Unrelated Trivia
This American singer/songwriter has made headlines recently for their ties with a successful football star.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This refers to a person knowing about themself, including things they do well, need to improve, enjoy, dislike, etc.
What is Self-awareness
Since early in elementary school, you have been aware that you have dyslexia, and the amount of reading in middle school has been a challenge. You love watching the History Channel, and you have a great memory for big ideas as well as specific historical facts and details. Friends who have had your new teacher in the past warn you that it might be a tough year. They explain that this teacher moves quickly through class material. Tests occur every Friday, and students often enter class to find that they have a pop quiz on sections of the textbook that they read the night before.
The teacher is enthusiastic and interesting when she lectures. However, the textbook is the primary vehicle for sharing information in this course. One of the teacher’s most frequently used ways to ensure all students have heard the material in the text is to go around the room calling on students to take turns reading aloud.
What are: electronic textbooks with text-to-speech software; having tests read aloud
Since early in elementary school, you have been aware that you have dyslexia, and the volume of reading in middle school has been a challenge. You love watching the History Channel, and you have a great memory for big ideas as well as specific historical facts and details. Friends who have had your new teacher in the past warn you that it might be a tough year. They explain that this teacher moves quickly through class material. Tests occur every Friday, and students often enter class to find that they have a pop quiz on sections of the textbook that they read the night before.
The teacher is enthusiastic and interesting when she lectures. However, the textbook is the primary vehicle for sharing information in this course. One of the teacher’s most frequently used ways to ensure all students have heard the material in the text is to go around the room calling on students to take turns reading aloud.
What are: memory for big ideas and specific facts; love of learning about history
Since early in elementary school, you have been aware that you have dyslexia, and the volume of reading in middle school has been a challenge. You love watching the History Channel, and you have a great memory for big ideas as well as specific historical facts and details. Friends who have had your new teacher in the past warn you that it might be a tough year. They explain that this teacher moves quickly through class material. Tests occur every Friday, and students often enter class to find that they have a pop quiz on sections of the textbook that they read the night before.
The teacher is enthusiastic and interesting when she lectures. However, the textbook is the primary vehicle for sharing information in this course. One of the teacher’s most frequently used ways to ensure all students have heard the material in the text is to go around the room calling on students to take turns reading aloud.
What are: completing large amounts of reading in a small interval of time; reading
This is the largest country in the world.
What is Russia?
This refers to a person making a deliberate or purposeful choice to speak up for their needs and/or ideas
What is Self-Advocacy?
You have a writing disability that primarily causes challenges with spelling and mechanics. In writing class, you have just been assigned to write a paper about major themes you found in Where the Red Fern Grows, a novel your class recently read. Your teacher has allocated three class periods during which you will be able to work on this paper, and you want to make the best use of this time.
What are: typing the paper so you can use spell-check; ability to take the paper home so you have extra time to work on it; collaboration with teacher to create a writing plan; requesting leniency with spelling errors for grading
You have a writing disability that primarily causes challenges with spelling and mechanics. In writing class, you have just been assigned to write a paper about major themes you found in Where the Red Fern Grows, a novel your class recently read. You flew through the book and are able to articulate the themes. Your teacher has allocated three class periods during which you will be able to work on this paper, and you want to make the best use of this time.
What is reading comprehension
You have a writing disability that primarily causes challenges with spelling and mechanics. In writing class, you have just been assigned to write a paper about major themes you found in Where the Red Fern Grows, a novel your class recently read. You flew through the book and are able to articulate the themes. Your teacher has allocated three class periods during which you will be able to work on this paper, and you want to make the best use of this time.
What are: spelling and motor skills related to writing
The texting acronym for "shaking my head"
This involves adjustments to show students access and demonstrate their learning while keeling the curriculum the same. It provides support and equal access to the curriculum and aims to reduce/remove barriers that may hinder a student's ability to participate fully in learning activities.
What are Accommodations?
You enjoy learning and get along well with your teachers. The pace of class in middle school has, however, been a challenge. Your processing speed seems different from that of your peers, and class often seems to be moving along at break-neck speed. This is especially true in science. The teacher does not use a book. Instead, the students “create” their book through hands-on lab-based activities and teacher lectures. The teacher is enthusiastic and the class is fun. Still, you feel like you can never keep up. Your lab book is due at the end of each week, and your teacher grades based on how thorough your notes are. Moreover, the tests come from these experiences and the notes students take.
