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Date Posted:09:53:51 07/29/09 Wed
Many of the things I do in my classroom in regards to homework are already benefical to students with dyslexia. The first thing I do every single morning is to write the day's assignments on the board. One thing I find even more helpful is to write each subject in a different color. It is much easier for students to pick out the assignments if they know what color goes with which subject.
Being an English teacher I often assign book reports or classroom novels. For my dyslexic student, when I assigned a class mystery novel to read he got easily frustrated because he couldn't keep up with the assignments. They would be assigned 2-3 chapters every other day to read in class and then they would be given some questions to answer for each chapter. We were able to find the same book on tape with headphones which he would listen to while everyone else was reading to themselves. This helped immensely and he really ended up enjoying the book. He would then get help at home with the questions and ended up doing very well on the assessment.
I have also found that as long as he is learning the same content but is assigned less work he does not tend to fall as far behind. The important this is that he is learning the same concepts and standards but is having to do a little less work.
I also try to stay away from worksheets for everyone. I tend to find that they lean more toward busy work rather than producing critical skills that students really need. It helps to mix up the assignments on occassion and even give them choices so it does not become so monotonous.
If you have any other suggestions in regards to homework in the classroom I would love to hear them.
