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Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life
Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life
Literacy Session 3 Mild General Learning Disability
5 – 12 years
Outline
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1 • big picture understanding
2 • good assessment
3 • focused and purposeful interventions
Handout: Challenges and Strategies
Leading Literacy Core Team
Support & CPD
Raising Awareness
&
Understanding
Collaboration
Resource Building
Literacy
SSE
Assessment
Link Teacher Communication
Handout - Reflection
General Strategies
• Positioning
• ‘look and listen’ card
• Noise level thermometer
• Background noise
• Quiet areas / work stations
• Visual timetables / individual timetables
• Use of colour coding and sequence cards
• Use of gesture
Strategies
Time to answer
Visual support
- pictures, photos, real objects,
- checklists, video.
Mindmaps
Buddy system
Role play / mime
Strategies Assistance cards “Gathering” attention before speaking Rephrasing and repeat Clarity and brevity of instruction Processing time Project – don’t shout! Verbalisation and self talk
Strategies
• Pre-teach – Teach – Summarise
• Expectation-“I want you to remember two things
from what…
• Yard
• Social skills
Speech – General Strategies
• Sound system
• Respond - what V how
• Repeat
• Gesture
• Praise / comment
• Strengths
• Queue
• Parents
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Words you will need
Vocabulary Development Key Words List
Pre–teach key
words
Subject Words
Word Walls
Question Words
www.languageforlearning.com
Word Definition Hint
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Vocabulary Development
Word Webs
Create links…
word
meaning synonym
opposite
rhymes
with
syllables?
personal link
picture
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Word
Where do you find it?
Hoe many syllables?
What sound does it
start with?
What word does it rhyme with?
Anything else?
What group does
it belong to?
What parts does it have?
What do you do with it?
Semantic
Information
Phonological
Information
Word
Maps
Word Wise Whizz
Think of a meaning
Think of a sound
Think of a sentence
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Vocabulary Development
Games
• Word Storm
• Word Connections
• Word Choice
• Word Bluff
• True or False
• Barrier games
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Multisensory Approach Vocabulary
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Arcademic Skill Builders www.arcademics.com
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www.arcademics.com
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Resources
Category Workshop
Help for Vocabulary
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Sequencing
Use picture cards,
Visual supports
Teach the vocabulary explicitly
Every day events, using photos to sequence/support
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Syntax Grammatical Development
Structured Teaching
Early Phonological
Skills
Rhythm
Rhyme
Words
Syllables
Sounds Abound
Newell Literacy
Jolly Phonics
Fundations www.wilsonlanguage.com
Vocabulary
Naming
Categories
Category Workshop
Help for Vocabulary
www.linguisystems.com
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Structured Teaching
Phonological Skills
Vowels
Phonemic awareness
Blending
a apple
e egg
i igloo
o orange
u umbrella
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Multisensory Approach Word Attack Skills
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Focusing On the Familiar
One of the most effective ways to make
information meaningful is to associate or compare
the new concept with a known concept, to hook
the unfamiliar with something familiar.
Pat Wolfe (2001)
a e i o u
Vowels
ai
Memory – ‘Coat Hook’
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Strategies
1.
Visual Cues
2.
Chunk Information
3.
Story Retell
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TLP
Today I Learned - TIL
TIL
Today I
Learned
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Visual Cues
• The little girl was sick.
• She went to the doctor.
• Now she is better.
www.dotolearn.com
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Chunk Information
• Sentences
• Pace
• Repeat
• Wait time
• Paraphrase
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Story Retell
Listening
Attention
Vocabulary
Writing
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Story Retell
Name: Date:
Story: Number of Times Read:
Story Pupil’s Retelling Prompts
Beginning What happened in the beginning?
Where did the story happen?
Who were the main characters?
What was the problem?
Middle What happened next?
What did ------ do?
Why?
End How was the problem solved?
How did the story end?
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Idioms, Metaphors, Jokes..
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What do we mean????
Bull in a china shop
May the road rise before you
Let the cat out of the bag
Two heads are better than one
The chicken is ready to eat
The early bird catches the worm
I get up with the lark
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Strategies Checklist
Provide
structure
cues
multi sensory approach
reinforcement
skill teaching
pace and time
small steps
key points
pre task discussion
short clear vocabulary
deliberate teaching
opportunities for over learning
Promote
attention and listening
spoken language
meaning/ comprehension
short and long term memory
skills transfer
success and motivation
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Strategies for a Lifetime
To Know it… I will
learn to …
Reduce it Highlight it
Remember it
List it
Chart it Say it
Check it
Teach it
Practice it
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1 • big picture understanding
2 • good assessment
3 • focused and purposeful interventions
Literacy Link Teachers Seminar
Key Messages
Key Messages
The link teacher for literacy is a facilitator of change for
improvement
A number of key components inform the planning,
teaching and assessment of literacy in the context of
your school.
Working Together Norms
When? First meeting but always thereafter
What? Procedural & Interpersonal
Why? Open dialogue, trust, productive work
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Norms Procedural &Interpersonal
‘A river without banks is a pond. Likewise, a team without relationship
norms leaves itself open to potential interpersonal problems.’
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‘To effectively communicate, we must realise that we
are all different in the way we perceive the world and
use this understanding as a guide to our
communication with others’ Robbins, A. (2003) Unlimited Power: The new Science of Personal Achievement
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Final Word…..
Contact Details
Special Education Support Service c/o Cork Education Support Centre
The Rectory, Western Road
Cork
Website: www.sess.iewww.sess.ie
Telephone: 021 4254241
Callsave: 1850 200884
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