Multisensory classrooms are for everyone- not just dyslexics.
Picture yourself in a American History class. The teacher ask you to read chapter 10 and then complete the study guide provided as homework that night. In the morning the teacher has each student pass his or her paper to a neighbor and then procedes to review the guide, and so the class continues throughout the semester. What's wrong with this picture? If your strongest style of learning is the written word there is no problem, but many students are weak in this area. This scenario happens everyday in classrooms as it is usually the norm. What would happen if that same teacher used the many styles of learning by starting the class with dividing it in two? Half of the class could represent the confederates while the other side represents the union. Both sides then are allowed to debate the issues that set the motions for the civil war using the teacher as a director of where the topic leads. The teacher can then then give out the guidelines for a study guide, accepting questions from both the students and interjecting those of importance when needed. The study guide and chapter are reviewed at home by each student. In the AM the class is divided into two" Jeopardy groups" to test out the study guide questions. As the students find the answers, updates on each students guide can be made. By making the classroom a multisensensory experience, with use of many learning styles, rather then only using the traditional read and write methods, all students retain the information not just those that are dominate with a linguistic learning style.
This inservice will provide you with information about the different learning styles that students have. You will find many resources throughout this inservice to help you learn about making your classrooms multisensory while accommodating the different learning needs of your students. Throughout this inservice you will read about teachers using this concept in their rooms, and the results they have achieved.
Also addressed is the use of multisensory teaching to help students with state standardized testing and the results that can be achieved.
Whether you teach math, english, history, or any other subject, you will find that I have provided many examples of each subject along with lesson plans to help give you ideas of the changes you can make.
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