Equals Math (Canadian Version) is a teacher resource for educators who work with students with significant
cognitive disabilities.
Equals Math encompasses:
pre-readiness math skills (attending, cause and effect, etc.),
fundamental math skills (numbers and operations, measurement, and estimation), and
higher order math skills (data analysis, probability, spatial sense, geometry, algebra, and problem solving).
Each lesson provides three levels of instruction for students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. The
resource comes with over 100 manipulatives, vocabulary cards, and other hands-on materials.
Equals Math
(Canadian version)
Equals is an age-neutral, multi-sensory special education math curriculum that connects functional math to
abstract ideas. By basing each lesson in real-life themes of homes, community, and/or school, students using
Equals have shown significant gains while building essential life skills. It comes complete with manipulatives,
adapted tools, vocab cards, worksheets and other materials making it ideal for a contained classroom or resource
room. Equals Math is available for purchase through Bridges Canada.
Free Ablenet Webinars
AbleNet offers hundreds of recorded webinars. Each webinar is free to view and available 24/7. Webinars to
support the use of Equals Math include the following:
Equals Curriculum Walk Through
Getting to Know Equals New Enhancements of Distance Learning & Transition
Distance Learning with Equals Math
Equals Lesson Components
Equals Assessment Training
ALIGNMENT OF EQUALS MATH WITH ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
These grade-level alignments are a reference that teachers can use in their instructional planning. When students
are working on specific grade-level outcomes from the program of studies, some students, particularly students
with significant disabilities, may need parallel types of learning activities that are more structured, more concrete
or less complex. Most outcomes from the the Grade 1 – 6 Mathematics Program of Studies can be addressed
through one or more lessons in the Equals Math resource—these alignment documents show these relationships.
Using this alignment for planning will enhance a teachers’ ability to differentiate mathematics instruction as well as
provide increased opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in meaningful learning experiences to
develop numeracy, similar to their same-age peers.
Gr. 1
Gr. 2
Gr. 3
Gr. 4
Gr. 5
Gr. 6
Gr. 7
Gr. 8
Gr. 9
Gr. 8 K&E
Gr. 9 K&E
K&E 10-4
K&E 20-4
Numeracy
Interactive resources summary page
Comparing Measures Activity about comparing the size of pairs of objects.
Milestones 7-8
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Counting accurately Activities about counting shopping items, up to 7.
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Entry 1 Adding single numbers Activities about adding single-digit numbers.
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Ordering and comparing numbers Activities involving ordering and comparing numbers to 10.
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Recognising coins Drinks and snacks machine activity, with coins to 1.00.
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Subtracting single numbers Activity about subtracting single-digit numbers, and checking the answer using addition.
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Entry 2 Adding and subtracting money Adding amounts of money and working out change.
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Counting out change Activity about working out change for ?1.00, using the counting out method
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Dividing into halves and quarters Activity about dividing food items by half or into quarters.
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Metric units Activity about understanding metric units of measure for length, weight and capacity, and using appropriat
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Multiply single digit numbers Activity about multiplying single-digit whole numbers (x4, x7, x10).
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Paying for things Using the right set of coins to pay for everyday items.
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Reading and recording dates Activity about recording date in day/month/year format.
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Reading times Activities about reading times on digital clocks.
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Recording am and pm times Activities about reading times in am and pm.
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Understanding time Activity about matching analogue and digital times - on the hour, quarter past, half past and quarte
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Using a floor plan Extracting information from a simple floor plan.
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Using metric units Measuring weight and capacity using metric measures, reading a scale to the labelled division.
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Entry 3 Divide two digit numbers Activities about dividing two-digit whole numbers by single-digit whole numbers.
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Estimate answers to calculation Activity about adding and subtracting large numbers, using estimation by rounding.
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Making a bar chart Activities about the title, axes and scale used to make a bar chart.
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Measuring capacity Interactive activity, measuring the level of liquid in a measuring jug.
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Measuring length Activities using an interactive tape measure to measure lengths of timber.
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Measuring weight Activities using an interactive weighing scale to measure parcels.
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Multiply two digit numbers Activities about multiplying two-digit whole numbers by single-digit whole numbers.
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Reading, writing and calculating with money Activities about reading numbers in words and writing numbers for mon
notation.
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Rounding Activities about rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.
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Using a tally chart Explanation and activity about using a tally chart.
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Using bar charts Explanation and activity about using a bar chart.
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Using pictograms Explanation and activity about using pictograms.
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Using tables and charts Activity about displaying data in price lists, timetables and pie charts.
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Using timetables Using a train timetable to work out the correct departure and arrival times.
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2D and 3D shapes
Estimation
Which operation?
Entry Level 3 Budgeting
From Move on site Fractions
Length, Weight, Capacity
Tables and charts
Managing Money
Level 1 Area Activities about calculating area, converting between units of measure.
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Equivalences Activity about equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages.
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Measuring capacity Interactive activity, filling a measuring jug to a given amount.
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Measuring length Reading the scale on tape measures to measure the length of objects in mm and cm (labelled and unla
converting between units of measure).
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Measuring weight Reading the scale on tape measures to measure the weight of parcels in g and kg (labelled and unlabe
between units of measure).
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Negative numbers Activities about negative numbers in the context of profit and loss accounts for sports clubs.
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Perimeter Perimeter. Activities about calculating perimeter using various methods.
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Time calculations Activities based on calculating start and finish times for events.
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Volume Activities about calculating volume, converting between units of measure and using a formula.
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Fractions
Level 1
Percentages
From Move on site
Ratio and proportion
Level 1
Communication and Application of Number Level 1
From Key Skills trainer site
Level 2 Area Activities based on calculating the area of irregular shaped rooms and a garden, using formulae.
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Making a line graph Activities based on making a line graph, using a title and a key, axes and an appropriate scale.
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Percentages Begins with a number of methods for finding percentages, followed by activities to calculate a range of per
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Ratio and proportion Activities based on scaling up recipes and diluting drinks.
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Scale drawings Using scale on scale drawings to interpret measure (metric; mixed measures).
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Scales and tolerances Activity about reading various measuring scales between marked divisions.
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Using bar charts Activity about the use and interpretation of a bar chart showing comparative sales.
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Using line graphs Activity about interpreting line graphs for a patient's temperature.
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Perimeter, area and volume
From Move on site
Tables, charts and graphs
Level 2
Communication and Application of Number Level 2
From Key Skills trainer site