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Session 7
Instructions for Session 7 Task
Write three new things you learned about learners with learning difficulties.
Write three things you are going to try with a student in the future.
Patricia Berenzon
Karen Oberman - Ayanot High School
Three things I learned about LDs:
Three things to try with LDs students in the future:
Alex Litzky, Herzog, Beit Hashmonai
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Galit Elkarif-Tzur Western Galilee High School
Gali Asa Shittim Darca
Three things I learned about LDs:
Three things to try with LDs students in the future:
Hila Aknin- Karnei Shomron
Orith Baidani Manof
What I have learned:
What I will try:
Shani Ben-Aroya Eastern Mediterranean International
Three new things I learned about learners with learning difficulties:
Three things I will try with a student in the future:
Gilat Bental, Neve Hadassah
Three things I knew intuitively but was relieved to learn they are substantiated by research:
Three things I will try with my students:
Laura Berdichevsky - Nofey Habsor
As teachers, most of us are familiar with all the aspects of LD. After reading most of the articles and websites posted on session 7, I would say that the following statement specifically defines what LD is:
Learning Disability is the term currently used to describe a handicap that interferes with someone’s ability to store, process or produce information.
In the future, I will consider
In addition, I agree with the following statement:
Instead of making things easier for them (like accommodations and lower level classes) we need to teach them how to learn from their mistakes and pick themselves up and try harder.
And I would add that praising small achievements certainly helps LD students to pick themselves up and try harder.
Elisheva Baruch Herzog School
Three things I learned (I was reminded) about learners with learning difficulties:
Three things I am going to try with my students in the future:
Nicole Georgy - Kfar Hayarok
3 new things I have learned about students with learning difficulties:
Strategies I will try in the classroom:
Husam Ganem Alnahda JHS
· Learning disabilities look very different from one child to another. One child may struggle with reading and spelling, while another loves books but can’t understand math. Still another child may have difficulty understanding what others are saying or communicating out loud. The problems are very different, but they are all learning disorders.
· It’s not always easy to identify learning disabilities. Because of the wide variations, there is no single symptom or profile that you can look to as proof of a problem. However, some warning signs are more common than others at different ages.
· If you’re aware of what they are, you’ll be able to catch a learning disorder early and quickly take steps to get your child help.
If your child is a visual learner, they:
If your child is an auditory learner, they:
If your child is a kinesthetic learner, they:
Rada Goldfeder - Eshel Hanassi
Principles of Teaching English to Students with Disabilities
Although there are no major differences between teaching regular students and students with disabilities, the following principles are very important when teaching the latter group:
• use of multiple means of presentation, to provide various ways of acquiring information and knowledge (e.g. peer activities, use of video, computer technology)
• providing students with alternatives for representing learning success (drawing, projects, etc.)
• tap into students’ interests, offer appropriate challenges and/or increase motivation
I am going to try focus on skills that are needed most, including some of the following:
• writing out instructions
• writing point form notes
• filling out forms
• teaching gestures that English speakers recognize
Yael Ganan - Ulpanat Tsfira
3 things I have learned
3 things I will try with students
Name: Sara Garelik School: Ulpenat Tzfira
What I learned from this session:
1- Create a positive learning environment: focus on what students can achieve rather than what they can not- especially with the students with LD.
2- Highlight objectives and structure activities clearly- write the components of the lesson on the side, the students can prepare themselves.
3- Utilise all the senses for learning- by teaching with various methods- multi-sensory(using visual aids, rules and trying to explain it in different ways), students with LD can connect to the method that is easier for them.
What I will try to apply in my classroom:
1- put more effort in the needs of my students- if they need more time or in a different method of learning.
2- positive environment - show them how everyone can achieve, sit with the weaker students and re-explain.
3- Reduce noise and any other things that can cause distraction to students, it will definitely help them focus and make for more effective lessons.
