Learning Need(s):

Strategies:

Learning Need(s):

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Learning Need(s):

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Learning Need(s):

Strategies:

• Challenges: Copying corrections without understanding

• Learning needs: Not learning from corrections/mistakes. Unable to apply past learning to new situations/transfer of knowledge

  
  

• Strategies: Settle her understanding of concepts first - re-teach and more scaffold for the concepts. When going through corrections, teachers can also make their thinking visible for the students (role model the thinking process) for e.g. annotating key phrases in the questions.

Challenges:

Unable to answer similar questions

Learning needs:

didn’t understand the concept. Not able to apply what she has learnt.

Challenge(s):

• copying without understanding

• no adaptive thinking involved

Learning Need(s):

• doesn't understand the purpose and how to do corrections

• cognitive issues not addressed

Strategies

• Teacher should guide and not do corrections together with her to ensure that she understands her corrections

• Must work with specialist to diagnose the issue and come up with strategies to help student cognitively

Challenge:

Frequently submits incomplete homework.

Learning Need:

This child does not have a learning need. The home environment caused the challenge as the child cannot focus on his academics with the home demands.

Strategies:

Invite parents down for a talk to see how the school can support - e.g. join remedial, stay back in sch to complete homework and receive additional help

Let him join TOC/homework care on the pretext of supporting his academics

Engage him in class and help him complete his work in class, cut down his homework, be more targeted in giving him essential assignments.

Challenge: Not learning from corrections and mistakes.

Learning Needs: Do not understand concepts

Strategies: Needs additional support (eg. remediation), differentiated instructions and provide scaffolding. Assign a reliable buddy to support her in learning

Challenges:

Unable to complete homework

Learning needs:

Lack of a supportive home environment

Challenge:

1. Unable to complete homework

Learning needs:

1. lack of home support in terms of learning, extra family responsibilities

Strategies:

1. Keep him in school for homework care and TOC.

2. Home timetable with parents support (for weekends and non-school days).

3. Engage parents and make parents aware of the situation.

Challenges:

• Doesn't understand what she is copying

• Doesn't ask when she doesn't know how to do

• Doesn't even try (leaving it blank)

Learning Needs:

• Knowledge gap

• Cannot apply in different context

• Doesn't know how to seek help

Strategies:

• Instead of making her copy blindly, make her articulate her understanding of the correction (using Visible Thinking routines)

• Teach her transference skills

• Provide psychological support to reassure her to ask for help if she is unsure or doesn't know

• Provide resources to refer to when she is stuck

Challenge:

Unfinished work because it is boring and too easy.

Learning Need:

No motivation as the tasks does not meet his learning needs. He is not challenged by the tasks given.

Strategies:

Give differentiated task to Caleb. Give him additional puzzles or more challenging assignments.

Get him to help others.

Challenges: She follows instructions but might not understand the concepts taught and is unable to apply what was taught.

Learning needs:

• unable to ask questions when in doubt.

• difficulty understanding questions/concepts

Strategies

• flip learning

• have a buddy attached to her

• differentiated worksheet

  
  

Challenges: Poor retention level, unable to comprehend, did not clarify misconceptions

Learning Needs: poor retention level and lacks understanding of complex questions thus, unable to apply strategies.

Challenge: Doing corrections without understanding.

Learning Need(s): Not understanding what's being taught. Could not apply the various steps.

She left blanks.

Learning Needs:

The girl may not have the conceptual understanding.

Poor memory

Strategies:

pull-out during classwork to do one-to-one intervention

re-teach the concept

give the students simpler assignments to encourage, give motivation and confidence

• Challenge: Incomplete homework, widening learning gap

• Learning needs: No time to complete homework due to having to look after sibling. unable to learn at home (no support at home as parents are unable to take care of own children)

• Strategies: Homework care - child must be given time, space and a conducive environment to complete his homework before going home. Must also bridge his learning gaps.

Challenges: incomplete work

Learning needs: lack of motivation due to unchallenging task.

Challenge: frequent incomplete of homework, takes on caretaker role

Learning needs: Needs stronger family support. He needs Me time to ensure his well-being

Strategies: Communicate with parents to seek their support in managing family situation (eg. work on a family shared time table). Schools need to work very closely with the family to ensure child's well-being and academic support is being provided for him

1. Abigail needs to practise these concepts more often

2. She may understand the explanation given to her in class but she may feel overwhelmed when she encounters it on her own again

3. Difficulty applying concepts learnt to different situations

Learning Needs:

1. Needs more confidence in solving these problems

2. Strengthen understanding of concepts

   
   

   Strategies:

   1. Step-by-step guide so the concept can be scaffolded

   2. Interleave practices

   3. Mnemonic devices to help Abigail retain the conceptual knowledge of the problem

   4. Starter guide in the form of options when tackling similar questions

   
   

Challenges:

• Lack of time due to family demands

• Inconducive learning environment

Learning Needs:

• Does not see the priority in his work

• Mindset?

