Memory Deficits

Working, Short, and Long-term

Characteristics

Difficulty committing things to short-term memory

Difficulty committing things to long-term memory

Difficulty remembering simple or multi-step directions

Remembers information sporadically (one time yes, the next time no)

Stop & Jot:Based on the characteristics, which students come to mind?

How does it manifest in the classroom?

Classroom Strategies

Difficulty memorizing math facts

Use flash cards, music, chants, pictures, and mnemonic devices.

Provide manipulative math approaches and teach students a method to figure out the answer.

How does it manifest in the classroom?

Classroom Strategies

Difficulty with letters, sounds, or sight words

Use flash cards, songs, chants, repeated review, or spiral review.

Practice rhymes and alliteration.

Use call and response techniques.

Emphasize chunking words.

Use a tactile approach for kinesthetic learners (ex: trace letters in a baggie of gel or on sandpaper).

How does it manifest in the classroom?

Classroom Strategies

Difficulty remembering new vocabulary or lesson/text content

Keep notes in a notebook and allow student to use a pictorial or visual dictionary.

Print a copy of notes, Powerpoint, or Keynote slides for the student.

Make auditory recording of lessons for student to replay (iPod/Podcast, iPad, tape recorder, etc.).

Relate new vocabulary to prior knowledge, previous lessons, and experiences.

Use word maps, webs, or semantic organizers (e.g., the Frayer Model).

Give student practice tests/study guides.

Use “stop and jot”, “stop and sketch”, post-it notes, or marginalia/annotation when reading.

Use graphic organizers.

How does it manifest in the classroom?

Classroom Strategies

Has trouble remembering assignments

Record assignments on a chart, the board, or teacher web page.

Have student use an agenda or assignment notebook.

Use an assignment template or form.

Peer or teacher checks recording of assignments.

Make the recording of the assignment an “exit ticket” (ticket out the door).

•Turn & Talk:

* *Which strategies have you tried

and found successful?

* Name a new strategy that you’d like to try on!