Accommodations for a Student Who Has Difficulty with Written Expression

List of needs and solutions

Accommodations in Instructional Methods and Materials

• Give student list of important vocabulary.
• Prepare summary with blanks or questions for students to complete.

Accommodations in Assignments and Assessments

Organizing

• Give student structured outline or graphic organizer to plan assignments.
• Let student use webs, diagrams, charts, and outlines to plan or respond to open-ended or essay questions.

Support

• Give student two copies of worksheet: draft and final copy.
• Provide specific questions to prompt the student's written response.
• Let student use thesaurus to find words.

Group Work

• Let student use peer editing or teacher help in revision process.

Technology

• Let student use spell-check or grammar-check utility in word processing software.
• Let student use a word processing software with word prediction assistance.
• Let student use software that places symbols above words in written assignments.

Classroom Tests

• Grade content and mechanics separately in assignments or tests that require written expression; let student correct spelling or grammar errors.
• Let student use alternate demonstrations of knowledge and skills using oral explanations, role playing, or interviewing.

Accommodations in Learning Environment

• Let student use a study carrel to take test or for independent work.
• Let student take test in another classroom with no distractions.
• Let student sit away from busy area of classroom.
• Identify quiet area where student can go when necessary.

Accommodations in Time Demands or Scheduling

• Reduce length of written assignment, or allow more time.

FCAT

• Let student dictate responses to writing and extended response questions.
• Let student word processor without spell-check utility.

List of needs and solutions