
Modification of Assignments & Curriculum
- Provide student with samples and models of work that are ‘at standard’.
- Provide student with rubric detailing your expectations and upon which specific criteria they will be evaluated.
- Simplify complex directions.
- Divide tasks into parts; assign one part at a time.
- Extend or adjust time for task completion.
- Give frequent short quizzes and fewer long tests.
- Monitor closely as student begins assignments to ensure understanding.
- Shorten assignments, adjust the length.
- Structure assignment so that it is broken down into smaller segments.
- Check assignment midway through (or sooner) for corrective feedback.
- Reduce paper/pencil tasks.
- Have student dictate work while someone else records/transcribes.
- Allow different ways to answer other than in writing.
- Adjust the reading level of the assignment.
- Modify the length of the task.
- Increase the novelty of the task (i.e., turn into game format or provide other materials for student use – such as dry erase boards/colored markers rather than paper/pencil).
- Reduce the amount of required copying from the board.
- Reduce the amount of required copying from a book.
- Increase personal assistance (e.g., peer tutor, teacher, paraeducator).
- Provide handouts that have fewer items on page, and are easy to read.
- Allow use of computer for written tasks.
- Provide choices of projects/assignments which draw upon range of student interests and strengths.
- Limit number of choices in tasks, topics and activities.
- Allow demonstration of mastery by alternative methods (i.e., oral tests).
- Assist student in determining the amount of time the assignment should take to complete.
- Reduce the number of problems on the page.
- Enlarge the print size and spacing on the page.
- Allow student to print rather than write in cursive if easier and faster.
- Provide in-class assistance on homework assignments.
- Modify homework as needed – being responsive to parent feedback.