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

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

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

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

5. Teacher’s Manual:

6. Reading Tools

7. 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

8. 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

9. Highlighter Tapes Colors: Pink Green Yellow Orange

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

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

12. 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

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

14. 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:

15. 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

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

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

18. Writing Tools

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

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

21. Colored Pens for Note-taking Used as an Organizer: names = red names = red vocabulary = green vocabulary = green general notes = blue general notes = blue 2 - 3 colors

22. 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 !

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

24. Gripper Pens Dr. Grip Evopen

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

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

27. 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

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

29. Marking Margins

30. Post-It Notes-Peer Conferencing

31. NiteWriter Pen

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

33. Dry Highlighter New Item--- It is ERASEABLE !

34. 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

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

36. Catch that Pencil ! Non-skid pad Total Grips !

37. Math Tools

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

39. Plastic Colored Transparencies

40. Number Stamps

41. Finger Pinch Ruler

42. Talking Calculator ProvidesAuditory& Visual feedback Reads 2 ways: 3 7 1 3 7 1 and 371 and 371

43. Colored Dots

44. Highlight-Operational signs 30 + 45 + 72 - 45 - Use different highlighters to specify which operation is being used

45. Uni-ball Pens for Place Value 456456

46. Laminated Math Tables

47. Signature Guide/ Writing Guide

48. Correction/Cover-up tape

49. Highlight- Carrying / borrowing 38 + 45 72 - 45 Use different highlighters to specify where they need to carry and record a number

50. Coin-u-lator

51. Arrow tags

52. Organizational Tools

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

54. Page Up

55. Digital Voice Recorder School to home communication device !

56. Post-It Notes Organizes Assignment Priorities Brainstorming ideas Desk reminders

57. Finger Pinch Ruler

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

59. 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 !

60. The End !