Tactile Graphics Skills by Grade in Math
(This is based on the Iowa Core. There may be additional skills based on the teacher and textbook)
Kindergarten
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Counting the number of items in a graphic
Noticing groupings of 10 in a graphic
The same number of objects represented in different arrangements are still the same
Counting objects in a vertical line, horizontal line, array, circle, or scattered
Compare quantities in a picture
Recognize decompositions of a group of objects (i.e. 1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1 as all being 5 together)
Graphics representing addition and subtraction problems
Using pictures of ten frames
Using pictures of base ten blocks
Using the hundreds chart
Compare length of two tactile objects
Compare size of two tactile objects
Naming shapes regardless of orientation or size
Relative position
Grade 1 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Pictures of scales with objects on them to relate equals, more, or less
Compare length of three or more tactile objects
Compare size of three or more tactile objects
Finding length by counting the number of tactile objects that equal the length of another object
Telling time to the hour and half-hour
Using bar graphs
o Number of categories, names of categories, number in a category, and how many more
or less in one category than another
Tactile pictures of halves, fourths, and quarters
Grade 2 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Odd or even represented as a picture with pairings
Arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns
Using a tactile ruler or tactile image of a ruler
Telling time to the 5-minutes
Money
Line plots
Bar graphs
Picture graphs
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Partitioned rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total
number of them
Tactile pictures of halves, thirds, fourths, and quarters
Grade 3 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Finding products by noticing groups of the same number of objects by counting the number of
groups and the number of objects in one of the groups
Finding products in an array by counting the number of rows and the number of columns only
Finding patterns in the addition table and the multiplication table
Fractions on number lines
Telling time to the minute
Drawings that represent liquid volume and mass
Measuring to the halves or fourths of an inch
Pictures involving area that can be filled in with squares
Area stays the same even if an object is tilted
Finding area of non-rectangular areas that can be cut into rectangles
Perimeter of polygons
Attributes of shapes
Partitioning areas into fractions of the whole (equal parts)
Grade 4 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Representing fractions using shading, etc.
Equivalent fractions
Angles and protractors
Lines, line segments, rays
Perpendicular and parallel
Right angles
Symmetry
Grade 5 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Multiplication and division fraction models
Volume of solid figures
Points on the coordinate plane (xy-graphs)
Grade 6 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Tape diagrams
Double number line diagrams
Positive and negative number represented on pictures such as number lines and thermometers
Rational numbers on the coordinate plane (fractions on the xy-graphs)
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Tables and graphs of equations
Area of non-rectangular figures
Nets of 3-D figures
Dot plots, histograms, and box plots
Grade 7 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Scale drawings
Slicing 3-D figures
Area and circumference of circles
Supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles
Volume and surface area of 3-D figures
Grade 8 (in addition to what is mentioned in earlier grades)
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Distance-time graphs and slope
Rotations, reflections, and translations of graphs
Congruent and similar figures
Interior and exterior angles of triangles
Scatter plots