Provide the student with guided notes or full classroom notes.Ask the student twice during class how he will remember facts or rules discussed.Set a goal of completing 75 percent of the assigned homework.Provide an extra set of books to keep at home.Allow the use of highlighters and sticky notes to mark up print books, or literacy software like Kurzweil 3000 to do the same in e-texts, to aid understanding and retention in students with critical thinking issues and poor working memory.Use human-narrated audio books, e-texts with text-to-speech software, or a combination program like Kindle Immersion reading or LearningAlly audiobooks, allowing the student to see and hear the text for improved comprehension.Create worksheets and exams using a PDF annotation software like Adobe Reader 11, Acrobat Reader DC, or Mac Preview, allowing the student to use mouse and keyboard skills to enter responses instead of overtaxing writing skills.Support poor spelling and grammar with contextual spell checkers like Ginger Software or Ghotit Real Writer, or word prediction software like Co:Writer, Word Q or Speak Q.Break writing assignments into small steps.Offer a framework for essay organization - like a graphic organizer, mind map, story map, timeline, the POWER (Plan, Organize, Write, Edit, Revise) method, or software like Draft: Builder, Inspiration, or Xmind.Give the student writing templates that model correct writing forms (e.g., a persuasive essay, a narrative) and scaffold the writing process with prompts.Offer oral assessments instead of written.Allow typing instead of writing by hand.Allow the student to substitute written papers or essays for original videos, dioramas, posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc.Allow the use of speech-to-text software, such as the free tool in Google Docs or Dragon Dictation.Reduce the number of problems assigned. Ten completed problems written neatly, with work shown - rather than a full page of problems - is enough to assess a student’s understanding.Keep sample math problems on the board and have the student write them in a notebook for reference.
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