Inna Donov - Western Galilee High School
Three things I’ve learned about students with learning disabilities:
Three things I would like to try with my students in the future:
Zimrat Harband - Neve Channa
Lora walters - Ulpanat Meiron
Pnina Wolf - Herzog
Name: Galit Vizel School:Maayan Shahar
Three new things I learned about learners with learning difficulties:
1.Many experts feel that language deficits begin early in life and eventually disappear, only to re-emerge later in life when there is a new circumstance to be dealt with that places different and/or unexpected demands on language and its use (Wallach and Butler 1984, p. 15).
2. We need to look at the profile of strengths and weaknesses (Levine, personal communication).
3.Teachers to look for what he calls students islands of competence (Brooks, personal communication) and play to each individual’s strengths.
Three things I will try with a student in the future:
1.I will take an inventory of how students think they learn best. Have students make a chart similar to the one below of their strengths and challenges so that they, as well as you, can learn from their perceptions of how well they read, write, remember, listen, speak, attend and get ideas out (Michele Tissiere, personal communication).
2.I will not give so many instructions at the same time. I will break tasks down into their component parts and issue the instructions for each part one at a time.
3. Whenever appropriate, present material using graphic and/or sensory media- this is something I have been doing for years and I will continue doing it since the results prove it and in addition, it makes the love the language even more.
Yael Van Der Meer - Eynot Yarden
Thing I have learned:
Things I will Try
Leah Weizmann Yeshivat Hashomron
Name: Bat-El Zaga
School: Ulpenat Even Shmuel
Vered Zusmanovich - Ben Shemen School
3 things I've learned about these students:
- Some students with dyslexia may be sensitive to their surrounding (temp., light & noise).
- These students should activate their different sensory channels to acquire language (hearing, seeing, saying & writing) successfully. They need to be aware of the shapes of the letters, their sounds, how to pronounce them & how to use their hand to write them).
- Some students are having more difficulty learning L2 because they have the same difficulties in their L1 (phonology, sound system, memory, perception, sequencing, oral/speech & reading fluently).
3 things I'm going to try in the future :
- L shapes: I'm familiar with the magic window technique, but the L shape is even better. Two L shapes from cart can be put on a page from a book and block the rest of the page so the learner can observe and focus only on what's inside the text window.
- Dedicate time differently for reading: learners with more reading difficulty will know in advance during my lessons, which they are permitted to read by themselves more minutes than others, and do later even half of the reading comprehension assignments, without stressing them to read fast like others. Hopefully it will motivate them to overcome their reading difficulty.
- Being clear and praise: from now on I'll notice even more than usual about the tasks/instructions I give in class. I'll make sure they are clear and structured without any possible of different way to do them. And regard praising, I'll notice to comment positively also about the learners' process of learning and give feedback about specific improvement I've seen.
Name: Chagit Ziv School: Ulpanat Tsfira
Three things I learned about learners with learning difficulties :
Three things I’ll try with my students :
I’ll break up long tasks into smaller chunks that are more manageable.
Rina Haviv from Ben Shemen
Eyal Hadad - Neria Sdot Negev
Students that can't cope and study in L1 may find it difficult to do so in L2.
Up to 10% of learners are estimated to have an LD and in Israel, 40% of ESL learners have accommodations .However all LD's students are different: there is a wide range of disorders which vary
from one student to the other. There for what is good for one student is not
good for the other one.
learned what GRIT means and why it is important.
I will use more multi sensors activities.
I will try to use the ABLE kit in order to learn more about my students.
I will try to find ways to improve the GRIT.
Anna Heifetz Galil Maaravi
Three things that I learned:
Three things that I’m going to try in class:
Ravit Chason - Eynot Yarden
Three things I have learned (or knew intuitively and now I know for sure:
Three things that I’m going to try in class:
Pam Harazi-Kannot
Carniya Yaakov, Kiryat Yearim
What I have learned about students with learning difficulties:
Things I want to try with my students in the future:
Tom Ifrach - Neve Hadassah
Three things I learned about learners with learning disabilities:
Three things which I am going to try with a student in the future:
Merav Cohen -
Yarden High School
Shir Katzman Beit Chinuch Yarkon
Learning difficulties that I have learned about with my students:
How important Grit is for their motivation.
