Teaching Play and Academic skills to Children with Autism

Math 2003-2004

This year we switched to a more structured curriculum. The previous year was spent learning math facts and trying to fill in some holes in my childís math knowledge.

I retained the use of the Math Meeting from Saxon Math grade 3. This interactive session was done 3-5 days per week and covered time, calendar, problem solving, word problems, measurement, and number concepts like skip counting

We spent a great deal of time reviewing and memorizing the 4 sets of math facts. Drills were done daily with flashcards and worksheets. This memorization made teaching more complex arithmetic very straightforward because my child was not struggling to remember his basic facts.

We used Singapore Math for teaching arithmetic. When we came to a difficult section (for example, long division), we heavily supplemented with many different examples of problems and extra worksheets. We worked through many problems together with my child on the white board, so he could clearly see the steps involved.

Contents for Singapore Primary Mathematics 3A

1. Numbers to 10,000

Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Ones

Numbers Patterns

2. Additions and Subtraction

Sum and Difference

Add Ones, Tens, Hundreds and Thousands

Two-step Word Problems

3. Multiplications and Division

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