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Sticky notes can be effective tools that assist a student with: Following
directions/instructions, time management, summarizing reading content, reading
comprehension and recall, behavior modification, and semantic mapping.
How to make students want to use sticky notes?
Make it as fun as possible. Have the students color the pictures that they draw on
their sticky notes. Turn it into a game or competition.
Populations and why sticky notes work:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Helps the student
focus, decreases impulsivity, and decreases excessive talking and/or
movement around the classroom.
Learning Disabilities: Simplifies material and uses visuals to aid in recall.
English Language Learners: Helps student summarize reading and focus
on main events.
Teacher will identify a key word, write it on a sticky note, and place the sticky note
on the board.
Students will be instructed to get into groups and brainstorm a list of related words
and/or ideas based on what they already know about the topic.
Student will write each idea on a separate sticky note.
Teacher will collect all the sticky notes and place them on the board.
Teacher will ask each student to choose one sticky note, explain it to the class, and
place the sticky note on the board relative to the central idea.
Students will be asked to identify categories and subcategories to organize the sticky
notes.
Teacher and students will work together to correct and organize the Semantic Map.
Teacher will discuss the completed Semantic Map.
Picture-Drawing Strategy
What is it?
Teaching strategy where the student will draw pictures to represent main ideas of
the text.
Population this strategy works best for?
- Learning Disabilities
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Impulsivity Problems
Strategies include:
Teacher can write down alternative projects the child can do if they finish
the assignment early or become stuck. Teacher can write down the list on
a sticky note and have student choose their choices.
Ex: Practice spelling word or work on math homework etc
Teacher can create a parking lot in the classroom where any off task
comments will be written on a sticky note and placed in the parking lot.
Ex: During a science activity a student states, Grandma is coming to
town this weekend.
Teacher will redirect student to write down the inappropriate comment
they made on a sticky note and place it in the parking lot. Teacher will
discuss this with the student later.
References
Documentation
For strategies involving reading comprehension and recall:
-Have students take a reading comprehension test before implementing sticky notes and a test after. This will help determine whether sticky notes are effective.
For strategies involving negative behaviors associated with ADHD:
-Document students baseline behaviors on a data sheet. After implementing sticky notes, document current behaviors to determine if negative behaviors decrease.