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Identify and help a struggling student by Shan Wang - Coggle Diagram
Identify and help a struggling student by Shan Wang
Signs of struggling student
Becomes easily frustrated
Lacks self-motivation
Has difficulty staying on task
Takes longer than normal to complete written work
Begins to argue with you over school work
Becomes anxious and stressed about homework
Starts to leave books and assignments at school
Has difficulty following directions
Seems to work longer and harder with little or no improvement
Is no longer organized and forgets projects and tests dates
Turns in incomplete homework or none at all
Makes frequent and careless errors
Seems to have trouble with note-taking skills
Struggles with basic reading, writing, math, or spelling skills
Has difficulty remembering and does not retain learned skills
Makes negative comments about the teacher or about school in general
Receives notes home from teachers about classroom misconduct
Reference
https://www.advancedlearners.com/tutoring/struggling.aspx
https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/struggling-learner/
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/5-common-techniques-for-helping-struggling-students
https://www.continentalpress.com/blog/help-struggling-students-classroom/
Strategies to offer help
to use curriculum and teaching strategies that can be customized to meet his needs.
Teach Through Direct Instruction
Choose an Incremental Approach to Lessons
Understand the Importance of Multisensory Instruction
Give Your Child an Advantage by Teaching the 72 Basic Phonograms
Teach Just One New Concept at a Time
Teach Reliable Rules
Teach Reading and Spelling Separately
Make Review a Priority
Keep Lessons Short but Frequent
Recognize the Power of Encouraging Words
Techniques
Differentiated instruction
Scaffolding
Graphic organization
Mnemonics
Multisensory instruction
How to identify
The gap between ability and aptitude
Trying very hard with little success
Straying off-track
Missing homework
Students self-identify their struggles
Exit ticket
Journal entries
Strategies to help in certain subjects
Students struggling wit Maths
Rely on the gradual release model for additional support
Go back several steps to see how concepts are dependent on each other
Offer graph paper so students can ensure equations are lined up properly
Using a blank sheet of paper to cover up extraneous information on a worksheet or test paper to help students stay on task.
Students struggling with writing
Chunking or staging writing assignments
Guide students through step-by-step lessons
Allow writing assignments to be authentic.
A potentially overlooked reason why students struggle with writing is hand fatigue
Students struggling with reading
Small group reading session
Allow readers of different levels to work together
Graphic novels