Strategies:

• engage the parents to emphasise the importance of school

• connect with SOW and partner to provide them some family caregiving support

• if possible, keep him in school (like TOC, homework care)

Challenges:

Struggles with similar questions.

Learning needs:

Cannot apply the concepts learnt. Low retention.

Strategies:

• Peer support -> get student to sit with stronger students

  
  

Challenge:

Incomplete homework

Learning Needs:

Lack of home support

Juggling with family commitments and responsibilities

Strategies:

Partner with families

Encourage strongly student to be in TOC / Homework Care

Challenges:

1. Does not do homework

2. Does not focus in class

   
   

Learning needs:

1. Uninterested in lessons because lessons are boring

2. Lacks motivation in learning

Strategies:

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1. make him teach “a friend“ or make him a buddy to some weaker students.

2. Quicker students can be assigned other tasks to stretch them.

3. Engage him to recommend resources for the class material if he has an interest and aptitude to certain subjects.

4. Get him to do presentations on topics related to the topic.

5. Can ask him to come up with additional questions for the class (after his homework is completed)

Challenges:

Unable to do independent work

Learning needs:

Cannot generalise learning in another situation.

Challenges: To take care of younger siblings and had no time to complete home, child is tired after taking care of siblings.

Learning needs: Lacks conducive environment and parental support

Challenge: incomplete homework (HA learner). No motivation

Learning needs: Needs to be stretched/ challenged

Strategies: Differentiated learning, assign challenging work and ensure task is within student's zone of proximal development (ZPD).

• Challenge: Incomplete homework

• Learning needs: Lack of motivation as class work does not challenge him or meet his learning needs

• Strategies: Allow for flexibility and differentiation - sometimes the teacher can introduce higher order tasks to challenge the better learners

Challenge(s):

• unsupportive home environment

• behind in his learning / large learning gap

Learning Need(s):

• Time and supportive environment

Strategies:

• Homework Care --> to provide a structure and conducive environment for the child to complete his homework

• Engage CMT's help to engage parents should they disagree to allow him to go Homework Care

Challenges:

Submit incomplete homework

Learning needs:

• needs better time management

• lack of home support

• homework support

strategies

• homework care

• speak to parents

Challenges:

• Child is able to follow instructions but copies without understanding

• Does not have a good grasp of the concept

• Child has not developed that self-talk/metacognition

• Relies heavily on teachers to provide answers and guidance.

Learning Need:

• Lacks resilience to try

• Lack of motivation & self-directedness in being able to make connections during lessons, or learn from her mistakes.

Case Study 1

Challenge: Unable to recall and apply knowledge -> blanks in tasks

Learning Need(s):

• Memory Retention

• Different learning style.

• Shy. Did not clarify her misunderstandings on the concepts. Strategy 1-> encourage her to speak up more (teach her how to seek help) or approach the teacher after lesson to clarify her doubts. Strategy 2 -> teacher can consider building TSR with students so that the class atmosphere is one whereby students are not afraid of asking questions or that students will find the teacher approachable.

• Lack of resilience? Afraid to make mistakes. Strategy 3 --> Link to Strategy 2 whereby teachers use TSR to build a positive classroom culture - making mistakes is fine. Strategy 4 -> teachers can go around and provide scaffolds to students who are stuck with the task and provide additional prompts to help them understand the task(s) given.

Challenges:

: Unable to break down the task needed

: Unable to practice what one has learnt

Learning need

: They may not be able to understand the question stem on their own. Retention issues

: needs step by step instructions because they cannot remember the routines/steps needed to complete tasks

: They need prompting because they may not be focused

Challenge:

1. Copying corrections without understanding. Issue applying understanding.

2. Leave blanks for questions

3. Student cannot identify when she needs help/ her learning gaps.

Learning needs:

• Applying the concepts learnt

• Analysing and understanding her own learning gaps

Challenge:

No challenge

Learning Needs:

Not meeting his learning needs

eStrategies:

differentiated instructions to stretch abilities

enrol student into Olympiad, E2K Math/Science

Challenges:

• incomplete work

Learning needs:

• no motivation

• needs differentiated work that caters to his ability

Strategies:

• ask him to come up with his own questions

• be a buddy to students like Abigail

• differentiated tasks

Challenge(s):

• Struggles to work independently, affecting her work/revision

• Struggles to breakdown what she has learnt into small bites, making it hard for her to recall and apply concepts during exams

Learning Need(s):

• Lack structure in her thought process

• Lack confidence in doing independent work

Strategies:

• Using graphic organisers such as mind maps to bring structure to her thought process

• Provide individual work/activities in class to encourage independence

• Positive reinforcements to boost confidence

• Pull-out the student to understand her needs/difficulties to provide proper support

Challenges:

• Not cognitively challenged

• Unable to find joy of learning

Learning needs:

• To find greater purpose for learning beyond grasping concepts (joy of learning)

Challenge: unable to revise one's work and unable to practice what one has learnt

Learning needs: lacks cognitive skills

Strategies: Sets routines, provides structure and bite-sized learning resources

Challenges:

• Lack of motivation

• Disengaged in class

• Wrong values (think boring so dun want to do homework?) --> never displayed 'Effort through Responsibility and Resilience'

Learning needs:

• Needs to be stretched as he finds the class work too easy/not challenging

Strategies:

• Engage child to make him understand the importance of doing homework

• Stretch him with more challenging tasks or extended tasks (keep him occupied)

• Make him a peer mentor to struggling students

• Increase character education for him

Challenge: Often submit incomplete homework.

