage students to tell their own math stories. What was math like in their household and in previous classes? Intentionally draw your students' attentions not just to what the math concepts are, but how they feel about them. Have students pause to reflect on how they feel and what thoughts are crossing their minds. Are they thinking thoughts like "I'll never get this" or "There's nothing I can do about it?" Present ways to combat this thinking, such as taking a break, asking for help, or brainstorming a new strategy to try.

Strategy 7: Verbalize Thought Processes

Research shows that the most successful math interventions are explicit and systematic. One way to do that is to verbalize thought processes. In other words, as students think about how to solve a problem, probe them to say what they are thinking aloud. It is important here to listen patiently and without judgment even if their mathematical language is inexact or their reasoning is imperfect. When you hear the full process, it can help you identify specifically how to intervene. Perhaps they understand a larger idea but get stuck on the arithmetic. Or perhaps they understand what a problem is asking but shut down as soon as they encounter a fraction.

It can work the other way, too. As you solve a problem, verbalize your thought process. Let students see the steps you take to work through a problem and model precise mathematical language and reasoning.

Strategy 8: Fast Draw

Fast Draw is a learning strategy devised by Cecil D. Mercer and Susan P. Miller around 30 years ago to help students with learning disabilities in solving math word problems. The letters of Fast Draw are a mnemonic for the steps:

Find what you are solving for: Look for the question mark and underline what you are trying to solve for.

Ask yourself what information is given: Read the whole problem and look for what information is already provided.

Set up the equation: Write the equation with numbers and symbols in the correct order.

Tie down the equation: Say out loud what the operation is and what it means. If you can, solve the problem. It may help to draw pictures.

Discover the sign. Find the sign and say it out loud.

Read the problem. Say the problem out loud.

Answer the problem, or draw.

Write the answer to the problem.

Here's a resource from James Madison University that provides details on each step, along with examples. Students struggling in mathematics often become passive when faced with word problems, and Fast Draw offers a concrete strategy that can help them become active and work through word problems on their own. The strategy not only helps bolster math achievement, but math attitudes, too, especially for students with learning disabilities.

Strategy 9: Use Multiple Representations

Multiple representations are important well beyond math intervention. They help students perceive math concepts in different ways and form important generalizations. However, they can serve a more targeted purpose for a student who needs targeted help. Showing math representations in different ways gives students a variety of mental models to consider, making comprehension more likely. In other words, it helps students "see" the math, even when one representation confuses them. The card sort activity from Strategy 3: Peer Tutoring is one way you can prepare specific multiple representations for students to compare.

Even concepts that seem simple to you can be complex to your students. Since everybody without visual impairments is a visual learner, lean into multiple visual representations to demystify ideas. But be intentional in which representations you show. If the representations are hard to interpret or come across as disconnected, you risk confusing students more!

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A sample activity that can be used with students with autism. It has students visually sort objects while learning basic science concepts.

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This special education science resource includes 8 science file folders for special education students working on basic science skills. Each file folder contains a science sorting activity for students to demonstrate mastery of science content. Science worksheets are also included so that you have a permanent record of the student's progress.

This set includes 8 file folders (or 16 single-page) science-related sorting activities that are designed to be laminated and reused. Labels are provided at the end of this package for use with file folders. For each of these, the 2 background pages can be mounted on the inside of the file folder and laminated. Or you can laminate them as pages and keep them in a binder.

⭐️ Download the preview for a FREE Print-and-Go Sorting Activity, potential IEP goals, and pictures of the product.

Finding developmentally appropriate science activities for students working on basic science skills that meet the alternative science standards in some states but who may be in older grades can be tough. These science file folders were designed to offer opportunities for students to demonstrate the ability to sort and match items to demonstrate science content.
✅ 8 Science file folders are included:

Liquids and Solids

Recyclable and Not Recyclable

2 Living Things and Non-living Things (1 with photos and 1 with clip art)

2 Items that use electricity and those that don't use electricity (1 with photos; 1 with clip art)

Sources of Electric Light and Nonelectric Light

Safe and Unsafe with Electricity

✅ 25 Science worksheets are included:

15 worksheets in which students can cut and paste items into the appropriate column

10 worksheets in which they circle or cross out items that meet the characteristic (e.g., circle the ones that are living).

The worksheets are provided in color but all print well in black and white if you are conserving color ink. They also will photocopy well. These worksheets are designed to provide permanent products / work samples to demonstrate mastery of the sorting skills. However, they could also be put in file folders and laminated with Velcro to be reusable.
❤️ Here's why you'll love these science file folders... ❤️
✅ Repetitive Practice - The file folders allow students lots of practice during instruction since they can be used over and over, especially if you laminate the pieces.

✅ Record of Work - The worksheets provide a permanent work product as demonstration of the student's mastery of the skill in meeting the standard without having to provide additional observation.
More classroom materials for students with autism and special education:
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File Folders for Science in Special Education & Autism With Worksheets

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This free resource includes many picture sorts of vocabulary and concepts in Science which can be used to teach these topics to students with Autism in a visual manner.

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Have students learn the basics of science tools with this freebie!
Includes:
- Table Tent Prediction Cards
- Picture Card Sort (guided practice)
- KWL Chart
- Can-Have-Are Chart
-ABC Order: Key Terms
- Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
- Science Safety Tools Writing Activity
- Assessment

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FREE Science Sorting Activities: Science Tools

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Autism: Using Visuals in Experimental Procedures

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This image serves as an example of how visuals can be incorporated to science experiments and procedures to allow it to become more accessible to students with autism.