Effective and Easy Modifications: My Top Ten Tips and

Tricks
Instead of

Try this!

Silent Reading

Audio-books with
headphones, walk/run
while listening. Shared
reading, or partner
reading.
Dictation with
instructor, parent or
aide; typing.
Storyboard a narrative,
use graphic organizers
to compile information
for expository writing.
Call cards with student
names for random
selection; toss around a
response ball, use a
talking stick.
Use open-ended
questions and thinkpair-share to elicit
student generated
knowledge. Jigsaw
information with small
group presentations on
a topic.
Verbal re-tell,
dramatization.
Partner notes, or small
groups who work
together to corroborate
main ideas and
analysis.
Create a collage of
main ideas and
themes; create a
timeline of events in a
story.
PowerPoint
presentation or
illustrated report.
Informational poster,
info pamphlet.

Independent
Writing (actual
task of writing)
Writing a rough
draft
independently
Raising hands

Lecture

Comprehension
quiz
Independently
taking chapter
notes

Verbal re-telling

Essay

Presentation

Supports learning challenges

in:
Attention and focus, dyslexia,
visual processing.

Dysgraphia, fine-motor skills.

Comprehension and
executive function, attention
and focus, dyslexia and
visual/verbal processing.
Attention and focus, esteem
and confidence.

Auditory processing, speech

and language, attention and
focus.

Attention, processing,
dyslexia.
Comprehension, dyslexia,
speech and language.

Verbal processing, speech

and language,

Dysgraphia/dyslexia, verbal
processing, speech and
language, fine motor skills.
Dyslexia, verbal processing,
speech and language.