TheLoTTIEKit FDLRS Gulfcoast Serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando Counties Eloise Hayes Kristin Hope Carol Norton Paula Walker

LoTTIE Kit Low Tech Tools for Inclusive Education Tools for Productivity Grades K-12

Tools are designed to help:  Regular education teachers  Special education teachers  Instructional aides  Occupational therapists  Any person working with students

Tools can be used for:  Reading  Writing  Math  Organization

Teacher’s Manual:

Reading Tools

Plastic Colored Transparencies Improves visual perception of text Blurry letters Words that seem to blend Letters that move Complains of eyestrain Poor spacing between letters & words while copying

Marking to Remember & Study Why? Because the text can’t be written in Student is being taught what to mark & may need to make a correction Draw attention to words so they can’t be missed Use different colors to mark information in different categories Draw attention without changing the information’s appearance

Highlighter Tapes Colors: Pink Green Yellow Orange

Removable Arrow Tags Draws attention to words or items so they can’t be missed

Uni-ball Pens Underlining Draw attention Mark different info in different colors

Post-It Notes Too “ into ” reading to stop --- use dots to mark vocabulary --- replace the dot with a Post-It note that has the definition written on it

Marking Pages/Books & Notebooks Great way to mark where a student(s) left off while reading or using a textbook Hefty Tabs

Marking Pages/Books & Notebooks Post-It Mini Flags -Important vocabulary Pink -Important vocabulary - Names to know Green - Names to know -Picture/map Purple -Picture/map -Dates Yellow -Dates -Chapter questions Blue -Chapter questions Color might be important:

Marking Pages/Books & Notebooks Post-It Mini Flags Position of tab might be important: Top-entire page is important Side-important text marked on page Bottom-questions requiring further study

Tracking and Reading Signature guide Surrounds word and blacks out words below & above the words being read

Tracking and Reading Wallet magnifier Helps track by magnifying word being read-leaving the surrounding text smaller

Writing Tools

Writing with Rubber Stamps Students who have difficulty with handwriting tasks True-False Tests Punctuation

Homework Wiz Spelling corrector Spelling suggestion list Helps find the correct homonym

Colored Pens for Note-taking Used as an Organizer: names = red names = red vocabulary = green vocabulary = green general notes = blue general notes = blue colors

Colored Pens for Editing Can be used on their own work or for peer work Can also be used to streamline the editing process Use a particular color = Really Good Stuff !

Pencil Grippers Hand/finger fatigue Poor writing due to lack of fine motor control Caution- don’t place the grip too high!

Gripper Pens Dr. Grip Evopen

Non-Abrasive Erasers If erasing continues to be difficult a student might use...

Correction Tapes/Coverup tapes For corrections For wordiness For writing within the lines

Raised Line Paper Kinesthetic feedback: 1) If a student writes over the line he can “feel” that he has crossed the barrier with the pen or pencil 2) The student can actually follow the raised lines with fingers to determine where to start or stop writing

Plastic Writing Guide Keeps letters in a given space Fits over an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper

Marking Margins

Post-It Notes-Peer Conferencing

NiteWriter Pen

Highlighter Markers Tracing lessons Use of 2 colors = a new color

Dry Highlighter New Item--- It is ERASEABLE !

Homework Wiz with Colored Dots Mark a homonym error in a student’s writing with a colored dot--- Use the same colored dot on the “confusable” mode on the Homework Wiz

Whiteboards and Write-on Crayons Allow the student to get a “feel” of how to form letters- especially when learning cursive writing

Catch that Pencil ! Non-skid pad Total Grips !

Math Tools

Math Grids 1/3 1/2 2/3 3/4 1 inch Can be copied !

Plastic Colored Transparencies

Number Stamps

Finger Pinch Ruler

Talking Calculator ProvidesAuditory& Visual feedback Reads 2 ways: and 371 and 371

Colored Dots

Highlight-Operational signs Use different highlighters to specify which operation is being used

Uni-ball Pens for Place Value

Laminated Math Tables

Signature Guide/ Writing Guide

Correction/Cover-up tape

Highlight- Carrying / borrowing Use different highlighters to specify where they need to carry and record a number

Coin-u-lator

Arrow tags

Organizational Tools

Color Coding Work to be Done Highlighter markers Uni-ball neon pens Mini-flags Page markers Post It Notes Removable Arrows Colored dots

Page Up

Digital Voice Recorder School to home communication device !

Post-It Notes Organizes Assignment Priorities Brainstorming ideas Desk reminders

Finger Pinch Ruler

Permanently mark Book Parts Can use Hefty Tabs Could mark: table of contents indexglossary appendices with maps and tables

Do you have to buy a kit? Ordering information is included Local stores Look for other items that might be of assistance to a child in need No !

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