Dyslexia causes difficulties that doesn’t let the student express himself.
The ABLE kit helped me understand my students better and how I can help them express themselves
I need to try with my students in the future:
I want to start using the ABLE kit for 7th graders special education class
Students with deslexia will need a different environment or more space
Working with games and cards. Choosing things that are out of the box.
Let students choose their work.
Galit Carmeli-Hartuv school
Three things I have learned about learners with learning difficulties:
Three things I am going to try with students in the future:
Ayelet Lonweagrt - Kedma
Things I learned:
1. It is not always easy to distinguish between permanent language-learning problems and normal second language problems.
2. ADHD is not a learning disability (LD), but it’s common in kids with LD.
3. That some of the students may learn how to speak very well although they have problem writing and reading and working on oral proficiency can be a great success with them and will make them believe in themselves and have GRIT.
Things I will try to do:
1. Make it easy for students to ask for repetition, and use the same language.
2. Not to jump from one topic to another, without warning.
3.In order to help students I’II try not just to write on the board but also tell it or play it as
much as possible.
Name: Nicole Look School: Mayan Shachar
3 Things I Learned:
3 Things I Will Try in Class:
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TANYA MOVSHOVICH - YOANA JABOTINSKY
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Name:Varda Morell
School: Ulpanat Tsfira
3 things I learned:
3 things I will try in my classroom:
Tzipporah moskovitz
Amit nachshon
Three things I learned about students with learning disabilities
I would like to focus on dyslexia because I am working with a student currently and this new information really resonated with me.
Three things I will try in the future:
Einav Mahlebani - Tom High school
Yehudit Minerbi - Kfar Maimon
New things I leared:
Dyslexia affects many aspects of producing and using language except for difficulties in reading and it is difficulties with spelling and processing spoken information
Learners with dyslexia have shorter memory spans in
They have smaller working memory capacity
Things I will try
Don't issue too many instructions at the same time. Break tasks down into their component parts and issue the instructions for each part one at a time;
Providing an overview of the session’s objectives and activities
Divide text into shorter sections
Zara Mamont - Ort Yami Ashdod
I always knew that there are a lot of students with different types of Learning Disabilities including dyslexia, dysgraphia and especially students with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity. But the numbers given in the articles and websites are enormous and that was really surprising for me.
I liked the idea of Grit and I totally agree that our students should be encouraged and taught to go for their long-term goals rather than to get accommodations for their disabilities. And we must keep in mind that the learning disability is not an indicator of less intelligence, on the contrary, people with learning disabilities very often have personal strengths in other spheres.
The Guide to Learning Disabilities suggests a lot of useful tips for teachers who deal with students with learning difficulties. I’d like to point out the following three of them:
Rochelle Mesica Hertzog High School
Rachel (Marin) Tobol
School: HaKfar Hayarok
3 new things I have learned about students with learning difficulties:
Strategies I will try in the classroom:
David Moshe-Shitim
Reut Melker - Nofey Golan
Moshe Na Or Neve Sraya, Brosh
Helwi Najami from Misgav JHS
Three new things I learned about learners with learning difficulties are,
Three things I’m going to try with a student in the future are,
Dana Sabag- Merchavim
2. I also learned that some of them may learn how to speak very well although they have problems writing and reading and working on oral proficiency can be a great success with them and will make them believe in themselves and have GRIT.
3. Many of them will not be able to read in 7th grade but there is hope. We shouldn't give up and we must try work with them and believe in them and make them feel it is possible.
I will try some of the things I’ve learned here:
Thank you !
Natali Svirsky - Ayanoyt
I work in a school where the percent of LD students is relatively high, so I try always to read as much as possible about dyslexia, dysgraphia and other LDs. So I cannot say that I learned anything new from these specific articles. But at the same time I must remember that LD students are very different. I also sometimes forget that they are extremely easily distracted and that even they look as if they are very attentive, sometimes they simply do not hear me.
