Book excerpt: Teaching Students with Dyscalculia
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Honora Wall
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Students with 83% math proficiency? Easy.
The Harvey Academy in Tequesta, Florida has reason to celebrate: their 4th and 8th grade students outperformed national math and reading...
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Honora Wall
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Dyscalculia Fact Sheet
Dyscalculia Fact Sheet What is dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects math. Is it like dyslexia? Dyscalculia and...
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Honora Wall
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
3 Signs Your Child Has Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is a math learning disability that impacts a students’ ability to remember and recall basic facts, problem-solving...
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Honora Wall
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
Finding math access through art
Betty came to me as a 6th grade homeschool student. She had given up on being successful in a traditional classroom, and had given up on...
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Honora Wall
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Dyscalculia: 4th Grade Math Accommodations
This week, a parent asked me or some practical advice to help her son as he starts 4th grade. This is the weekly email his teachers sent...
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Honora Wall
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
Using a calculator in math class
Most math teachers agree that a sign of being "good" at math is memorizing the times tables. Not true! Memorizing basic facts can...
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Honora Wall
- Jun 23, 2022
- 6 min
Bringing Dyscalculia Awareness into the Math Classroom
This article appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Connections, the online journal of the Association of Math Teacher Educators. Every...
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Honora Wall
- Apr 15, 2022
- 2 min
Connecting Color to Math: Theta Angles
Some of your best math teaching tools are probably sitting in a cup on your desk or hiding in a bucket in the closet: highlighters,...
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Honora Wall
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Dyscalculia Case Study: William
5th grader William (not his real name) attended the private school where I was a teacher and math specialist. As a young child, William...
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Honora Wall
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
SPED Tips for Teachers
Are you a new SPED teacher, or a seasoned teacher with new SPED students in your class? Download our free Quick Tips of SPED Tips for...
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Honora Wall
- Jan 29, 2022
- 4 min
Connecting Data to SLD’s: CRTs and NRTs
Teachers have a mountain of student data, but don’t always have time to connect that data to student outcomes. This is especially true of...
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Honora Wall
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
Connecting with Words: The Math Learning Disability (MLD) is Dyscalculia.
Words matter. I hear from parents all over the country that their school “doesn’t accommodate” dyscalculia, or that their child is...
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Honora Wall
- Jan 7, 2022
- 4 min
Dyscalculia Case Study: Cheryl
When I first met Cheryl, she was entering fourth grade but stuck doing kindergarten math work. Her teachers wouldn’t give her...
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Honora Wall
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
New Year, New Connections
Con·nec·tion (/kəˈnekSH(ə)n/): a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else. I like to...
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Honora Wall
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Dyscalculia: Middle School Accommodations
Middle school can be a tough time for any student, but for children with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), there are extra struggles....
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Honora Wall
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
Grades, goals, and gains
Grades, goals, and gains: we’ve got to set them, record them, and hopefully have time to use them to drive future instruction. Each of...
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Honora Wall
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
What are you assessing?
“I always allow all of my students access to a times table, I'm not assessing them on whether they know their multiplication facts, so...
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Honora Wall
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Writing report cards for students with IEP's and 504's
As the first 9 weeks come to a close, are you prepared for grading students with IEP’s and 504’s? Many teachers and administrators are...
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