There are various methods and tools that can be used to improve the accessibility of curriculum for students with disabilities. Augmentative and alternative communication devices as well as other assistive technologies are often used for this purpose. It is important for teachers to understand the options that are available, and that they advocate for students to be provided with the best possible tools to assist them.
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Part 1: Measurement Data Lesson Plan
Select a 1-5 grade level, a corresponding Arizona or other state standard based on the Measurement and Data domain, and a group of 3-4 students from the “Class Profile” who would benefit from the use of augmentative and/or alternative communication devices or other forms of assistive technology.
With your identified learning target and small group in mind, complete a lesson plan, using the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” that specifies applicable assistive technology and includes differentiated activities to facilitate students making measurement comparisons, and
· Using models of measuring units; or
· Using measuring instruments; or
· Representing and interpreting the data.
Part 2: Communication Device Rationale
In addition to your completed lesson plan, justify your augmentative and/or alternative communication devices or other forms of assistive technology choices in a 250-500 word rationale.
Support your choices with 2-3 scholarly resources.
Class Profile
Student Name
English Language Learner
Socioeconomic
Status
Ethnicity
Gender
IEP/504
Other
Age
Reading
Performance Level
Math Performance
Level
Parental
Involvement
Internet Available
at Home
Arturo
Yes
Low SES
Hispanic
Male
No
Tier 2 RTI for Reading
Grade level
One year below grade level
At grade level
Med
No
Bertie
No
Low SES
Asian
Female
No
None
Grade level
One year above grade level
At grade level
Low
Yes
Beryl
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
NOTE: School does not have gifted program
Grade level
Two years above grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Brandie
No
Low SES
White
Female
No
Tier 2 RTI for Math
Grade level
At grade level
One year below grade level
Low
No
Dessie
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
Tier 2 RTI for Math
Grade level
Grade level
One year below grade level
Med
Yes
Diana
Yes
Low SES
White
Female
No
Tier 2 RTI for Reading
Grade level
One year below grade level
At grade level
Low
No
Donnie
No
Mid SES
African American
Female
No
Hearing Aids
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Eduardo
Yes
Low SES
Hispanic
Male
No
Tier 2 RTI for Reading
Grade level
One year below grade level
At grade level
Low
No
Emma
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Low
Yes
Enrique
No
Low SES
Hispanic
Male
No
Tier 2 RTI for Reading
One year above grade level
One year below grade level
At grade level
Low
No
Fatma
Yes
Low SES
White
Female
No
Tier 2 RTI for Reading
Grade level
One year below grade level
One year above grade level
Low
Yes
Frances
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
Diabetic
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Francesca
No
Low SES
White
Female
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
High
No
Fredrick
No
Low SES
White
Male
Traumatic Brain Injury
Tier 3 RTI for Reading and Math
One year above grade level
Two years below grade level
Two years below grade level
Very High
No
Ines
No
Low SES
Hispanic
Female
ASD
Tier 2 RTI for Math
Grade level
One year below grade level
One year below grade level
Low
No
Jade
No
Mid SES
African American
Female
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
One year above grade level
High
Yes
Kent
No
High SES
White
Male
Emotion-ally Disabled
None
Grade level
At grade level
One year above grade level
Med
Yes
Lolita
No
Mid SES
Native American/
Pacific Islander
Female
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Maria
No
Mid SES
Hispanic
Female
No
NOTE: School does not have gifted program
Grade level
At grade level
Two years above grade level
Low
Yes
Mason
No
Low SES
White
Male
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Nick
No
Low SES
White
Male
No
None
Grade level
One year above grade level
At grade level
Med
No
Noah
No
Low SES
White
Male
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Sharlene
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
None
Grade level
One year above grade level
At grade level
Med
Med
Sophia
No
Mid SES
White
Female
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Stuart
No
Mid SES
White
Male
No
Allergic to peanuts
Grade level
One year above grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Terrence
No
Mid SES
White
Male
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
At grade level
Med
Yes
Wade
No
Mid SES
White
Male
No
None
Grade level
At grade level
One year above grade level
Med
Yes
Wayne
No
High SES
White
Male
Intellectually Disabled
Tier 3 RTI for Math
Grade level
One year below grade level
Two years below grade level
High
Yes
Wendell
No
Mid SES
African American
Male
Learning Disabled
Tier 3 RTI for Math
Grade level
One year below grade level
Two years below grade level
Med
Yes
Yung
No
Mid SES
Asian
Male
No
NOTE: School does not have gifted program
One year below grade level
Two years above grade level
Two years above grade level
Low
Yes
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LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
Section 1: Lesson Preparation
Teacher Candidate Name:
Grade Level:
Date:
Unit/Subject:
Instructional Plan Title:
Lesson Summary and Focus:
In 2-3 sentences, summarize the lesson, identifying the central focus based on the content and skills you are teaching.
Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping:
Describe the important classroom factors (demographics and environment) and student factors (IEPs, 504s, ELLs, students with behavior concerns, gifted learners), and the effect of those factors on planning, teaching, and assessing students to facilitate learning for all students. This should be limited to 2-3 sentences and the information should inform the differentiation components of the lesson.
National/State Learning Standards:
Review national and state standards to become familiar with the standards you will be working with in the classroom environment.
