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Assessing Student's Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT)

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Chapter 5 – <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> <strong>for</strong> Reading, Studying, and Math<br />

Pre-literate<br />

♦ focuses on pictures<br />

♦ does pretend reading<br />

♦ begins to write and name letters<br />

♦ scribble writing<br />

♦ beginning to orient to text (left to right, top to bottom, right side up)<br />

♦ reads environmental print by remembering visual cues, not print<br />

♦ unable to read text independently or to decode<br />

♦ reads some sight words by remembering physical cues (read yellow by remembering two tall posts<br />

in the middle)<br />

♦ book reading is more social interaction between reader and listener<br />

♦ spelling--random letters RE (back) A (mail) TTT (peeked)<br />

Novice Reader<br />

♦ begins to recognize some sight words<br />

♦ uses pictures and some initial consonants to figure out words<br />

♦ still relies on memorization of story<br />

♦ predicts from pictures<br />

♦ realizes printed text carries the message and conveys in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

♦ pays attention to individual letters<br />

♦ strings letters together to signify words<br />

♦ aware of environmental print and can identify signs and letters in and out of context<br />

♦ becomes aware of sound symbol relationships<br />

♦ spelling-initial consonants BET (back) MM (mail) PF (peeked)<br />

Beginning Reader<br />

♦ focuses on meaning cues<br />

♦ focuses on letter/sound cues<br />

♦ begins to use several cues at a time<br />

♦ begins to cues to self correct<br />

♦ develops ability to hear sound segments in words<br />

♦ expands sight word knowledge<br />

♦ knows most alphabetic letters<br />

♦ invents semi-phonetic spelling of words<br />

♦ has difficulty remembering correct spelling of words<br />

♦ mistakes similarly spelled words in reading them<br />

♦ reads text of composed of familiar words independently<br />

♦ uses context to read unfamiliar words in text<br />

♦ composes simple experience stories using inventive spelling<br />

♦ increases writing vocabulary<br />

♦ reads and rereads trade books/library books<br />

♦ reads sight words by remembering a few salient letters in words<br />

♦ spelling--consonant frame BC (back) MOL (mail) PT (peeked)<br />

<strong>Assessing</strong> Students’ <strong>Needs</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Assistive</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> (2004) 118

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