SPED 781.5 Final Project: Kinesthetic and Multisensory Learning by https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo Items in blue are retrieved from class materials. Items in yellow are materials I researched on my own. en-us 2022-05-15 17:08:30 UTC 2022-05-15 22:52:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Sound-Symbol Practice using Sand corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184631591 Start at 3:06. This provides a great example of how using creative, multi-sensory approaches can help to strengthen phonemic awareness and start to build a phonics foundation in kinesthetic learners. ]]> 2022-05-15 17:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184631591 Orton-Gillingham Approach corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184634714 This is a slide from our Session 2 Powerpoint presentation retrieved from Blackboard. It explains how the multi-sensory approach prescribed through the Orton-Gillingham method can allow for additional access points for students who are struggling to solidify their letter-sound understanding and other foundational skills.]]> 2022-05-15 17:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184634714 Deeper Dive into Orton-Gillingham corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184637017 This was retrieved from the Session 2 Powerpoint, slide 14. This site provides more depth to the Orton-Gillingham intervention and how it can be differentiated for a variety of learners. The emphasis on the multi-sensory and repetitive nature of the approach helps to create a fun albeit predictable way for students to engage with reading.]]> 2022-05-15 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184637017 Modeling Texts for Students corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184640732 Retrieved from Session 4 Powerpoint, slide 5 from Blackboard. This further emphasized how students require a multitude of scaffolding approaches that take into account the 5 senses. Visuals, verbal prompts and cues, physical supports, auditory supports, and even tactile methods can positively affect a student's ability to engage with and retain information from texts.]]> 2022-05-15 17:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184640732 Phonemic Awareness and Phonics corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184679958 Retrieved from Session 4 Powerpoint. This provides a breakdown of Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, two areas that can be strengthened and connected through multi-sensory approaches in many learners. ]]> 2022-05-15 18:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184679958 Re-Tell Props corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184683634 Retrieved from the Session 5 Powerpoint, slide 6. This helps to illustrate how visual props can be utilized to provide students with tactile and visual supports for their ability to engage with a reading lesson, re-tell and explain story sequencing, and demonstrate comprehension. ]]> 2022-05-15 18:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184683634 Building Schemas corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184686529 Retrieved from Session 6 Powerpoint. Activities like this can help to uncover background knowledge by using thought-provoking visuals. These activities can be further expanded with tactile and auditory elements as well, such as providing cotton balls or sounds of wind blowing grass, to help immerse the student in the task. Building schemas are important for students to be able to internally represent the details they pull from the texts and continue to read with fluency. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184686529 Realia corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184697803 Retrieved from Session 6 Powerpoint, slide 12. Realia is a great way for teachers to provide a kinesthetic and visual support to help build student connections. Particularly with ESL students, this method can help to strengthen vocabulary and text-to-meaning connections. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184697803 Chunking and Organization corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184701163 Retrieved from Session 6 Powerpoint, slide 13. Chunking is a method that visually helps students to organize and retain information. In order to avoid a cognitive overload of information, chunking is
one method that allows for students to be able to use their knowledge of relationships and connections to better organize information for retention. There is flexibility in the method for chunking that can be differentiated based on the type of learner.
]]> 2022-05-15 19:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184701163 Building Comprehension through Lyric Analysis corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184705377 Retrieved from Session 6 Powerpoint, slide 16. This activity was conducted in class and provided a great example of how music and lyrics can be used to promote critical thinking in students while also accessing their historical and relevant background knowledge. For students who benefit from auditory supports for engagement, listening to the song first and scaffolding by providing the lyrics on screen or in print to the students can be a useful method. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184705377 Realia with Young Learners corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184708682 I found this resource to be helpful and interesting as it utilizes methods that help to build anticipation and allow students to make predictions with real objects. Using realia in this way allows for students to use their auditory, visual, and tactile systems to engage with the concepts. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184708682 Multisensory Approaches in Theory corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184711594 This article, which links to the PDF of the full report, details how multi-sensory approaches can help to build off of individual student strengths to allow them to continue to progress in their reading and comprehension. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184711594 Kinesthetic Learning Activities corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184713414 Many of the activities detailed in this article are great for activating multiple sensory systems at once. Creating opportunities to incorporate movement and tactile materials can allow for a variety of learners to create lasting memories that will encompass many foundational skills. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184713414 Orton-Gillingham for Dyslexia & Dysgraphia corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184716525 This video provides many examples of multi-sensory approaches that can benefit al learners, but specifically those with dyslexia. I particularly liked how the whiteboard, a material familiar to almost all teachers, was able to be used in a variety of ways from the blending lesson to the phonics lesson to incorporate different tactile and visual supports for the student. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184716525 Multisensory Approaches to Reading corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184722837 This resource provides a multitude of examples of how to engage a student's body while also helping to strengthen their understanding of reading concepts. 'Whole Body Spelling' and 'Phonics with Hockey Sticks' are two activities that I consider to be fun and functional ways for students to practice their phonological understanding. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184722837 Orton Gillingham Lesson Overview corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184726082 This article provides an overview of the many considerations and possible areas for differentiation with an Orton-Gillingham lesson plan. Using multiple sensory mediums for students to practice phonograms and other concepts is an easy way to allow for students to expand their understanding of vowel sounds, syllables, prefixes, and suffixes. ]]> 2022-05-15 19:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184726082 Shift to Phonics Learning corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184730327 This recently published article helps to detail how the NYC public system is making conscious efforts to pivot towards a phonics-based curriculum in order to address the inequities in education for students with disabilities, specifically dyslexia. In addition to an extensive screening protocol being unfolded, there will also be a further emphasis on using Orton-Gillingham prescribed methods and working to train teachers in intensive trainings in these methods. ]]> 2022-05-15 20:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184730327 Connections to Multiple Intelligences Theory corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184733674 This is a great article that connects current research to multi-sensory approaches to strengthen reading skills. Additionally, the article goes further by also explaining how multi-sensory learning is connected to the Multiple Intelligences Theory and the many subcategories within that theory. The emphasis on uncovering, understanding, and then targeting students' strengths in order to build further skills and comprehension is vital to how we educate students from phonemic awareness to phonics and beyond.]]> 2022-05-15 20:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184733674 Teacher Led Activities for Reading Skills corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184737511 This article provides a great first-hand account from an educator who has worked with English Language Learners and many other learners in multi-sensory approaches to develop their foundations in literacy. There are a litany of examples provided and additional opportunities for differentiation embedded within each activity. ]]> 2022-05-15 20:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184737511 Scholarly Article Supporting Multi-sensory Learning corey_hirschhorn32 https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184740235 This page links to the full text of the study. This article helps to explain how individuals are consistently operating by having multiple sensory systems at once and thus educators stand to see more profound results by also going further to activate multiple sensory systems at once as well. It suggests that multi-sensory learning, as opposed to unisensory learning, is beneficial for almost all students regardless of learning differences. ]]> 2022-05-15 20:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/corey_hirschhorn32/dkjh36be7vqn6aeo/wish/2184740235