Using MS Word Readability to Improve Your Student’s Writing
From Umm…Studying, What’s That? The readability level of a piece of writing is dependent on the types of words and sentences used. Using words with more syllables and more complex sentences produces a higher readability level. If students know what the...Using MS Word Readability to Improve Your Student's Writing
From Umm…Studying, What’s That? The readability level of a piece of writing is dependent on the types of words and sentences used. Using words with more syllables and more complex sentences produces a higher readability level. If students know what the...
Homework Ideas for Students with Learning Disabilities
By guest author Anna Super. As a child growing up with a diagnosed but unspecified learning disability, I was often told that I was intelligent but that I learned differently. I believed that wholeheartedly until I was in high school. In high school, I began to...
Homework, A Letter To Teachers
Dear Teachers, My former child and teenage self wanted to share something with you about homework. Something that may help you assign homework that will educate kids like me. You see, I have a learning disability. I was diagnosed with one in kindergarten, but I wasn’t...