<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">When you get incomplete links, just do a google search on what you have and the rest comes up...here it is<br><br><a href="http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/common-core-standards-and-students-visual-impairments">http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/common-core-standards-and-students-visual-impairments</a><br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"><font color="#4040ff"> Dr Denise </font></span></div><div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Brush Script MT';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:18pt;"></span> <span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span class="tab"> </span><span
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done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is<br> doing it." --<cite>Chinese Proverb</cite><br><br>Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.<br><cite>--Albert Einstein</cite><br><br>It's kind of fun to do the impossible.<br><cite>--Walt Disney</cite></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Karen Palau <kapa3960@verizon.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <pibe-division@nfbnet.org> <br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 9, 2013 6:30 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Pibe-division] Feedback on Nemeth IEP goals<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi:<br><br>I tried that link, but my screen reader indicates that the page cannot be <br>found. Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can get this info about <br>the Common Core standards used in Maryland?<br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>Karen<br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Marianne Denning<br>Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 7:20 PM<br>To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Feedback on Nemeth IEP goals<br><br>Here is the link where I found the information.<br>www.pathstoliteracy.org/common-core-standards-and-students-visual-im...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On 9/8/13, Marianne Denning <<a ymailto="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com"
href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com">marianne@denningweb.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Here is the document containing the Maryland braille math standards.<br>> If you are successful I would like a copy. I just have not had time<br>> to work with it yet. California and Utah also have braille standards.<br>><br>> On 9/8/13, Karen Palau <<a ymailto="mailto:kapa3960@verizon.net" href="mailto:kapa3960@verizon.net">kapa3960@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> How can we get a copy of the Maryland Common Core standards? I'll take<br>>> them<br>>><br>>> in any format even though I am a Jaws user. Perhaps I can scan them and<br>>> pass them along to others on this list. Please let me know how I can<br>>> access<br>>><br>>> these standards.<br>>> Thanks in advance.<br>>><br>>> Karen<br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From:
Marianne Denning<br>>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 5:12 PM<br>>> To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<br>>> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Feedback on Nemeth IEP goals<br>>><br>>> Greg, Maryland has developed braille standards for their state<br>>> standards. I don't know if they use common core or not but I can<br>>> email you the document if that might help. I don't live in Maryland<br>>> but I looked at it. I am blind and had difficulty with the document<br>>> because it is not accessible to JAWS. If there are people from<br>>> Maryland on this list please put in additional information.<br>>><br>>> On 9/8/13, Greg Aikens <<a ymailto="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com" href="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com">gpaikens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>> Hi Marianne and all,<br>>>> Thanks for your thoughts. Counting up the nemeth
symbols she will need<br>>>> is<br>>>><br>>>> a<br>>>> good idea. Her baseline will be fairly high because of the way they are<br>>>> teaching math now using common core, but this does allow me to measure<br>>>> her<br>>>> progress toward an annual goal. She has been introduced to most of the<br>>>> major Nemeth symbols that you need before algebra already.<br>>>><br>>>> I had a 4th grader last year and I found that most of our instructional<br>>>> time<br>>>> was spent exploring spatial layouts for the different common core<br>>>> strategies<br>>>> and understanding concepts like writing out the multiple steps to solve<br>>>> a<br>>>> problem and show your work. These items take up such a substantial<br>>>> part<br>>>> of my instruction that it seems appropriate to
keep track of it with an<br>>>> objective if possible. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I might do<br>>>> this?<br>>>><br>>>> As to not writing a Nemeth goal at all: Even though she currently has no<br>>>> deficits in Nemeth, she will require Nemeth instruction as new concepts<br>>>> and<br>>>> symbols arise. It is my understanding that if I am going to give a<br>>>> student<br>>>> service time, best practice would be to have that time attached to a<br>>>> goal<br>>>><br>>>> or<br>>>> objective.<br>>>><br>>>> Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.<br>>>><br>>>> Greg Aikens, M. Ed.<br>>>> Teacher of students who are blind and visually impaired<br>>>> Cobb County School District<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com"
href="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com">gpaikens@gmail.com</a><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Marianne Denning <<a ymailto="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com" href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com">marianne@denningweb.com</a>><br>>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> Could you identify the new nemeth symbols she will learn and indicate<br>>>>> she will read and braille these symbols with a percentage of accuracy<br>>>>> on a number of tries? I am not sure I would even write a nemeth goal<br>>>>> for her since it does not appear to be an issue. Nemeth is her method<br>>>>> of completing math just like all of the math symbols are how sighted<br>>>>> children complete math and we don't write goals for sighted children<br>>>>> unless they are having specific problems. Just my personal
thoughts.<br>>>>><br>>>>> On 9/8/13, Greg Aikens <<a ymailto="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com" href="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com">gpaikens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>> Hello colleagues,<br>>>>>> I'm looking for input on how others write IEP goals for nemeth in<br>>>>>> elementary<br>>>>>> grades, or even for older students. What I currently do is write a<br>>>>>> generic<br>>>>>> goal to improve Nemeth skills and then write specific objectives<br>>>>>> defining<br>>>>>> what I will measure etc. I choose these objectives by selecting a<br>>>>>> handful<br>>>>>> of math skills covered in that grade. For example, 1st grade common<br>>>>>> core<br>>>>>> standards include writing from 1-100 and so I would write a
Nemeth<br>>>>>> objective<br>>>>>> for the same. However, I generally only select topics that will be<br>>>>>> Nemeth<br>>>>>> code intensive, such as working problems in vertical format. Because<br>>>>>> I<br>>>>>> am<br>>>>>> not a math specialist though, this feels arbitrary to me and<br>>>>>> inevitably,<br>>>>>> some of my objectives are only addressed during one quarter of the<br>>>>>> year.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> The above method works for many of my students who have demonstrated<br>>>>>> deficits and needs in particular parts of Nemeth instruction.<br>>>>>> However,<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> I<br>>>>>> am<br>>>>>> working on an IEP for a student who has excelled with
every<br>>>>>> Nemeth/abacus/math related concept I have introduced in braille. My<br>>>>>> only<br>>>>>> specific goal for her this next year is to master the Nemeth concepts<br>>>>>> necessary to complete the 4th grade math curriculum, but I'm having a<br>>>>>> hard<br>>>>>> time putting that in a measurable form.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Any advice or input would be appreciated.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Thanks,<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Greg Aikens, M. Ed.<br>>>>>> Teacher of students who are blind and visually impaired<br>>>>>> Cobb County School District<br>>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com"
href="mailto:gpaikens@gmail.com">gpaikens@gmail.com</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>> Pibe-division mailing list<br>>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br>>>>>> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org</a><br>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for<br>>>>>> Pibe-division:<br>>>>>> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/marianne%40denningweb.com"
target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/marianne%40denningweb.com</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> --<br>>>>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA<br>>>>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired<br>>>>> (513) 607-6053<br>>>>><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> Pibe-division mailing list<br>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br>>>>> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org</a><br>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for<br>>>>> Pibe-division:<br>>>>> <a
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