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Accommodations and Modifications for Instructional Success Sara Newton Learning Specialist Special Education Horry County Schools

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Backwards Design Planning Accommodations/ Modifications Instruction/ Assessment PACT

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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

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ACCOMMODATIONS A change in the testing environment, procedures, or presentation that does not alter what the test measures.

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ACCOMMODATIONS SETTINGTIMINGSCHEDULERESPONSE TACTILE DEVICES SPELLING ORAL TEST PRESEN- TATION

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SETTING SMALL GROUP INDIVIDUAL PREFERENTIAL SEATING SEPARATE LOCATION

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TIMING FREQUENT BREAKS LUNCH AT A DIFFERENT TIME (SILENT)

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SCHEDULE TIME OF DAY SECTIONED OVER TIME

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RESPONSE BOLD-LINED PAPER TYPED RESPONSES SCRIBE REPEATED DIRECTIONS

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PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING FOR STUDENTS STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS WRITE CUES COLOR OVERLAYS STUDENT SUBVOCALIZES TYPING RESPONSES DICTATED RESPONSES

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SPELLING FRANKLIN SPELLER SPELLING DICTIONARY

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ORAL TESTING TAPE RECORDED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL YEAR TEST READER FOR MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES

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MANIPULATIVES TACTILE DEVICES USED IN MATH INSTRUCTION

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HIGHLIGHTING

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WHY? ELA MATH

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SPELLING DICTIONARY

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MODIFICATIONS A change in testing environment, procedures, or presentation that alters what the test measures.

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MODIFICATIONS ALTERNATIVE SCORING Different rubric EXTENDED WRITING Word processor ORAL ADMINISTRATION ELA ONLY MATHEMATICS NUMBER LINE GEOMETRY SHAPES

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ALTERNATIVE SCORING DIFFERENT RUBRIC

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EXTENDED WRITING WORD PROCESSOR

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ORAL ADMINISTRATION ELA

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CALCULATOR

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NUMBER LINE

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GEOMETRIC SHAPES

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RECORD KEEPING It helps to keep a matrix of accommodations and modifications for all learners.

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SAMPLE LESSON USING ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

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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.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Wald, Penny and Boehm, Wendy, Practical Co-Teaching Strategies. www.ber.orgwww.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.