Reinforcing Classroom Materials:
1. Help students understand class requirements
2. Pre-teach and re-teach material
3. Develop graphic organizers
4. Practice or enrichment
5. Develop study guides
Adapting/Modifying Classroom Content
1. Adapt or modify class work
a. Highlight texts/reading material
b. Write or rewrite worksheets
c. Create and modify study guides
2. Adapt or modify tests
a. Change how tests are given
b. Clarify vocabulary and directions
c. Revise the format
d. Modify content (when required)
3. Develop skills for using educational technology
4. Design alternative activities
Assist students in understanding their learning style, strengths and
weaknesses to access learning in all students.
1. Help students understand the information in the I.E.P.’s
regarding accommodations, modifications and annual
goals.
2. Encourage students to be self-advocates.
RESOURCE ROOM COMPENSATORY STRATEGIES
OUTLINES/GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS: Concise, organized listings of
important facts in a lecture, reading selection, film, etc.
1. Allows students to follow during and activity
2. Use most pertinent facts and main ideas
3. Use templates and instruct students how to use them.
4. Aids in visual processing of the written word or abstract
and complex concepts (webbing or mapping)