The things I am going to practice in class are:
I am going to divide the learning material into smaller parts, and then ask what was understood/
I will also give as many positive feedbacks as possible to let the LD students feel they can succeed
I will give different types of assessment to give them the opportunity to get good grades
Gali Sayag Ramat Hadassah
Jane Simon - Tzafit
What I learned :
What I want to try in my classroom:
Emily Singer - Shaked
Three things I have learned (or been reminded of…)
Three things I hope to try
Rinat Singer Ezer
Kirill Smolkin - Havat HaNoar HaTsioni
What I learned:
What I am planning to try out:
Zoharit Said - Beer Ami
Three things I have learnt:
What I want to try in my classroom:
Julia Srodey__ Kfar Hanoar Hadati
Yudit Idan - Ben Shemen School
3 THINGS I LEARNED
1) A student with difficulty in foundational language skills in their own native language is expected to have a less positive affect when learning a foreign language and will experience characteristics like higher anxiety and lower motivation. This reinforces the notion that basic language skills serve as the foundation for foreign language learning.
2) I learned that a student who is having difficulty during my lessons may be struggling to do a lack of visual aids or presentations to complement the auditory instruction I present in the class. Learning a foreign language can be made significantly easier by the presence of both auditory and visual presentations of content in class.
3) When students are learning a second language, it can be difficult to tell the difference between permanent language-learning problems and normal second language problems that come about regularly. The difficulties learners experience can be categorized four ways, by word-retrieval difficulties, by selective attention immaturities, by visual, association confusions, and by limited concept manipulation/inner language skills.
3 THINGS I WILL TRY WITH STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE
1) When working with a student in the future I am going to push them to be honest with me about his or her need for extra assistance and have them describe the kinds of problems he or she is having, to take advantage of in-class accommodations, and seek my help whenever they need. This will help build our relationship and make them feel supported in the classroom.
2) I will work on limiting the number of instructions I give at the same time. Additionally, when I do issue instructions I will break them into simple and clear parts. Using fewer words, a better economy of language, will help my students focus on the most important words and assist their learning abilities.
3) During instruction and presentation of new materials I will combine both auditory and visual stimuli. If I say something I will make sure to write or draw it on the board whenever possible. This also includes making powerpoint or using images or google to pull up visual aids or videos of whatever I am teaching my students about. This will help students with processing demands and difficulties related to auditory and/or visual learning.
Name:- Sara Akiva - School:- Wizo Nahalal
Three things I learned
Three things I intend to try with my students in the future.
Joelle Peleg - Kfar Galim
Three new things I learned about learners with learning difficulties:
Three things I am going to try with a student in the future
Naomi Feinmesser - Tzvia Katif
3 new things I have learnt:
3 things I would like to try in the classroom:
Naty Piperno Landesman-Aloney Itzhak
What I have learned:
What I want to try in my classroom.
Name: Linda Penias
School: Meshutaf Hof HaCarmel
New things I’ve learned about LD students from the articles and the sites:
Things I plan to try with my own students:
Limor Tzeiry from Yeshivat Tzvia Katif
Dalia Zarfaty- Mikve Israel
Three new things I learned about learners with learning difficulties:
· “...An appearance of being forgetful, when in fact the information was never really received or processed.
Three things I am going to try with a student in the future:
1. “Create a positive learning environment: focus on what students can achieve rather than what they can’t”- “look for islands of competence and play to each individual’s strengths.”
2. “Have a set of positive and clear ground rules”- tell the students what they are expected to do- reward good behaviour.
3. “Use a multi-sensory approach to learning”-try to make each task involve different senses.
Name: Racheli Kastner - School: Ulpanat Tsfira
Three things I learned about learners with learning difficulties.
3 things I will try in class:
Bat El Daniel - Har Tuv
3 things I have learned:
3 Things I will try:
Glynn Rabin
Shitim Darka High School
Laura Rudich - Yarkon
Three things I have learnt about students with LD:
Some new things I’m going to try implementing in my classes:
Lea Rozenfeld - Ulpenat Mercaz Shapira
Debbie Roth from Misgav JHS
Three things I learned about LDs:
Three things to try with LDs students in the future:
Nicole Ronen - Hartuv highschool
What I learned:
What I will try to do:
Yael Ressa - Eshel Hanassi School
Three things I learned:
+ I learned that dyslexic students are 10% of the overall population of pupils and that they sometimes experience problems in second language acquisition whereas in their first language they don't. They manage to overcome the obstacles by using different techniques they don't in EFL.
