Auditory (hearing)

• Inattentive to visual tasks
• May not like art, drawing, or coloring
• Omits words when copying
• May complain eyes are bothering him or her
• Holds materials close to face, moves head from side to side, and lays head on desk
• Doesn't remember well information read silently
• Remembers information from discussions
• Knows hundreds of TV commercials and song lyrics
• Likes to talk
• Maybe a poor speller on written work
• May not notice new things in the classroom
• Has difficulty with map or diagram activities

• Change visual material to auditory using someone's voice (including the students's)
• Give oral directions
• Teach the student to talk through tasks
• Provide auditory or rhyming cues
• Use a ruler, marker,or index card while reading or completing paper/pencil tasks to draw eyes to visual tasks and keep the place
• Get his or her attention before giving instructions
• Use jingles, catchy stories, mnemonic strategies,cheers,or songs.
• Use a ruler for drawing lines on a matching activity
• Allow student to read aloud quietly
• Use a phonics approach to new words
• Allow oral responses

• Tape recorder
• Computer software that speaks written words
• Movies,sound filmstrips,audiotapes