Numbers Issues with

place value Struggles to

understand chronology

Number sense Learning to count

Recognizing print numbers
Connecting number to real world
value Poor number memory
Trouble logical organizing e.g.
Color, size Trouble recognizing
groups n patterns Trouble
comparing and contrasting
Trouble learning math facts
Difficulty problem solving skills
Poor long term memory for math
functions Not familiar with math
vocab Difficulty measuring things
Avoiding games that require
strategy .. ..

Symptoms or
warning signs
by age
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Counting
Difficulty navigating along number sequence
Can lose place easily
Finds counting in twos threes problematic
Memory
Cannot recall number facts
Constantly relearning n recapping skills
Organizational issues
Spatial/ temporal
Difficulty telling time
Left right direction
Map reading

Calculations
Problems
transferring Lack of
confidence in
answers
Measures Problems handling
money, work out change etc
Struggles to understand math
concepts, speed time etc

Classroom strategies Write

numbers in columns Cover
column so except those
working on Give a calculator
Color code fact families Teach
strategies to help maintain
focus e.g. Use fingers
Substitute large numbers with
small numbers Use
manipulatives Multiplication
table methods e.g. One less
method

Memory
Counting
Calculations
Numbers
Measures
Spatial / temporal

Difficulties

Symptoms Delay in
counting Delay in
using counting
strategies for addition

Start from basics

Use manipulatives
Help see relationships
Use number lines
Use concretes

IEP for Sally

Problems for Sally

Number sense

Case study
activity Sally
Yes or
no
statements

Dyscalculia
Definition No
universal
definition Several
examples
Case study
(Fourth graders case)
Problems from case
Trouble writing numbers
Wrong column (place value)
Operation
Regrouping
Solutions Display
times tables Finger
tricks to study times
tables Drill n chant
Place value charts
Abacus

Unexpected difficulty
dealing with math
problems Condition that
affects the ability to . . .

Word problems
Copy numbers wrongly