Accommodations+Involving+Materials

Example worksheet [[file:Addition Worksheet 1.docx]]

 * worksheets are created where they can be cut into strips if it is best to only give the student one strip at a time.
 * __Use of audio recording__ – A majority of the problems with materials can be related to reading disabilities. The use of audio recording is an excellent aid to help the students overcome this issue. Directions, stories, and specific lessons can be recorded on tape, a computer, or an audio file for an MP3 player. The student can replay the audio to clarify understanding of directions or concepts. Also to improve reading skills, the students can read the printed words silently as they are presented on the audio file


 * __Clarify or simplify written directions__ – Some directions are written in paragraph form and contain many units of information. These can be very overwhelming to some students. The teacher can help the student by highlighting or underlining the important parts of the directions. It may also be useful to completely rewrite the directions.


 * __Present small amount of work__ - Teachers can tear pages out of a workbook or only present half a worksheet to present smaller assignments to students who are anxious about the amount of work that is due. This technique prevents students form examining the entire workbook, text or material and becoming discourage by the amount of work. Also, the teacher can reduce the amount of work that appears to be redundant.


 * __Block out extraneous stimuli__ – If a student is distracted easily by visual stimuli on a full worksheet or page, a blank sheet of paper may be useful for covering up sections of the page. A line marker may be useful to aid reading and windows can be used to display individual math problems.


 * __Highlight essential information__ - If an adolescent can read a regular textbook but has difficulty finding essential information, the teacher can mark it with a highlighter.


 * __Locate place in consumable material__ – in consumable material in which the student progress is sequentially (such as a workbook), the student can make a diagonal cut across the lower right hand corner when the work is completed. With all the completed pages cut, the student and teacher can readily locate the next page that need to be corrected or completed.


 * __Provide additional practice activities__ – some materials do not provide enough space to practice activities for students with disabilities to the masterly level. Teachers then must supplement the materials with practice activities. Recommended practice exercises include instructional games, peer teaching activities, self-correcting materials, computer software programs or additional worksheets.


 * __Provide glossary in content areas__ – At the secondary level, the specific language of the content area requires careful reading. Students often benefit from a glossary of contents-related terms


 * __Develop reading guides__ – a reading guide proved the students with a roadmap of what written and what questions may be relevant on content. It helps the reader understand the main idea and sort out details related to the main idea. Reading guys can be developed based of paragraphs, pages or sections.