Needs:

Home commitments that student has to look after sibling, and lack of parental support as studies is not the priority.

Challenges

-Lack of parental support

-Parentified (He has to become the parents)

-Difficulties with juggling the school and home needs

Learning needs

-NIL (No me time for himself) - Not able to show his capabilities with schoolwork

Strategies:

-After-school homework care (to provide student with a platform to complete his homework)

-Engage parents to address and advocate student's needs

-Peer support -> to provide an avenue for student to voice out his grievances

-Engage community support for younger siblings (pre-school?)

• Challenge: Unable to do independent work and organise her thoughts

• Learning needs: Poor executive functions - poor organisation skills, not able to connect dots in her head

• Strategies: Provide a structure for independent work for e.g. step by step instruction (be consistent across subjects). To help her connect concepts, we can teach her organisation skills for e.g. using a graphic organiser to link concepts together to make it visual. For exam, we can also teach her how to chunk information.

Challenge(s):

• lack of motivation and self-discipline

• overconfident

Learning Need(s):

• motivation and discipline to complete all work despite how easy/difficult it is

Strategies:

• Have a set of more challenging task for him to work on once he has complete his daily task

• Have a reward system to motivate him to complete the task

Challenges:

1) Inability to do independent work without guidance.

2) Struggles to break down information.

3) Require reinforcement of concepts.

Learning Needs:

1) Cannot remember what was taught

2) Require routine and structure

Challenge:

Unable to practise what one has learnt

Learning Needs:

Not self-directed

Strategies:

put up referral for assessment (seek help from SENOs)

Challenge:

• Lack of motivation to complete a given task

• to be more resilient when given "simpler tasks"

Learning Needs:

• Needs to be challenged with more complex tasks

• needs to be given motivation

Challenge(s): Finds school work too easy, easily bored, needs to be challenged.

Learning needs: Lacks motivation to complete easy task, overconfident, complacent

Challenges:

-Not challenged enough / stretched

-Lack of motivation

-Over confident

Learning Needs

-High ability / needs cognitive stimulating work

Strategies

-Having a corner within class with challenging activities/worksheets

Challenges:

• Unable to do independent work

• Unable to break down what she has learnt into manageable steps

Learning needs:

• Lack of application skills

• Lack of confidence to do work when she is alone

• Lack of learning strategies --> she needs some handles

Challenge: Often incomplete homework. Child who is not intellectually challenged. Finds homework boring

Needs: Child finds work too easy. He is not challenged. Not motivated to learn more.

Challenges:

• only works well in structured environment

• unable to work independently

Learning needs:

• needs checklist to guide her

• lack of application skills

Strategies

• refer to SEN for assessment

• differentiated worksheets and tasks

Challenge(s):

• Unable to do work independently

• Unable to think flexibly

Learning Need(s):

• Needs a structured environment, break down tasks into manageable bits

Strategies:

• Have a checklist for her to guide her to complete the task

• Set small realistic achievable learning goals for her in each task

• Role model and teach her how to breakdown the task to make it manageable

Challenge:

1. Incomplete homework

2. Prioritising / Time management

3. Lack of parental involvement/home support

4. Learning gap is widening

Learning needs:

• Large learning gap (need to catch up)

Challenges:

• Family demands - Needing to take care of his siblings

• Environment is not condusive for learning

• Lack of time and energy to complete his homework

Learning Needs:

• Lack of time dedicated for learning

• Lack of a condusive environment

Challenges:

• Unable to break down questions on her own

Learning needs:

• Need the skills to take logical steps and break down the question independently

Challenges: structured/rigid, reliant on teachers and structure

Learning needs:

Not flexible in the thinking

Unable to apply to different scenario (confused)

Not self-directed

Challenges:

-Unable to be independent

Learning needs:

-lack of confidence

-insecure

Strategies:

-Teach life skills such as coping strategies (e.g. deep breathing)

-Scaffolding (e.g. highlighting key points, chunking, look for contextual clues, jot down formulas)

-Set manageable routines (e.g. home timetable)

-Instill confidence (provide student with opportunities and class responsibilities, such as class roles)

-Peer support -> appoint buddies to help student with work

Challenge: Not being able to breakdown into bitesize

Needs: Cannot work without a structure.