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The LoTTIE Kit. FDLRS Gulfcoast Serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando Counties Presentation created by: Carol Norton, Kristin Hope, Eloise Hayes. LoTTIE Kit. Lo w T ech T ools for I nclusive E ducation. Grades K-12. Tools for Productivity. Tools are designed to help:.
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The LoTTIE Kit FDLRS Gulfcoast Serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando Counties Presentation created by: Carol Norton, Kristin Hope, Eloise Hayes
LoTTIE Kit Low Tech Tools for Inclusive Education Grades K-12 Tools for Productivity
Tools are designed to help: • Regular education teachers • Special education teachers • Parents • Instructional aides • Occupational therapists • Any person working with students
Tools can be used for: • Reading • Writing • Math • Organization
Plastic Colored Transparencies Improves visual perception of text Blurry letters Complains of eyestrain Letters that move Words that seem to blend Poor spacing between letters & words while copying
Marking to Remember & Study Because the text can’t be written in Student is being taught what to mark & may need to make a correction Why? 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 Mark different info in different colors Draw attention
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 Color might be important: Pink - Important vocabulary Green - Names to know Purple -Picture/map Yellow -Dates Blue -Chapter questions
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 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 vocabulary = green general notes = blue 2 - 3 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 Fits over an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper Keeps letters in a given space
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 Allows the student to get a “feel” of how to form letters-especially when learning cursive writing
Non-skid pad Total Grips ! Catch that Pencil !
Math Grids 1/3 1/2 2/3 3/4 1 inch Can be copied !
Talking Calculator Provides Auditory & Visual feedback Reads 2 ways: 3 7 1 and 371
Highlight-Operational signs 30 + 45 72 - 45 + - Use different highlighters to specify which operation is being used
Uni-ball Pens for Place Value 456
Signature Guide/ Writing Guide
Highlight-Regrouping 38 + 45 72 - 45 Use different highlighters to specify where they need to regroup and record a number