| Learner Profile | With practice, Simeoni is good at math but he isn’t familiar with math vocabulary and has difficulty reading math problems and explaining how he got an answer. Math is more than numbers; it’s understanding relationships and using accurate vocabulary to explain them. Simeoni wants to expand his math vocabulary and his ability to describe relationships. |
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| Short Term Goal | To do math at the 110 level to move toward his education goal. |
| Demonstration | To explain to his literacy group why multiplication is just fast adding. |
| Skill and Level | Explain a pattern rule. |
| Effect of the Learning Disability | Language does not come easily to Simeoni. He thinks in pictures not words. He can visualize and understand how a math rule works, but is unable to verbalize his thoughts to others. |
| Accommodation | Simeoni learns to make a visual representation of the relationship to be described. He then puts in the words and constructs a sentence from that model. He will continue to use diagrams to organize his thoughts prior to speaking or writing information. Simeoni is evaluated on his understanding and use of his diagram as well as his presentation. |
| Learner’s Words | “I really like making diagrams to try to figure out what I want to say. It makes more sense that way. Then I can make sure the words I use are the right ones. I feel I can explain what I want better.” |