Subject Specific Homework Helps
Math
I'm lost!
- Allow use of calculator if fact recall is not the target skill.
- Use a window (piece of paper or cardboard with a square cut out of it) to block out all other problems except the current problem being worked on.
- Highlight operation signs.
- Allow use of notecard on which to put formulas.
- Break assignments into smaller chunks
- Reduce number of problems to be completed in 1 minute on time drills. Once success has been achieved add 5 more problems on. Continue process.
Reading
I've got this covered!
- Use a sentence strip guide under the the sentence being read to keep focused.
- Use sticky notes to make notes of words that need to be defined; additional information the student already knows; and to answer setting, inference, problem, solution questions. These sticky notes can be stuck right onto the pages of the book.
- Allow student to read out loud to himself.
- Listen to books on CD
- Use graphic organizers.
- Allow reports to be done as dioramas, advertisements, PowerPoint, comic strips, or radio interviews.
Writing
Loving technology!
- To teach slant to right-handed students, fold down the right bottom corner of the paper and line up with the desk. For left-handed students, fold down the left bottom corner of the paper and line up with the desk.
- Create a paper with lines slanted correctly to be placed under a student's handwriting paper.
- Allow the slant for left-handed students to be opposite the slant required for right-handed students.
- Use skywriting to incorporate large muscle groups into the learning of handwriting.
- Allow use of computer or iPad in class for those with dysgraphia.
- Use graphic organizers for the writing process.