Strategies for Supporting
Students with Dyslexia
Develop compensatory strategiesNeil deGrasse Tyson on Dyslexia - Excellent, humorous 2:50 min. video in which Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses how people with dyslexia, autism, and ADD compensate for their challenges in the field of science in response to a little girl's question about it.
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Yes to frequent breaks• Brain break videos (see the ADHD Challenges page for an extensive list)
• Finish a task and then play a game • Emotional breaks (tasks that help students experience fun and success) • Physical breaks (brain break videos, curricular stretches, tasks that require physical exercise--jumping jacks, tasks that require physical movement) • Mental breaks (do a task, play a game) • Social breaks (interact for social purposes rather than curricular ones) Partes del Cuerpo Brain Break from La Maestra Loca - A 1:14 min. video showing the activity in Spanish
Zoom Brain Break from La Maestra Loca - A 0:17-second video showing a Spanish teacher doing a quick, physical brain break with students
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Support executive functioning and self-esteemConcept Maps & Graphic Organizers
Habit TrackersFree habit tracker printables (+50 ideas of habits to track) (from Unexpectedly Domestic)
Habits Tracker (from Chronic Illness Warrior Life) My Self Care Activities [Habits trackers] (from Sherrie's Berries) Self-EsteemMeditación afirmaciones positivas para iniciar el día con Pablo Gómez - A 6:21 min. video of a male native speaker saying positive affirmations in slow, simple Spanish that use a lot of "Yo soy" statements.
Study SkillsStudy Cards Foldables for World Languages from Profe Hanson
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Limit copying tasks
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Xtra time for reading and testsTiming & Scheduling Accommodations - A lengthy explanation of various considerations when working with students to provide extra time for assignments and tests
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Integrate images and interactive, multisensory methods/materialsAlphabet Song by Barbara McArthur - Do with ASL fingerspelling
Dyslexia teaching points: Using multi-sensory methods - A 6:48 min. video that shows a plethora of excelent techniques for engaging learners who are dyslexic in multisensory instruction that also work very well in DLI and WL classrooms
Teacher Toolkit: Student Response Cards - A 1:41 min. video of a French teacher describing how she uses student response cards in her classes with video footage of students participating in the activity
TPRS: Jessica Crawford, Spanish Teacher - Horizon Middle School - A 1:21 min. video of a Spanish teacher using TPRS and multisensory strategies to engage her students
Yoga Stories: Teaching Language with Movement - An excellent blog post with videos that show a multisensory technique that integrates drawing, storytelling, TPR, and yoga to engage learners in the target language
Whole brain teaching - teach English in Taiwan - ESL / WBT - A 9:55 min. video that shows how an EFL teacher teaches and uses the whole brain learning technique with elementary language learners
Whole Brain Teaching Two Way Dual - A 6:01 min. video that shows how a two-way Spanish dual language immersion teacher uses multisensory strategies to engage elementary learners in a language arts lesson
Whole Brain Teaching High School Spanish - A 0:48-second video that shows high school students reviewing weather vocabulary using whole brain teaching techniques (Another example from the same teacher)
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Audio books, advanced organizers, advanced notice of in-class readings, and affirmationsAudio BooksLibrivox - Free books in the public domain that are available in text and audio formats
Advanced OrganizersAffirmationsBefore School Affirmations for ADHD Kids - On Spotify
Positive Thinking Affirmations - Distance Learning & Google Classroom (from Pathway2Success)
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