All students need a degree of support when completing their academic work. The support needed will change from subject to subject and even from day to day, this is normal. As educators, we always want to meet students where they are at in the given moment. Some general suggestions include breaking assignments into smaller chunks. For example, do a page of the math in the morning and a page in the afternoon. You can also spread the work out over a few days or break up the tasks with other activities (look under "Sensory Support" for some brain break ideas). It's also OK to read aloud to your child if they are struggling with the instructions or the reading portion of the assignment or even write for your child as they orally provide you with the answers. Of course, you are also always encouraged to reach out to the classroom teacher for support and guidance.
Some other ways of supporting learning include;
Some other ways of supporting learning include;
* Recording or talking about student's thoughts before beginning to write
* Provide sentence starters
* Make word walls by brainstorming vocabulary words around the subject (doesn't need to be on a "wall" but perhaps in a notebook)
* Use word prediction or spell-check
* Provide sentence starters
* Make word walls by brainstorming vocabulary words around the subject (doesn't need to be on a "wall" but perhaps in a notebook)
* Use word prediction or spell-check
* Graphic Organizers
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A graphic organizer is a learning tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts. The main purpose of a graphic organizer is to provide visual aid to help support the learning. There are a multitude of examples of graphic organizers available on-line. Here are a few samples.
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* Provide directions in numbered steps (Give child a chance to complete step 1 before giving the next next instruction.)
* Read directions and questions aloud (Have the child tell in their own words what the instructions are after reading them or having them read to him.)
* Allow oral responses (Caregivers can write the answers that the child provided orally.)
* Limit answer choices (If there are no answer choices, give the child a couple of answer choices to choose from.)
* Break assignments into smaller chunks (Covering part of the page with a blank piece of paper is helpful as to not visually overwhelm a student with all of the work. In same cases, you can even cut the page in half to reduce the overwhelming feel of all the work.)
* Provide a calculator or multiplication chart
* Simplify word problems and read them aloud (Highlight the key words by either repeating them again or using a colored felt or highlighter.)
* Use graph paper to align computation problems
* Enlarge and highlight computation symbols (Even with straightforward questions, highlighting the computation symbol stresses it's importance and trains the child to really pay attention to the symbol.)
* Highlight or underline main idea and supporting details
* Use paired reading and echo reading (Paired reading is when one person reads a sentence or paragraph and the other person reads the next sentence or paragraph. This reduces the overwhelming amount of reading for some students. Echo reading is when the adult would read the sentence first and then the child would read the same sentence again. This builds confidence and lessons the fear of reading for some students.)
***These are only a handful of supports and ideas. Feel free to support your child in whatever capacity works for them.
* Read directions and questions aloud (Have the child tell in their own words what the instructions are after reading them or having them read to him.)
* Allow oral responses (Caregivers can write the answers that the child provided orally.)
* Limit answer choices (If there are no answer choices, give the child a couple of answer choices to choose from.)
* Break assignments into smaller chunks (Covering part of the page with a blank piece of paper is helpful as to not visually overwhelm a student with all of the work. In same cases, you can even cut the page in half to reduce the overwhelming feel of all the work.)
* Provide a calculator or multiplication chart
* Simplify word problems and read them aloud (Highlight the key words by either repeating them again or using a colored felt or highlighter.)
* Use graph paper to align computation problems
* Enlarge and highlight computation symbols (Even with straightforward questions, highlighting the computation symbol stresses it's importance and trains the child to really pay attention to the symbol.)
* Highlight or underline main idea and supporting details
* Use paired reading and echo reading (Paired reading is when one person reads a sentence or paragraph and the other person reads the next sentence or paragraph. This reduces the overwhelming amount of reading for some students. Echo reading is when the adult would read the sentence first and then the child would read the same sentence again. This builds confidence and lessons the fear of reading for some students.)
***These are only a handful of supports and ideas. Feel free to support your child in whatever capacity works for them.
Immersive Reader and Read Aloud
Immersive Reader is a feature which will read the on-line text aloud to you. Below are video tutorials on how to utilize this function.
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