Modifications

Modifications

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  Verbal Language Skills  Use show and tell for students to talk about items that are important to them. Provide Editing/ Proofreading Modifications questions ahead of time.   Students geteditors checklist. EX I have checked Provide an up in front of the class and tell a story. (One of marks…name…verb agreement… punctuation their own or one written by For capitalization…ect. another author)   When studentsCOPS as an editing model. Write Students use are unable to answer a Language Arts question or and stuck afterthem prompts. EX on poster get hang give talking about concept. COPS- Capitalization, Omissions, Are you thinking of this….  Use wait time. and Sentences are complete. Punctuation, Students need time to think! Leave work for a day or two then edit. This Reading allows for a break and better editing.  Put comprehension questions on the board while reading.  While doing character analysis, talk about the character then, act out the passage.  Use task cards with instructions on them. Task cards also list objectives and criteria for mastery.  Do a picture walk before reading the story. Spelling Words Handwriting  Point out patterns in the spelling words when Color code start and stopping points with green you give the students the spelling list.  Use puppets while practicing spelling words. and red. V Students ask their puppet for the answer to a Look for the geometric shapes in letters. Identify spelling word then the student says the the shapes and then highlight them.
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  Verbal Language Skills  Use show and tell for students to talk about items that are important to them. Provide Editing/ Proofreading Modifications questions ahead of time.   Students geteditors checklist. EX I have checked Provide an up in front of the class and tell a story. (One of marks…name…verb agreement… punctuation their own or one written by For capitalization…ect. another author)   When studentsCOPS as an editing model. Write Students use are unable to answer a Language Arts question or and stuck afterthem prompts. EX on poster get hang give talking about concept. COPS- Capitalization, Omissions, Are you thinking of this….  Use wait time. and Sentences are complete. Punctuation, Students need time to think! Leave work for a day or two then edit. This Reading allows for a break and better editing.  Put comprehension questions on the board while reading.  While doing character analysis, talk about the character then, act out the passage.  Use task cards with instructions on them. Task cards also list objectives and criteria for mastery.  Do a picture walk before reading the story. Creative Writing Increase Word Usage  Creative writing notebook. Each person in  Use word banks. Brainstorm words together room takes turn writing a topic at the top of that are related. the paper. The rest of the paper is left blank  Have students guess the best that they can for others to write about during writing time. with spelling words. Then circle the word that  Use index cards with who’s what’s and when’s they are guessing on.
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  Verbal Language Skills “Four S’s” of Brainstorming  Speed  Modifications Continued…   Suspendadditional ideas for Fill in Judgment  modifications  Silly   Synergy Reading Editing/ Proofreading           Spelling Words Handwriting      