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Accommodations and Modifications for Instructional Success. Sara Newton Learning Specialist Special Education Horry County Schools. Backwards Design Planning. Accommodations/ Modifications Instruction/ Assessment PACT. INCLUDE.
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Accommodations and Modifications for Instructional Success Sara Newton Learning Specialist Special Education Horry County Schools
Backwards Design Planning Accommodations/ Modifications Instruction/ Assessment PACT
INCLUDE • Identify classroom needs • Note student weaknesses • Check potential areas of student success • Look for potential problem areas • Use information to brainstorm adaptations • Decide which accommodations to implement • Evaluate student progress
ACCOMMODATIONS “A change in the testing environment, procedures, or presentation that does not alter what the test measures.”
SETTING SMALL GROUP INDIVIDUAL PREFERENTIAL SEATING SEPARATE LOCATION
TIMING • FREQUENT BREAKS • LUNCH AT A DIFFERENT TIME (SILENT)
SCHEDULE • TIME OF DAY • SECTIONED OVER TIME
RESPONSE • BOLD-LINED PAPER • TYPED RESPONSES • SCRIBE • REPEATED DIRECTIONS
PRESENTATION • HIGHLIGHTING FOR STUDENTS • STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS • WRITE CUES • COLOR OVERLAYS • STUDENT SUBVOCALIZES • TYPING RESPONSES • DICTATED RESPONSES
SPELLING • FRANKLIN SPELLER • SPELLING DICTIONARY
ORAL TESTING • TAPE RECORDED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL YEAR • TEST READER FOR • MATH • SCIENCE • SOCIAL STUDIES
MANIPULATIVES • TACTILE DEVICES USED IN MATH INSTRUCTION
HIGHLIGHTING WHY? ELA MATH
MODIFICATIONS “A change in testing environment, procedures, or presentation that alters what the test measures.”
ALTERNATIVE SCORING • DIFFERENT RUBRIC
EXTENDED WRITING • WORD PROCESSOR
ORAL ADMINISTRATION • ELA
RECORD KEEPING It helps to keep a matrix of accommodations and modifications for all learners.
Scribe one paragraph. Use alternative scoring rubric. Respond to prompt by writing 3 paragraphs and using spelling dictionary. Write to a prompt with 5 paragraph length.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Wald, Penny and Boehm, Wendy, PracticalCo-Teaching Strategies. www.ber.org Friend, Marilyn and Bursuck, William, Including Students with Special Needs. ISBN 0-205-33192-0 Beninghof, Anne, SenseABLE Strategies. Sopris West. PACT and HSAP manuals, Appendix C, 2004.