Abacus II

Instructor: Lisa Hodge, TVI, Washington State School for the Blind

Registration fee: $65.00

The Abacus II class is a 6 week course beginning at 4:30 pm.  The class meets for 2 hours for the 1^st 2 sessions, 1 hour 15 minutes for 3 sessions and the 6^th session meets for 1 hour for a total of 10 clock hours.  The class meets twice per week to allow time for practice.

A class booklet will be sent via email and students should provide there own abacus and have with them during class.  The course instruction uses a math approach to the abacus (method 1) and the counting method (method 2).

Objective 1

To provide the compensatory skills for math instruction with visually impaired students

Objective 2

Participants will demonstrate proficiency in the use of the abacus to solve basic math

computations within each session

Objective 3

To provide instructional methods for teaching the abacus to visually impaired students.

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Session 1:  February 5, 2008  4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

          A. Overview of addition, subtraction, and multiplication techniques

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

          B. Basic division

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems  

          C.  Division with 2 digits

                        1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

Session 2:  February 7, 2008  4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

          A.  Division with 2 & 3 digits continued

                      1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

B. Division with decimals

                   1.  Demonstration

                      2. Class problems

            C.  Prime Factorization

                     1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

Session 3:  February 12, 2008  4:30 pm – 6:15 pm

          A. Fraction Set Up

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

          B. Equivalent Fractions

                    1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class

          C. Simplify Fractions

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

Session 4:  February 14, 2008  4:30 pm – 6:15 pm

           A.  Mixed Fractions

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

           B.  Addition & Subtraction with Fractions

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

Session 5:  February 19, 2008  4:30 pm – 6:15 pm

A.  Addition & Subtraction with Fractions with Mixed Numbers

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

           B.  Multiplication with Fractions

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems

           C.  Division with Fractions

                   1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems 

Session 6:  February 21, 2008  4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

A. Algebraic Expressions

1.  Demonstration

                        2. Class problems 

B. Class round robin of problems

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