Accommodations for a Student Who Has Difficulty with Memory or Recall

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Accommodations in Instructional Methods and Materials

Instructions

• Provide written overview of learning outcomes and content at beginning of lesson.
• Break complex information into steps or identify key components.
• Repeat, paraphrase, and summarize key information, especially at end of lesson.
• Have student paraphrase instructions to demonstrate understanding.
• Use mnemonic devices to enhance retention, for example, “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” (Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract) for order of operations in equations.
• Complete sample problems to show what is expected.

Notetaking

• Provide oral and visual prompts during lecture or discussion about what to include in notes.
• Teach 2-column notetaking or concept mapping techniques.
• Key class notes to relevant text pages.
• Let student record class lectures or discussions, digitally or on tape.

Highlighting

• Highlight important points in text for student.
• Let student use sticky notes, erasable highlighter, or highlighter tape to mark key points in test.
• Color-code or highlight key words in math word problems.

Group Work

• Promote active student involvement with questions, small group interaction, discussion, structured responses.
• Use cooperative learning techniques like Think-Pair-Share or Jigsaw for student review.

Support

• Give student an agenda or schedule for the day.
• Prepare summary with blanks or questions for students to complete.
• Have student read review questions first, then find answers.
• Let student use chart or table of basic math facts.

Monitoring

• Monitor student comprehension as information is presented.
• Ask student to tell or write important points in own words before end of class.
• Arrange meeting with student after class to clarify lesson.

Accommodations in Assignments and Assessments

Support

• Teach student to use paper or electronic calendar or personal planner to track assignments and work.
• Let student use thesaurus to find words.
• Let student use word processing software with word prediction assistance.
• Let student use spelling dictionary or electronic spelling aid.
• Give student structured outline or graphic organizer to plan assignments.
• Conduct review of knowledge and skills several days before test.
• Provide study guide to help students prepare.

Classroom Tests

• Provide practice with test format, sample, questions, and scoring rubric.
• Read test instructions to student and simplify language.
• Provide word banks for fill-in-the-blank questions.
• Let student take open book test, unless test requires memorization.
• Let student retake test and give credit for improvement.

FCAT

• Repeat, clarify, and summarize test directions.
• Give student copy of directions as read by teacher from FCAT administration script.
• Highlight key words or phrases in directions, questions, and passages.
• Use extra examples for practice.

Accommodations in Learning Environment

• Let student use self-checking materials or computer-assisted instruction to practice skills.

List of needs and solutions