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=  Identifying Learning Differences and Difficulties = Learning Disabilities Online identifies input, integration, and output learning difficulties.
 * Input Learning Difficulties:
 * Visual Perceptual Difficulties
 * Auditory Perceptual Difficulties
 * Integration Disabilities:
 * Sequencing Difficulties
 * Abstraction Difficulties
 * Output Difficulties
 * Language Difficulties
 * Motor Difficulties

There are cues for identifying learning difficulties! Learning Disabilities online lists the following cues. >> = Teaching Tool - Reading Tips Sheets for Parents = Reading Rockets offers tips sheets for parents in many languages! I have inserted the English tips sheets for Babies-3rd grade. However, these tips sheets can be found in 11 languages on Reading Rockets ! > > > > > > = Informational Articles = = Suggested Children's Literature = > I suggest the following book for ELL in my class! > //Get Ready for Gabi: A Crazy, Mixed-Up Spanglish Day// by Marisa Montes > **Summary**: Third grade Gabi speaks Spanish at home and English at school and sometimes "Spanglish" everywhere. Spanish and English combine naturally in Gabi's narration as the irrepressible, likable girl befriends a kindergartner who has moved from Nicaragua and as she controls her temper when teased by a classmate.
 * **Preschoolers:**
 * Communication delays
 * Poor coordination
 * Memory problems
 * Socialization delays
 * **Elementary Schoolers:**
 * Problems learning phonemes and graphemes
 * Problems forming numbers (or spelling and grammar rules)
 * Problems with mathematical calculations
 * Lack of organization
 * Loosing or forgetting materials and assignments
 * Lack of ability to plan steps
 * Lack of organization in writing
 * Family Literacy Tips: From A-Z - Hamilton Mountain News
 * Classroom Strategies - Reading Rockets

Jonathan Hooper jdhooper@jmcss.org
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