Acronyms Beginning of day meeting to Present information in multiple formats (visual, kinesthetic, etc). Phrases organize the day. Teach self-talk strategies. Establish eye contact prior to essential Teach active listening skills. directions. Attach Meaning Mnemonic devices. Lengthened rate of presentation of new Rehearse Chunk information. material. Brainstorm key words & phrases in Rehearsal Break material into smaller chunks. advance Attend to detail Frequent task changes/ of charts of common transition Can I review? Can I recite? Can I record? Can I picture it? Frequent, short breaks, particularly with words & phrases Who, what, when, where, why motor or relaxing activities Lists of sentence starters. Chapter summary organizer Do a few; then with me. Visual representations. & why Reduce environmental distractions. Underline direction words. Margin notes, post-it notes, text codes. Increased supervision. Number steps. (Brainstorm, Organize, Topic sentence, Evidence, Conclusion). Place him in the middle of activities. Underline question. Pieces of a Thesis Pre-organize information. highlighting. ISA (Introduce, State, Analyze) for quotes – Additional time; to retrieve Designated class note-taker. ‘think SPORTS (Sentence structure, Punctuation, Organization, Repetition, Tenses, information. Recording of lectures. Spelling) for editing. New information kept brief and Access to Power Points. Strategy notebooks. repeated. Word banks. Written checklist of steps. Visual checklists. Repeat instructions. To-Do Graphic organizers.
Acronyms Phrases Attach Meaning Rehearse Brainstorm key words & phrases in advance of charts of common transition words & phrases Lists of sentence starters. Visual representations. Underline direction words. Number steps. Underline question. highlighting. Designated class note-taker. Recording of lectures. Access to Power Points. Word banks. Visual checklists. To-Do Graphic organizers. Beginning of day meeting to organize the day. Establish eye contact prior to essential directions. Lengthened rate of presentation of new material. Break material into smaller chunks. Frequent task changes/ Frequent, short breaks, particularly with motor or relaxing activities Do a few; then with me. Reduce environmental distractions. Increased supervision. Place him in the middle of activities. Pre-organize information. Additional ‘think time; to retrieve information. New information kept brief and repeated. Written checklist of steps. Repeat instructions. Present information in multiple formats (visual, kinesthetic, etc). Teach self-talk strategies. Teach active listening skills. Mnemonic devices. Chunk information. Rehearsal Attend to detail Can I review? Can I recite? Can I record? Can I picture it? Who, what, when, where, why Chapter summary organizer & why Margin notes, post-it notes, text codes. (Brainstorm, Organize, Topic sentence, Evidence, Conclusion). Pieces of a Thesis ISA (Introduce, State, Analyze) – for quotes SPORTS (Sentence structure, Punctuation, Organization, Repetition, Tenses, Spelling) for editing. Strategy notebooks.
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