What are: Organizational structure for the lab book provided in advance; fill-in-the-blank format for lab sections
You enjoy learning and get along well with your teachers. The pace of class in middle school has, however, been a challenge. Your processing speed seems different from that of your peers, and class often seems to be moving along at break-neck speed. This is especially true in science. The teacher does not use a book. Instead, the students “create” their book through hands-on lab-based activities and teacher lectures. The teacher is enthusiastic and the class is fun. Still, you feel like you can never keep up. Your lab book is due at the end of each week, and your teacher grades based on how thorough your notes are. Moreover, the tests come from these experiences and the notes students take.
What is visual learning
You enjoy learning and get along well with your teachers. The pace of class in middle school has, however, been a challenge. Your processing speed seems different from that of your peers, and class often seems to be moving along at break-neck speed. This is especially true in science. The teacher does not use a book. Instead, the students “create” their book through hands-on lab-based activities and teacher lectures. The teacher is enthusiastic and the class is fun. Still, you feel like you can never keep up. Your lab book is due at the end of each week, and your teacher grades based on how thorough your notes are. Moreover, the tests come from these experiences and the notes students take.
What is processing speed
On a standard traffic light there are three colored lights: green, red and yellow. This color appears on the bottom.
What is green?
This legal document is created for students with disabilities or learning needs and is designed to ensure that students receive an individualized and appropriate education.
What is an IEP?
It really doesn’t matter how interesting the content is; staying focused for a full hour of any class is torture. Added to this that you find math to be boring and challenging all at the same time. Your teacher is very bright, and makes a genuine effort to keep class interesting. Yet you still end up at home each day with big gaps in your notes and fragmented understanding of the content covered.
Your teacher prides himself in assigning homework every night and providing frequent opportunities for students to practice what they have learned. Homework takes forever though, and the missing information in your notes does not help. Mom and dad have forgotten most of what they learned in middle school math, and you are struggling to keep your grades where you know they should be.
What are: Copy of peer or teacher notes; ability to have movement breaks or have a fidget object; permission to audio-record class
It really doesn’t matter how interesting the content is; staying focused for a full hour of any class is torture. Added to this that you find math to be boring and challenging all at the same time. Your teacher is very bright, and makes a genuine effort to keep class interesting. When he includes movement and hands-on activities you retain more information. Yet you still end up at home each day with big gaps in your notes and fragmented understanding of the content covered.
Your teacher prides himself in assigning homework every night and providing frequent opportunities for students to practice what they have learned. Homework takes forever though, and the missing information in your notes does not help. Mom and dad have forgotten most of what they learned in middle school math, and you are struggling to keep your grades where you know they should be.
What is kinesthetic learning style
It really doesn’t matter how interesting the content is; staying focused for a full hour of any class is torture. Added to this that you find math to be boring and challenging all at the same time. Your teacher is very bright, and makes a genuine effort to keep class interesting. When he includes movement and hands-on activities you retain more information. Yet you still end up at home each day with big gaps in your notes and fragmented understanding of the content covered.
Your teacher prides himself in assigning homework every night and providing frequent opportunities for students to practice what they have learned. Homework takes forever though, and the missing information in your notes does not help. Mom and dad have forgotten most of what they learned in middle school math, and you are struggling to keep your grades where you know they should be.
What is focus/attention
This insect lives in underground tunnels, lives in a monarchy, and can life 50 times its own weight.
What is an ant?
The act or process of revealing personal information about oneself to another person (example: your teacher, your boss, etc.)
What is disclosure
You are used to being the leader of a task team at work and find it easy to delegate tasks in that setting. You were recently put in charge of the creation of a new independent project at work. For the past few weeks, you have worked tirelessly on the project but are not ready for the deadline coming up.
What is: Asking for more time; asking for a team to help work on the project
You are used to being the leader of a task team at work and find it easy to delegate tasks in that setting. You were recently put in charge of the creation of a new independent project at work. For the past few weeks, you have worked tirelessly on the project but are not ready for the deadline coming up.
What is: leadership; delegating tasks
You are used to being the leader of a task team at work and find it easy to delegate tasks in that setting. You were recently put in charge of the creation of a new independent project at work. For the past few weeks, you have worked tirelessly on the project but are not ready for the deadline coming up.
What are: deadline tracking; chunking large projects into smaller steps