10. re sign sign ature con sign re sign ation con sign ment re sign ing con sign ed sign as sign de sign as sign ed de sign er as sign ation de sign ing reas sign de sign ation de sign ate sign al sign alling Provide copy of notes in advance (on coloured paper if student has sensitivity to white paper) Student can then highlight key points during session Use Arial or Comic Sans fonts on screen/ paper Teaching and Learning Strategies group spellings with similar letter strings Copying from board: write key sentences in different colours on the board- bullet points List technical spellings on board before session Speak slowly and repeat important points in different ways Relate ideas to concrete examples in real life Draw visual mind map on board to detail a topic Topic idea idea detail detail detail Useful Teaching Strategies

11. Look for words inside words Say it in a funny way information in, for, form inform, mat, at Spelling strategies for course words Group the same family of words together Make up a mnemonic un happy slow ly in complete ly Look and listen for prefixes and suffixes There is a rat in sep a rat e Go by bus to your bus iness Slow it down and break up into syllables tem per a ture con tin ent Wed nes day b e a u ti ful Use an etymological dictionary to find out where the word comes from Use look, say, cover, write, check method Make up a rap Mrs D Mrs i Mrs ffi Mrs c Mrs u Mrs lty n ight f ight s ight m ight re sign con sign sign as sign de sign

14. key points paragraph topic ____________ _________ _________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ Some students find paragraph cards useful to use to sequence their writing in a logical order

15. Cloze Exercises (o-e) Examples of activities Learning Assistants can do to practise students’ literacy skills Word cards Word Searches and crosswords using letter strings Read a text with letter string repeated. Phoneme/ blends tracking It was shady in the shallow end of the ship as the sun shone. The builder ………………his trowel . (broke) Match the word card to the definition Dictate a set of sentences using blend being practised n ight f ight s ight m ight Example: We sh ut the sh op door Letter and sound cards To become automatic to free up working memory

16. We learn: 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both see and hear 70% of what is discussed with others 80% of what we experience personally 90% of what we TEACH to someone else Use coloured dividers to separate each topic ELECTRICITY --------------------------------------------------- Write bold titles on your work Put each piece of work in order --------------------- 1 1 --------------------- 2 2 --------------------- 3 3 11 h September 07 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date each piece of work Understand how you learn Basic Organisation skills Look at your work at least ONCE between sessions

17. Memory Strategies to help students How do you remember these items? creating a journey through your home? grouping? spatial position? photographic memory?

18. Using Technology to support learners with dyslexia and SpLD Examples of useful programmes include: ‘Inspiration’ can help learners to develop mind maps to structure their writing in a logical sequence ‘Dragon Naturally Speaking’ / ‘ Read & Write Gold’: allows for learner to read on to a word document. The programmes read back to allow for proof reading. Useful website: www.dyslexic.com/catalog .