Stacey Kahler

SLM 521

Elective #8: Instructional Modifications

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Modifications for attention problems

Modifications for low reading ability

Give students a model of what they are doing on the web before they do it.

Can you get technology that would read the website to the student?

Let them know the objective and motivation for what they are looking for on the web.

Partner the student up with another student and they can do the web based project together.

Give the students lots of short assignments on the web rather than a long complicated one.

Create a modified version of the website where the student will be able to read it.

Use the computer clock in the corner so that you can provide a time-frame for when the assignment needs to be completed.

Include lots of clip-art in your web based assignment to help the student comprehend it.

Do your homework: Make sure the websites the students go to are clear and easily understood.

Do your homework: Make sure the websites the students go to are clear and easily understood.  Maybe find a variety of leveled websites that have the same information.

Do your homework:  Make sure the websites the students go to are organized.

Do your homework:  Make sure the websites the students go to are organized – They have a lot of conventions that the students already know.

Conference with the student while they are on the internet to make sure they are on task.

Give the students extra time to go over the websites.

Have the student verbally tell you what they are going to do once they are on the internet.

Make the assignment something the child is interested in.  If they are interested in Dinosaurs, then websites about dinosaurs might be harder to read, but with the student’s interest, they will know the vocabulary and the gist of what is going on.

Make sure they have the assignments in writing so that they can go back over the directions on what they have to do on the web.

Have opportunities for partner or class discussions so that the student who is having difficulty reading will be able to learn from others.

Start a routine: make learning on the web a regular activity for the students.

The teacher can read the websites/assignments to the child.