A great vehicle through which to assess the appropriate level of the text you are asking students to analyse. Click here for Text Analyser Click here for Book Analyser (digital) Click here for Bookfinder Use ATOS Conversion Levels to help you convert ATOS levels to appropriate reading ages to assess suitability of texts
Use these templates to help students to chunk down the reading process and aid comprehension. It works well to model good practice for students to utilise in their independent study time. Thinking Reading Deconstruction Frame History example 2 History example 1
Click here to read the full report on literacy provision in Secondaries. Some important summaries to take note of. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/improving-literacy-in-secondary-schools/
Here is a really useful tool to help adults in the classroom scaffold their support for pupils without removing their independence. scaffolding card back scaffolding card front
Advice and guidance from an evidence base as well as from our SEND Lead regarding Quality First Teaching and how to modify learning to support pupils. Quality First Teaching
Important information regarding anxiety and how it affects the adolescent brain. Read here for strategies to support pupils and an explanation of the effects of anxiety. Anxiety and the Adolescent brain
Read the guidance here in terms of understanding the needs of children with attachment challenges, and how to get the best out of these pupils/how to support them effectively. Attachment
Please find below various guidance from how to modify your teaching for children who have been diagnosed with ADHD Supporting ADHD pupils ADHD-Fact-Sheet-2018 (1) Secondary_School_Strategies ADHD The-Ultimate-ADHD-Toolkit-1 (1) How-to-Teach-Children-With-ADHD-2 (1) (1)
Please find below a link to the MITA report summarising how to maximise the use of LSAs. Maximising the Impact of LSAs
Use this strategy to get pupils to make a tool to enable them to test one another based on what they have learnt. Get chatty