Support processing and organisation
Provide a range of supports and visuals to help ākonga to be independent.
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Provide structure
Provide structure
Make learning intentions and expectations explicit at the outset.
Support thinking in multiple ways
Support thinking in multiple ways
- Highlight patterns, critical features and relationships.
- Use cultural and narrative frameworks to support retention and thinking.
- Use visuals, 3D manipulatives, outlines, flowcharts, and real objects.
- Use mind maps to brainstorm ideas and make connections.
- Support group and class discussions with visual annotations to prompt later recall of key ideas.
- Offer students a variety of graphic organisers and flowcharts to support thinking.
- Give students multiple opportunities to engage with new ideas and concepts.
- Provide extra time for students to think and process before responding.
Use graphic organisers
Use graphic organisers
Support concentration
Support concentration
- Monitor and moderate the classroom for visual and auditory distractions.
- Encourage students to adapt the environment to meet their needs by, for example, wearing headphones, moving to a quiet environment or taking a walk to support their thinking.
- Present information in a range of ways over an extended period of time to help students to retain information, build their understanding and stay focused.
- Discuss with students the effectiveness of the classroom and make modifications and remove barriers where needed.
- Use of visual prompts and cues to support understanding and access to learning materials.
- Make links to background knowledge or previous learning to increase connections.
- Schedule regular short breaks for physical movement.
Support time management
Support time management
Useful resources
Useful resources
Classroomscreen
Classroomscreen is a simple online tool that can be displayed onscreen as students complete tasks. The free version includes 19 widgets.
Publisher: Classroomscreen
Popplet
Popplet is a tool for the iPad and web to capture and organise ideas.
Publisher: Notion
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- Support participation and confidence
- Present information in different ways
- Support processing and organisation
- Provide options for students to create, learn and share
