Teaching Strategies and

Resources
(FSIE)
 ENVIRONMENTAL
STRATEGIES

 Preferential seating
 Study carrel
 Isolation
 Change to a different
classroom
 ORGANIZATION STRATEGIES
 Time limits for assignments
 Questioning at end of each sentence to help
focus on important information.
 Allowing additional time to complete
task/take test
 Highlighting main facts in the book
 Provide a notebook/folder to organize work.
 Asking learner to repeat back directions
given
 MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES

 Sending home daily progress report

 Immediate reinforcement of correct response
 Keeping graphs and charts of learner’s progress
 Conferencing with learner’s parents
 Conferencing with learner’s other teachers
 Learning reading lesson to aide, tutor/teacher
 Home school communication system for
assignments.
 PRESENTATION STRATEGIES
 Giving assignments orally and visually
 Taping lessons so learner can lesson again
 Allowing learner to have practice test.
 Immediate correction of errors
 Providing advance organizers
 Clarify definitions, terms and vocabulary in
assignments.
 Tell learners the purpose of the assignments
and criteria for evaluation.
CURRICULUM
STRATEGIES
 Special materials
 Providing opportunities for extra drill
 Providing study guide
 Reducing quantity of material
 Providing instructional materials geared

to learner’s level of basic skills

 Provide opportunities for cooperative
learning.
 GENERAL
TEACHING
STRATEGIES
1) Information should be presented to as many
modalities as possible:

• Oral
• Class discussion
Presentation
• Activity-based
• Board notes
• Overheads learning
• Field trips
• Diagrams
2) Appreciate that there are a variety of learning
styles:
 Be clear
 Be concise
 Be to the point
 Be properly sequenced and paced
 Be verbally rehearsed by learner
 Be reviewed after a time lapse
 Be written down on board/notebook
 Ensure eye contact before engaging in oral
presentations
 Try not to speak with your back to the
learner
3) Assignments should be:

 Outlined in writing
 In learner’s homework book
 On chalkboard
 Broken down step by step
4) Questioning should be:
 Be clear
 Be concise
 Allow appropriate response
time
 Provide opportunities for
private questioning
5) Encourage learners to question for
clarifications and additional
information.
6) Learn to speak at a somewhat slower
pace.
7) Avoid using figurative language unless
it has been specifically pre-taught.
Appropriate Teaching
Strategies
Accommodations and
Modifications in Special
Education
Accommodations are supports
and services provided to help a
student access the general
education curriculum
Modifications are changes in
what students are expected to
learn, based on their individual
abilities.
 Week 13- Activity
DISABILITY Accommodation Modification
Student with
Dyscalculia
ADHD
Slow learner