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Supporting delayed readers: Strategies for success

eSchool News

Common issues include deficits in phonological awareness (Kilpatrick, 2015), limited exposure to language-rich environments, and instructional mismatches. Intensive interventions for students with reading disabilities: Meaningful impacts. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 30(2), 7378.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Avoid negative descriptions of disability (ex: suffers from a condition, confined/bound to a wheelchair). Update course syllabi to include statements from the campus disability/accommodations resource office, a statement on academic diversity, religious observant policies, and campus mental health resources.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Some reluctant learners may have formed this belief after facing negative feedback from parents or previous teachers, challenges with second languages or learning disabilities, or repeated examples of failing without intervention. Either way, they are not engaged in your instruction and don’t meet your class expectations.

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Meaningful Vision Board Ideas for Students + Tips for Creating Them

Teachers Pay Teachers

Vision Board Student Workbook By Danielle Knight Grades: 4th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Students will create a 15×20 vision board using this eight-section guide. Once all the pages are complete, students can use the information to create a vision board.

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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

eSchool News

Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams. Some were students with learning disabilities.

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How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

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She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

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3 keys to teaching students with dyslexia to read

eSchool News

This presents a major problem for students with dyslexia who need specialized help to learn how to read—and for educators who need to play catch up once they realize 20 percent of their students likely have a language-based learning disability. Related content: My tech essentials for students with dyslexia.

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