Learning Styles, Strategies + Tools

What's your learning style?

Try one of these quizes below. Make sure to let adults around you know how you learn best!

Online Learning Style Assessment from How to Study.com

The online VARK questionaire gives a guide to learning preferences

What's in your learning toolkit?

Explore the tools and strategies that best support you when learning.

Build your own learning toolkit_1.pdf

Here are a list of tools that may help you with your learning. Ask your teacher for these tools in class.

My Learning Toolkit worksheet - Dyslexia Unwrapped.pdf

Build your own toolkit with what works best for you. Sketch & label your toolkit and show this to adults who help you.

Dyslexia Unwrapped was created for children and young people by Dyslexia Scotland. See advice for 8 - 18 year olds.

What I Need Nessy ebook.pdf

This brilliant ebook from Nessy seeks to empower children and parents to understand what they DO and DON'T need at school to succeed!

Technology

Read & Write Texthelp Toolbar

Boost your reading, spelling and writing confidence in class and at home with the Texthelp toolbar!

Install Read & Write on your device

Attention Aberdeen City pupils - login to your Google account to access this toolbar!

Read & Write for ipad

Boost your typing speed and confidence

Check out CALL Scotland apps & extensions to support young people with dyslexia

chromebook-apps-and-extensions-for-learners-with-dyslexia (1).pdf
ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia (1).pdf
android-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia (1).pdf

Revision

Study support for a range of English literature, subject guides, quizes, flash cards and more!

StudySkills.pdf

Dyslexia Scotland tips on study skills

Organisation

Organise your timetable

Organiser your ideas

Organise revision into flashcards

Reading

Like to ear and eye read online?

Check out these dyslexia friendly novels

Educational comics - school work reimagined in comic strip form!

Spelling and writing

Double Sided HFW Word Mat.pdf

My Word Book from Schofield & Sims

My Word Log from Direct ED

My Word Bank from Prim Ed

The English Alphabetic Code - complete picture chart.pdf
RWI Speed Sounds Desktop Chart.pdf

Sir Linkalot helps us remember spelling words, maths concepts and more! Check out his website, app and free Youtube videos

Nessy Reading and Spelling

Check out free Nessy videos on Youtube and visit the Nessy website for info on support Reading & Spelling programmes