Spectrum Training Systems, Inc.
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Curricular Adaptations for Children with Special Needs
MATH SKILLS
“9’s” manipulation trick
A+ Math website
Abacus
Active 1:1
Adapted calculators
Aplusmath.com
Assistive technology
Balancing checkbook
Base 10 blocks
Battleship
Beads
Bingo, dominoes
Books like M & M
Budgeting
Calculators
Calendars
Classroom suite
Coins in a triangle
Coin-u-lator
Color code for place value
Community instruction (ie-trips to restaurants)
Computation charts
Computer programs
Consumables (food, stickers)
Consumer math
Cooking
Cooking/measuring
Counting bears
Coupons (comparing prices)
Cuisenaire rods
Decks of cards to build math problems
Diagrams of story problems
Dice
Digiblocks
Do the problems orally
Don’t have to show the work
Early Learning Suite
Error analysis
Fact tables on desk or note cards
Family Game Kits for home – reinforce
Fantasy sports
File folders that tell math concepts
Flash cards
Floor graphs
Foldables to teach fractions
Formula sheet on desk
Fraction bars
Fraction strips
Frequent breaks
Funbrain.com
Geo-boards
Geometry Sketch Board
Graph paper for lining up problems
Graph paper or boxes for alignment
Graphic organizer
Grocery/Department store ads
Group work
Guess and check
Guided notes
Hands-on manipulatives
Hands-on-equations
Has to have meaning- ex: $
Highlight key words in story problems
Hip hop math
Human number line
Hundreds charts, multiplication charts
Identify which answer is NOT correct
Individual Dry Erase Boards
Individualized math drills
Intellimathics
Internet4classrooms.com
Judy clocks
Key math
Keywords to help with problem solving
Leap frog products
Level based
Lower level math book (Globe Fearon)
Magic math words
Making a budget
Manipulatives for decimal points
Matching
Matching – TEACCH Strategies
Math Blaster
Math circus video
Math fact videos
Math games
Math grab bag
Math in real situations- checkbook, counting cookies, painting room, buying wallpaper
Math to music
Math visuals/ posters with graphs and charts
Measurement
Measuring cups and spoons
Measuring tapes
Mental math
Mentors
Mnemonic devices (PEMDAS, FOIL etc.)
Modeling
Money program
Multiplication chart
Multiplication tables on tape
Multiplication the FUN way
Music CDs
Myschoolhouse.com
No timed tests
Notes
Number grids
Number lines
Number scavenger hunt
Overhead calculator (to teach)
Palm pilot
Pattern blocks - velcro
Peer tutors
Picture math stories
Pie wedge
Place value games
Post-It notes
Pre-teach vocabulary
Problem solving
Quality not quantity
RAP math facts audio tape
Read It, Draw It, Solve It
Real life math- trip to the store
Real money math problems
Recipes
Relate math to songs
Riddle math
Round the World math game
Ruler
Run school store
S.N.A.P.
Schoolhouse rocks math
Sequencing
Shopping
Shorter assignments
Simulations
Skip counting
Songs/music
Sorting activities
Sports page stats
Sticker in lieu of writing
Store (discounts, money)
Story problems
String math
Success Maker
Talking rulers
Teach timer
Teach vocab
Tests read aloud
Times tables
Touch Master
Touch math
Touch Point math
Toy ATM/Cash register
Treasure Math Storm
Turbo Math
Twist and Shout Leap Frog
Uni-fix cubes
Use of menus
Use ruler for number line
Using real money
Versatiles
Visual addition/subtraction cards
Visual graphs
White boards