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Provide options to create, learn and share

Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Classroom strategies years 1-8’

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Remove barriers to writing

Remove barriers to writing

Using a netbook gives Tyler the freedom to write creatively rather than being inhibited by the speed of his handwriting or his ability to form letters.

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Enabling e-Learning (NZ)
http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Curriculum/Learning-areas/English/1-1-Netbooks-Allowing-excellence-in-the-classroom

Enable students to personalise learning

Enable students to personalise learning

Provide opportunities for students to learn in ways that suit their needs and preferences.

  • Create opportunities where students can personalise learning tasks and projects to build on their culture, knowledge, experience and strengths.
  • Discuss with students the different ways they can share their thinking and demonstrate understanding.
  • Develop success criteria with the students and present them with clear visual supports.
  • Provide opportunities for students to gain confidence using a range of media so they can select the most appropriate to express their learning.
  • Offer a flexible learning environment with a variety of seating and working spaces.
  • Offer a reader-writer or assistive technologies to support success in assessments.

Offer options for sharing learning

Offer options for sharing learning

Provide students with a range of options and supports to enable them to confidently and creatively express their thinking.

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For the Teachers
https://www.fortheteachers.org/Graphics/ShowWhatYouKnow.pdf

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Support success in assessments

Support success in assessments

Discuss with students what support they need to demonstrate their understanding in assessments:
  • possible barriers hidden in the physical environment, for example: unfamiliar layout of room, lighting, temperature
  • possible barriers hidden in the resources and materials, for example: cluttered presentation, hard-to-read diagrams, unclear layout, hard-copies only
  • approaches to managing time allocations such as calendar tools and visual timers
  • approaches to managing anxiety
  • approaches to maintaining concentration
  • negotiating breaks
  • use of digital technologies such as text-to-speech and predictive text
  • pre-teaching specific assessment/exam skills, such as how to approach multiple choice questions.

Useful resources

Useful resources

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Dyspraxia friendly classroom guidelines

This resource outlines difficulties that children with dyspraxia may face in their learning, and provides strategies for overcoming them.

Publisher: Dyspraxia Foundation

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