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QUOTE FROM YOURS TRULY MS.MONROE

Its my job to pinpoint where theyre

struggling.

WHAT IS DYSCALCULIA?
Dyscalculia is a brain condition that to some kids it makes it hard to make sense of
numbers and math problems.
They probably know what to do in math class but dont really understand why
theyre doing it.
Dyscalculia can go by plenty of names. Some schools refer to it as a mathematics
learning disability. Doctors sometimes call it a mathematics disorder. lots of kids
and parents call it math dyslexia.
There are many ways and strategies that may help with dyscalculia. You have to
find the one that works best.

Dyscalculia part 2
Dyscalculia may affect many different areas of math learning and performance. Different
kids have different challenges but the most common problem is with number sense.

Dr. Brian Butterworth, a researcher in dyscalculia, He relates number sense to being

color-blind. He says some people are born with number blindness. This makes it hard to
tell the difference between quantities.

Number blindness is one main reason many kids have trouble connecting numbers to the
real world. They cant grip the idea that five bees has the same number of things as five
spiders and five bananas.

CAUSES & SYMPTOMS.

symptoms

CAUSES
Genes and heredity: Researchers
have found that a child with dyscalculia
often has a parent or sibling with
similar math issues. Dyscalculia may be
genetic.
Brain development: Researchers are
using modern brain imaging tools to
study the brains of people with and
without math issues. The study also
found differences in the surface area,
thickness and volume of parts of the
brain. Those areas are linked to learning
and memory, setting up and monitoring
tasks and remembering math facts.
Brain injury: Studies show that injury to
certain parts of the brain can result in
what researchers call acquired
dyscalculia.

Has trouble learning to count,

especially when it comes to
assigning each object in a group
a number

Has trouble recognizing number

symbols, such as making the
connection between 7 and the
word seven

Struggles to connect a number to

a real-life situation, such as
knowing that 3 can apply to
any group that has three things in
it3 cookies, 3 cars, 3 kids, etc.

Has trouble remembering

numbers, and skips numbers long
after kids the same age can count
numbers and remember them in
the right order

Finds it hard to recognize patterns

and sort items by size, shape or

DYSCALCULIA AND DYSLEXIA.

Dyslexia is a learning difficulty relating problems in
Getting literacy skills. Dyscalculia includes particular problems in understanding
math skills. Dyslexic and dyscalculia learners may need have educational
requirements that differ from other learners.
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a learning trouble with specific
problems in learning to read, write and spell, even with enough educational
experience.

if kids with dyslexia are not recognized early they

May suffer from frustration and low self-esteem.

How common is dyscalculia?

Dyscalculia, how common is it?
It isnt clear how many kids are known with dyslexia would also meet the
criteria for dyscalculia. Both conditions may affect a childs ability to
understand math related words.
An estimated 6 to 7% of elementary school children may have dyscalculia.
Its not rare for kids to have more than one learning issue. In fact, 56 % of
kids with a reading disorder also have bad math skills and 43% of kids
with a math disability have poor reading skills. The good news is that all of
these
kidsmany
can excel
other Dycalculia
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Kids WITH
Dyscalculia.-6.5%

WAYS TO HELP KIDS WITH A

LEARNING DISABILITY.
Here are some common strategies teachers use to help kids
with dyscalculia:
Using actual examples that connect math to real life examples:
sorting rocks or other familiar objects.
Using visual aids when solving problems, including drawing
pictures or moving around physical objects
Playing math related games.
Focusing on one subject.
Different kids have different struggle areas the key is to find out
were in math that they are struggling the most in and focus on
teaching that certain subject.

Exceptional
kids in groups.

Working
one on
one.

What do you notice about

exceptional kids in groups?

How does working one

on one with the kids
help if it does?

exceptional kids in groups

tend to get distracted with
all the noise and
movement.

Working one on one

does help and it
provides the
exceptional kids a
chance to really learn
the subject and have
fun with it.

Some kids need a little

more time to learn a certain
subject and this is why for
them groups dont work out
too well because the rest of
the class may be moving on
and some of the kids might
have not fully understood
the last subject.

Working one on one

includes
Fun math games
Focusing on one
subject
Learning the subject
the fun way
Many others

CONCLUSION

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