The Learning Journey
L is for:
A) knowing what kind of learner someone is.
B) knowing that lice makes you too itchy to learn.
C) knowing that people who wear leotards to school make better teachers.
A) knowing how you learn is important for success when being met with a new skill to master. For example, if you are a visual, auditory, or tactile learner, your time will be used more effectively if you learn or study in that style.
Asking a student questions like, “How would you do it?”, helps to create…….
A) confusion
B) independence
C) a lack of motivation
What is Ally’s favorite color?
Rainbow
Seriously? What kind of color is that?
True of False?
1/3 of students diagnosed in the UK as dyslexic, are done so their first year in university.
True.
They were either over-protected, or over-supported during their school years.
E is for:
A) knowing eggs are good for you.
B) setting up an environment that is conducive to learning.
C) acknowledging an endemic will make learning far more difficult.
B) Making sure an environment is set up for your particular learning success is important! Do you need a desk? A bright light? Plenty of sharpened pencils?
Why is control important for a student to have?
When you have control, you have a vested interest.
What is Ally’s favorite food?
Chocolate
True or False?
Children with dyslexia are masters at pretending.
True!
A is for:
A) knowing how to most annoy your teacher so that she moves onto another student.
B) knowing you weren’t successful unless you received a grade of A.
c) having proper information from appropriate assessments to understand what a student brings as far as knowledge of a skill.
B) Assessments are important ways of knowing where to meet a student, as well as helpful in knowing how and what a student is progressing in.
Active and Inactive Experiences
All children learn better from being active.
All children also learn from discussions they have about what they are learning.
What is the most traumatic thing that has happened to Ally?
Once, in school, she was in a play about the Revolutionary War.
It is the only time in recorded history that Ally performed in public. Apparently now she just performs privately.
What is as important as your IQ?
Your I Can!
There is a lot of information we can gain from IQ tests, however, the information from the test is actually more important than the actual score from the test.
R is for:
A) Responses- how effectively is the child responding to what we are doing
B) Ruffles- the more ruffles a teacher wears, the more effective the lesson
C) Ramming- when you ram the information down the students’ throats, they feel safe and ready to learn
A) Responses- how well is the child responding to the learning activity? Are they gaining insight, skills, staying on task, etc.
Goals must be achieveable.
Why?
If we have unattainable goals, the students will go from,
“I can’t do______” to
”I don’t do______” to
”I won’t do_____.”
What is Ally’s favorite drink?
Belgian beer
What is the Scottish government‘s opinion of how the impact of dyslexia can vary in the same student?
“The impact of dyslexia as a barrier to learning varies in degree according to the learning and teaching environment.”
N is for:
A) Nachos
B) Neuro-flexibility
C) Nightmare
B) Neuroflexibility: Even with groups of dyslexic children, each will learn differently and have different skills and gaps.
Effective schools consist of:
- where the teaching and learning of everyone matters
- where relationships are important:
between students, between students and teachers, and very importantly, between teachers
Weird Ally fact
She has had teeth pulled out of her head.
What is currently the most significant problem in meeting the needs of all students?
The most significant problem right now is that we are in a, “wait to fail” mindset.