Toolbox Tip for the month: Here’s another tool that can be used to help your student Many students have ‘tracking’ issues when reading the words on a bright white background. The white backgrounds can make the words seem to bounce on the paper. To help eliminate this problem, give your student different tinted transparencies to put over the page. Find out which color works best visually for your student. You can purchase transparent subject notebook dividers to try them out. (This is the Irlan method)