A student in your third-grade class participates actively in class, and is a class leader in mathematics. As the year goes on, you have noticed this student checking fewer books out of the school library and his grades slowly falling in subjects heavily

Question

dependent on reading such as social studies.
Tell what approach you would take to help this student, and if, as his educator, you have any particular responsibility.

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Since education professionals have the responsibility of distinguishing students with learning disabilities from peers without learning disabilities, this classroom teacher must begin the process. If the student has displayed a significant discrepancy between his ability and performance, the teacher may request testing to determine if a disability exists. In the classroom, the teacher may adjust activities to paired or group activities to accommodate this student (and others) who may be struggling. Other adaptations may include shortening reading assignments, or asking parents to read aloud to their child. The teacher may also do read-alouds to the class. For written assignments, spacing may be adjusted to allow students to focus on the most important aspects. Directions may be simplified.