[blindkid] Geometry for next year

[MARK FELIZ]

Hello Bonnie,

I have been successful in requesting a student aide, a student who knows 
math well and receives elective credit for being a teacher's aide, for my 
students. It is also very important to coordinate with the classroom teacher 
to insure that your blind student has all the supplemental handouts along 
side her peers. Most of my teachers that I deal with do tend to alter at the 
last minute; however, I try to schedule my students' math classes later in 
the day so I can get a head start on last minute handouts.

Also, make sure your child fully understands one, two, and three dimensional 
raised line drawings ahead of time. Make sure the teacher has a good variety 
of tactual three-D shapes. If the teacher primarily uses his own curriculum 
handouts for the class do not allow him to resort to using the braille book 
for your blind student. In this case I find that the student is not given 
the same teaching and concepts as the rest of the class.

Let us hear how it goes.
Mark F


Mark Feliz
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East Valley Chapter
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From: "Aaron Cannon" <cannona at fireantproductions.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 12:55 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Geometry for next year

> Hi Bonnie.
>
> First, where I'm coming from: I have almost completed my bachelors
> degree in computer science, with a minor in mathematics.  I have not
> used an aid much in college, but I don't know how I would have passed
> geometry in high school without one.  I'm not saying it can't be done,
> I'm not even prepared to say that I couldn't have done it without an
> aid, but looking back on it, I think it was a good thing I had one.
>
> My aid primarily helped me understand what was being shown on the
> board.  She had a rubber mat and a pin wheel, and she would draw what
> the instructor was demonstrating.  Without her, I likely would have
> been lost.
>
> So, in short, based on my experience, my advice is that you request an 
> aid.
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On 4/19/11, Bonnie Lucas <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> We are getting Aubrie's schedule together for next year. She is expected 
>> to
>> take geometry but I'm just wondering if kids have generally had an aid 
>> for
>> this one or not. I personally was finally given an aid, which helped, I
>> think. However, if some of your kids have managed to take it without an 
>> aid,
>> I'd like to know what kinds of things you did to make it work. She has 
>> had
>> some aid assistance from time to time in math in the past but since 
>> moving
>> to AK, she has had no one in the classroom for anything. Any suggestions
>> will be greatly appreciated. Another child in the district was allowed to
>> skip geometry and they gave us that option. I let them know that this 
>> wasn't
>> an option for Aubrie.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bonnie
>>
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