+ I wasn’t aware as to how much classroom environment, ie noise, light, temperature, visual input, can be such a significant factor in dyslexic students.
+ Understanding their various difficulties and the importance of adapting my teaching methods so that the students simultaneously hear, see, and write sounds/symbols and that they are directly taught rules for word endings, word order, subject-verb agreement, and declensions.
Further to these conclusions, in the future I will be using the following in class:
Use various aids that implement usage of the different senses such as I.T, (computer, tablet, Ipads), songs, more active (movement) tasks, colors and flashcards. I will try to keep the texts shorter and as simple and clear as possible. Moreover, in texts I will add a frame around the texts.
Finally, it’s the first time I learn about the term "Grit" and how significant it is for me as a teacher to be grittier and to get my pupils to be gritty! I will definitely work on that!
Galina Shaulov Eshel Hanassi School
New Tarned:
What I am going to try:
Name: Chavy Schwartz School: Ulpenat Tzfira
Three things I learned:
Three things I hope to implement in my classroom:
Faygie Schneider
Amit Nachshon
Hadar Shenkar- Amit Kfar Batya “Homesh”
Three new things I have learned about learners with learning difficulties:
1. It is very important to remember that LDs are not a sign of low intelligence. They are, in fact, in no way a reflection of intelligence level and many people with LDs possess above average intellectual capabilities.
2. Language deficits begin early in life and eventually disappear, only to re-emerge later in life when there is a new circumstance to be dealt with that places different and/or unexpected demands on language and its use.
3. In many countries, learning disabilities are not recognized or, in some cases, they are recognized but not dealt with.
Three things I am going to try with my students in the future:
1. Give students with learning difficulties shorter language activities, allowing them to hold concentration throughout the exercise. If there are longer tasks, break down the task into smaller chunks that are more manageable and allow the student to break attention naturally in-between.
2. Provide the students at the beginning of the lesson an overview of the session’s objectives and activities, which can help them prepare for the day’s learning. Use the same lesson structure which students with learning difficulties can benefit from some level of regularity and structure in their learning time.
3. Adopt learning approach that is multi-sensory, which can help students with LDs better substitute for channels that they may struggle to learn through. For example: read text aloud, use visual and kinesthetic aids, show video clips in the classroom, play games and more.
Channi Shklar - Da’at Kibbutz Sa’ad
Yael Temam Ohana Hertzog High School
Adele School: NHS
Etti Hadad -Kfar Maimon school
Things I learned
*Some students can hide their disability or their difficulties by behavior problems.
* The clip helped me understand the effect of LD about language learning.
*Even small praising for small achievement can change or make LD student cope or feel better
and make them want to keep trying.
Things I am going to try with my students in the future
*Make them understand or be aware their difficulties and mistakes, and make them cope
with it.
* I’ll try to be aware to their needs- ask them how can I make it easier for them and give them
the time they need for it.
*In order to help students I’II try not just to write on the board but also tell it or play it as
much as possible.
Sandra Keren - Yarden School
Hayley Wohlfarth - Amit Nachshon
Sohad Khalaily-Rama High School
Melissa Weglein
Batel Hoze- Ayanot
Things I learned about learners with learning difficulties:
1. It's better not to read an entire text to the class. We should allow them to read by themselves.
2. It's better to slow down and to teach them how to read properly because there is no time to do that in high school.
3. Even if some of the students will need accommodations when they'll reach the Bagrut exams, for now, they should be taught how to read short sentences and to understand them.
Things I will try
1. I will try to change the classroom environment every once in a while. Changing a room or even teaching outside can effective.
2. I teach high school students and they already know how to read BUT I will try to let them read a text by themselves by sitting away from them for once…
3. When working in groups, I need to make sure the situation is not stressful.