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Curricular Adaptations for Children with Special Needs
NOTE TAKING
AAC device
Agenda given out before discussion
Allow use of own written notes for test/quiz
Alpha-Smart
Assigned note taker
Assignment notebooks
Audio tape
Bullets and boxes on important info
Carbon copies
Carbonless paper
Chunk
Color coded paper
Color coordinating
Colored markers/pens
Colored paper
Copy of notes
Copy of transparencies
Cornell notes
Cut and paste given notes into notebook
Dictation
Draw pictures for concepts
Email notes
Explicit instruction of how to take notes
Find important, priority information
“Gentle” paper colors
Graphic organizers
Graphs
Grocery list groupings
Guided notes (Fill in the blank)
Handwriting Without Tears
Highlight actual book, extra copy
Highlight prepared notes
Highlighting
Illustrations
Imitation
Interactive white board (SMART Board)
Kansas learning strategy
Kidspiration
KWL charting
Laptop
Larger print
List key terms only
Main idea and supporting details
Modeling
Non Carbon Paper
Note taker paper
Note taking buddy
Outline
Overhead projector
Partial note taking
Peer matching
Peer takes notes
Photocopy
Post-it-notes
Power Point handout
Professional note taker
Provide a framework (skeleton) to fill in (graphic organizer)
Provide study guide for students
RAP (read, ask, paraphrase)
Rewrite own notes
Scaffolding the notes
Scribes
Short hand
Smart boards
SQ3R
Staff take notes and pass on to student- students can highlight important points
Stamps, markers, etc.
Student given outline- fill in the blanks
Study guide
Take notes only on test material
Tape recorders
Teach Cornell note-taking system
Teach how to pick out salient info
Teacher ‘bullets’ notes on overhead that need to be copied
Teacher model on overhead
Teacher’s notes
T-notes
Trade in students notes for teachers notes- good trade for effort
Underlining
Use “fun” writing materials (gel pens, fancy pencils)
Use a mapping strategy
Use laptop or Alpha Smart
Venn diagrams
Video recorder
Visual organization of information
Webbing
Webs (color coded)
Website posted notes
Weighted pencils
Words, picture combination
AAC device
Agenda given out before discussion
Allow use of own written notes for test/quiz
Alpha-Smart
Assigned note taker
Assignment notebooks
Audio tape
Bullets and boxes on important info
Carbon copies
Carbonless paper
Chunk
Color coded paper
Color coordinating
Colored markers/pens
Colored paper
Copy of notes
Copy of transparencies
Cornell notes
Cut and paste given notes into notebook
Dictation
Draw pictures for concepts
Email notes
Explicit instruction of how to take notes
Find important, priority information
“Gentle” paper colors
Graphic organizers
Graphs
Grocery list groupings
Guided notes (Fill in the blank)
Handwriting Without Tears
Highlight actual book, extra copy
Highlight prepared notes
Highlighting
Illustrations
Imitation
Interactive white board (SMART Board)
Kansas learning strategy
Kidspiration
KWL charting
Laptop
Larger print
List key terms only
Main idea and supporting details
Modeling
Non Carbon Paper
Note taker paper
Note taking buddy
Outline
Overhead projector
Partial note taking
Peer matching
Peer takes notes
Photocopy
Post-it-notes
Power Point handout
Professional note taker
Provide a framework (skeleton) to fill in (graphic organizer)
Provide study guide for students
RAP (read, ask, paraphrase)
Rewrite own notes
Scaffolding the notes
Scribes
Short hand
Smart boards
SQ3R
Staff take notes and pass on to student- students can highlight important points
Stamps, markers, etc.
Student given outline- fill in the blanks
Study guide
Take notes only on test material
Tape recorders
Teach Cornell note-taking system
Teach how to pick out salient info
Teacher ‘bullets’ notes on overhead that need to be copied
Teacher model on overhead
Teacher’s notes
T-notes
Trade in students notes for teachers notes- good trade for effort
Underlining
Use “fun” writing materials (gel pens, fancy pencils)
Use a mapping strategy
Use laptop or Alpha Smart
Venn diagrams
Video recorder
Visual organization of information
Webbing
Webs (color coded)
Website posted notes
Weighted pencils
Words, picture combination
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