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Communication and Homework ToolsPractical Language Strategies for Parents
Deena Seifert, M.S., CCC-SLPFigure of Speech Therapy LLC April 8, 2013
Homework time is a time of constant struggle for students and their parents. This is a presentation to discuss some low tech and high tech strategies you can use at home to improve your child’s language skills, decrease her frustration and increase her confidence.
Overview
Communication @PPtitudeTM is a company founded by Beth Lawrence, M.A., CCC-SLP and Deena Seifert, M.S., CCC-SLP to produce apps, blogs and workshops helping educators, parents, tutors and speech-language pathologists as they work with student who have speech and language differences.
Email: [email protected]
Check out our blog at CommunicationAPPtitude.com
Beth Lawrence, M.A., CCC-SLP
My child is always missing due dates for projects or can’t remember what to put on
his paper before turning it in.
Organization Low Tech High Tech
What is the student being asked to do?
Checklist Create templates in a word processing program.
Due dates Agenda bookCentral calendar
Post It notes in binderCalendar in binder
Phone or mobile deviceMobile Calendar
Noodle Tools
Organization of Project Folder for each projectNote cards
Noodle Tools (web)Evernote (web & apps)
Index Card (app)Infinote Pinboard (app)
The student could
•Have the writing checklist next to him while he writes at home, or
•put the checklist in a plastic sleeve in the writing section of each binder
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Vocabulary – Low Tech Strategies
Index Cards are something most people have in their homes or offices.
Invest heavily in these and use them liberally.
Write the word on one side of the index card. Students who are highly visual might prefer to use different colors.
On the other side of the card, write the definition. Break the definition into parts.
Learning Vocabulary Terms – Low Tech Strategies
Learning Vocabulary Terms – Low Tech Strategies
After creating index cards, have the child go through them and make a pile of words they know and words they don’t know.
Take the pile of cards they don’t know and here the work begins.
Words I Know
Words I don’t know
With the pile of words the student doesn’t know work together to code meaning to the word using past experiences, pictures, and sayings.
Learning Vocabulary Terms – Low Tech Strategies
Understanding and Recalling Lengthy Definitions (example from Beth Lawrence)
Definition for city-state:
“A self-governing city that controlled surrounding lands and villages”
a self-governing / city / that controlled / surrounding / lands and villages
Break it into segments
See the complete lesson on our blog: “More Curricular Vocabulary”
a self-governing / city / that controlled / surrounding / lands and villages
See the complete lesson on our blog: “More Curricular Vocabulary”
Rules
Recalling Dates and Events
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Vocabulary High Tech Strategies
Some students, especially those with Executive Functioning difficulties, sometimes find cards too
overwhelming. When this happens, turning to technology might be the answer.
“Executive Function is defined as a set of mental processes that help us connect past experience with present action.”
Organizing, planning, initiating behavior, inhibiting impulses and working memory are the cognitive abilities that are affected.
Apps for Vocabulary
• Quizlet (computer, iOS, Android)*• Evernote Peek (iPad)• Study Stack• Open Window Software (PC)• Flash Card Manager
*My personal favorite
Writing - Low Tech Strategies
Be the “scribe” while your child brain storms.
When you find a mistake on your child’s paper while proof-reading, put a check next to it and ask them to figure out what is wrong with the sentence.
Have them read their paper aloud (“reverbalization”) or read it to them so they can hear their mistakes.
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Where? Who?What?
Typical SituationWhat?
Less-Typical Situation
Home Dad Eating breakfast – home or out Birthday party
Bedroom Mom Eating lunch – home or out funeral
Living room brother Eating dinner wedding
Dining room sister TV or movie theater sleepover
TV room cousin Video games Sports event
basement friend texting picnic
backyard enemy emailing Skiing/skating
Park/field grandparents Youtube Writing a letter/note
Friend’s house Aunt/uncle Music – instrument or listen Going on vacation
Restaurant Teacher Practicing sports Going on a field trip
Airplane Waiter Reading a book / doing homework Celebrating holidays
Telling or Writing About an Event
Low Tech High TechLow Tech High Tech
Gathering Information
Print out information and number each source.
Use a 2-pocket folder to store all their information.
Noodle Tools
Easybib.com
Writing the
Paper
Write from the outline following it meticulously.
Take it paragraph by paragraph.Reduce stress.
Type or use a voice generated program to write the paper.
Proofreading You or your child read parts of the paper aloud.
If they don’t find their own mistake, point it out and have
them repair it.
Have the computer read the paper aloud to them to find
their mistakes.
Use spell/check and check for mistakes.
Research Paper or Project
Low Tech High Tech
Brainstorming
Using a piece of paper, be your child’s scribe to record ideas quickly.
Help your child organize the ideas while brainstorming.
Use Inspiration, Whiteboard, Notability etc. to quickly write or
draw ideas.
Outlining Use a word processing program template to organize the outline.
Inspiration turns your brainstorming ideas into an outline with the click
of a button.
Noodle Tools allows students to create outlines.
Outline Pro
Research Paper or Project
Writing Assistance Note-taking Keyboarding
WordQ and SpeakQAbilipad
NotabilityPenultimate
Capture NotesKidspirationInspiration
Sound Note (records as you write)
PaperPort Notes
Smart Writing Tool: Handwriting recognition
iOSJalapeno (app)
Tap Typing (app)
AndroidTyping TutorTap Writer
PC/Macwww.freetypinggame.net
Freeonlinetypinggames.comFunschool.kaboose.com
Bigbrownbear.co.ukwww.Tvokids.comDance Mat Typing
Backup and StorageDon’t risk losing a USB memory stick! Back up your child’s work. Here are just a few possibilities:
•Dropbox – free 2 GB of storage, can work offline and syncs across all devices
•Google Drive – save and share files online
•iCloud
•SugarSync
•JustCloud.com
Thank You!
If your child needs a speech-language evaluation or tutoring consultation, please call:
Bowman Educational Services10440 Shaker Drive Unit 108A
Columbia, Maryland 21046410-290-5955
Deena Seifert, M.S., CCC-SLPCertified Speech-Language Pathologist
Figure of Speech Therapy [email protected]
Communication and Homework ToolsPractical Language Strategies for Parents
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