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The comprehensive Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade Curriculum
contains teacher scripts, braille ready files for students, answer keys, data
collection tools, review activities, and assessments. It is available for download at
https://accessibility.pearson.com/resources/nemeth-curriculum/grades-pre-k-
second. Students learn to read and write the Nemeth Code within mathematical
expressions and not in isolation. The curriculum makes meaningful connections
between learning the Nemeth Code and learning grade-level math concepts.
Scaffolding is used to break up new concepts and build on previous learning. Since
data collection tools and pre/posttests are available, instructional decisions can
easily be made about the needs of the student. Fun facts about different modes of
transportation are included as motivation to keep students moving forward to reach
the next fun fact.
Ready-made puzzles, activities, and games are incorporated throughout the
curriculum to provide additional practice and make learning engaging and fun.
Some of the games were created by the authors of the curriculum, and others are
adaptations of classic games such as Bingo and Connect Four. For example, after
second grade students learn to read and write monetary expressions, they are
invited to play Connect Four. The players take turns reading flashcards with
different monetary expressions. Then, they quickly scan their game card and place
a marker such as a small piece of Wikki Stix® on the monetary expression that