Your goal in this section is to identify the standards that are the focus of the lesson being presented. Standards must address learning initiatives from one or more content areas, as well as align with the lesson’s learning targets/objectives and assessments.
Include the standards with the performance indicators and the standard language in its entirety.
Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives:
Learning objectives are designed to identify what the teacher intends to measure in learning. These must be aligned with the standards. When creating objectives, a learner must consider the following:
·
Who is the audience
·
What action verb will be measured during instruction/assessment
·
What tools or conditions are being used to meet the learning
What is being assessed in the lesson must align directly to the objective created. This should not be a summary of the lesson, but a measurable statement demonstrating what the student will be assessed on at the completion of the lesson. For instance, “understand” is not measureable, but “describe” and “identify” are.
For example:
Given an unlabeled map outlining the 50 states, students will accurately label all state names.
Academic Language
In this section, include a bulleted list of the general academic vocabulary and content-specific vocabulary you need to teach. In a few sentences, describe how you will teach students those terms in the lesson.
Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology:
List all resources, materials, equipment, and technology you and the students will use during the lesson. As required by your instructor, add or attach copies of ALL printed and online materials at the end of this template. Include links needed for online resources.
Section 2: Instructional Planning
Anticipatory Set
Your goal in this section is to open the lesson by activating students’ prior knowledge, linking previous learning with what they will be learning in this lesson and gaining student interest for the lesson. Consider various learning preferences (movement, music, visuals) as a tool to engage interest and motivate learners for the lesson.
In a bulleted list, describe the materials and activities you will use to open the lesson. Bold any materials you will need to prepare for the lesson.
For example:
· I will use a visual of the planet Earth and ask students to describe what Earth looks like.
· I will record their ideas on the white board and ask more questions about the amount of water they think is on planet Earth and where the water is located.
Time Needed
Multiple Means of Representation
Learners perceive and comprehend information differently. Your goal in this section is to explain how you would present content in various ways to meet the needs of different learners. For example, you may present the material using guided notes, graphic organizers, video or other visual media, annotation tools, anchor charts, hands-on manipulatives, adaptive technologies, etc.
In a bulleted list, describe the materials you will use to differentiate instruction and how you will use these materials throughout the lesson to support learning. Bold any materials you will need to prepare for the lesson.
For example:
· I will use a Venn diagram graphic organizer to teach students how to compare and contrast the two main characters in the read-aloud story.
· I will model one example on the white board before allowing students to work on the Venn diagram graphic organizer with their elbow partner.
Explain how you will differentiate materials for each of the following groups:
· English language learners (ELL):
· Students with special needs:
· Students with gifted abilities:
· Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support):
Time Needed
Multiple Means of Engagement
Your goal for this section is to outline how you will engage students in interacting with the content and academic language. How will students explore, practice, and apply the content? For example, you may engage students through collaborative group work, Kagan cooperative learning structures, hands-on activities, structured discussions, reading and writing activities, experiments, problem solving, etc.
In a bulleted list, describe the activities you will engage students in to allow them to explore, practice, and apply the content and academic language. Bold any activities you will use in the lesson. Also, include formative questioning strategies and higher order thinking questions you might pose.
For example:
· I will use a matching card activity where students will need to find a partner with a card that has an answer that matches their number sentence.
· I will model one example of solving a number sentence on the white board before having students search for the matching card.
· I will then have the partner who has the number sentence explain to their partner how they got the answer.
Explain how you will differentiate activities for each of the following groups:
· English language learners (ELL):
· Students with special needs:
· Students with gifted abilities:
· Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support):
Time Needed
Multiple Means of Expression
Learners differ in the ways they navigate a learning environment and express what they know. Your goal in this section is to explain the various ways in which your students will demonstrate what they have learned. Explain how you will provide alternative means for response, selection, and composition to accommodate all learners. Will you tier any of these products? Will you offer students choices to demonstrate mastery? This section is essentially differentiated assessment.
In a bulleted list, explain the options you will provide for your students to express their knowledge about the topic. For example, students may demonstrate their knowledge in more summative ways through a short answer or multiple-choice test, multimedia presentation, video, speech to text, website, written sentence, paragraph, essay, poster, portfolio, hands-on project, experiment, reflection, blog post, or skit. Bold the names of any summative assessments.
Students may also demonstrate their knowledge in ways that are more formative. For example, students may take part in thumbs up-thumbs middle-thumbs down, a short essay or drawing, an entrance slip or exit ticket, mini-whiteboard answers, fist to five, electronic quiz games, running records, four corners, or hand raising.
Underline the names of any formative assessments.
For example:
Students will complete a one-paragraph reflection on the in-class simulation they experienced. They will be expected to write the reflection using complete sentences, proper capitalization and punctuation, and utilize an example from the simulation to demonstrate their understanding. Students will also take part in formative assessments throughout the lesson, such as thumbs up-thumbs middle-thumbs down and pair-share discussions, where you will determine if you need to re-teach or re-direct learning.
Explain how you will differentiate assessments for each of the following groups:
· English language learners (ELL):
· Students with special needs:
· Students with gifted abilities:
· Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support):
Time Needed
Extension Activity and/or Homework
Identify and describe any extension activities or homework tasks as appropriate. Explain how the extension activity or homework assignment supports the learning targets/objectives. As required by your instructor, attach any copies of homework at the end of this template.
Time Needed
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