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Strategies for supporting struggling students in the classroom

Prior to choosing appropriate strategies or tools, it is essential to understand a student's strengths and needs. When assistive technology decisions are based on a student's learning profile, then AT tools and strategies can be put to good use. Tools must be combined with high-quality teaching to ensure access to learning.

Reading Spelling Math

Methods and Materials to Support Reading (175K pdf)

Methods and Materials to Support Spelling (175K pdf)

Methods and Materials to Support Math (175K pdf)

Workspace for showing math calculations in MS Word: This document has table layouts that enable you to work addition and division problems in MS Word as in this example.

Low Tech Options for Managing Math Tools (184K pdf) A list of math tools that are easier to manipulate for students with fine motor difficulties.

Organization/Study Skills Writing Handwriting/Typing

Methods and Materials to Support Learning and Study Skills (178K pdf)

Assignment Sheets

Simple Assignment Sheet (56K doc) A simple chart to organize assignments with a picture for each subject area.

Detailed Assignment Sheet (24K doc) An organizer to help older students keep track of assignments.

Methods and Materials to Support Writing Traits (199K pdf)

Written Productivity Profile

Sticky notes pre writing strategy (40K pdf)

Helping kids write more

You can graph the number of words kids write to monitor their progress and encourage them to write more

Adapted Pencils to Computers: Strategies for Improving Writing (345K pdf) This 39 page document from the Center for Technology in Education helps service providers understand the physical, sensory, and cognitive factors that have an impact on writing performance.

Writing Paper

Power Writing Paragraph Organizer Paper (24K Word)
This paper helps a student organize a paragraph with the main idea (red), general supporting details (blue), and elaborative details (green). Print it in color. Read more about Power Writing.

Shaded Lined Paper Wide (gr. 1-3) (39K Word) and Shaded Lined Paper Narrow (gr. 4-5) (42K Word):
This paper has alternating shaded lines to help students with visual perceptual or visual motor difficulties.

 

 

Updated November 20, 2009 | Maintained by by Linda Wilson