PROMOTING LEARNING IN THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM:INCLUSION STRATEGIES AND
INTERVENTION
Moving Beyond Stereotypes
ORGANIZING FOR INSTRUCTION
Effective Programs
Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) (formerly known as RtI)
http://wvde.state.wv.us/spl/
Cooperative Learning
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/structured-groups?fd=1
Partnering – Peer-to-Peer Learning
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-peer-teaching
Differentiated Instruction
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy
Differentiation is like….
What we call differentiation is not a recipe for teaching. It is not an instructional strategy. It is not what a teacher does when he or she has time…
Carol Ann Tomlinson
It is a way of thinking about teaching and learning. It is a philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences.
Carol Ann Tomlinson
It means teachers proactively plan varied approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it, and/or how they will show what they have learned in order to increase the likelihood that each student will learn as much as he/she can, as efficiently as possible. Carol Ann Tomlinson
Reasonable Range of Approaches
Differentiation doesn’t suggest that a teacher can be all things to all individuals all the time. It does, however, mandate that a teacher create a reasonable range of approaches to learning much of the time, so that students find learning a fit much of the time.
Elements of Differentiation
Content: Tiered lessons with varied task complexity, learning contracts, learning centers, wide range of texts
Process: Learning centers, learning contracts, varied time allotments, assorted grouping structures , varied levels of support
Product: Variation of homework, journal prompts, quizzes or tests, assignment options
Environment: Seating arrangements, heat, light, culturally and linguistically responsive visuals
Understanding by Design (UbD)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Multiple Intelligences
Sensory Modalities
Technology
ADDRESSING STUDENT NEEDS
Fourteen Points for Success
Freedom and opportunity to receive an education in a safe and productive environment that honors IEP.
CIA that is fair and appropriate Professional who value how
students learn Accommodations and
modifications that allow students to perform to the best of their abilities
Education in a collaborative culture that values input from all teachers, students and families
Opportunities to transfer and generalize skills
High yet realistic curriculum expectations
Treatment equal to that of peers without disabilities
Opportunities to achieve in all curriculum areas
On-going progress monitoring Environments that embrace and
celebrate diversity and differences
Learner-oriented lessons that value all students
Respect for all abilities Access to resources and
services with the freedom to progress in ways that yield autonomous development that is transferred to life decisions
Strategic Learners
Strategies
Solicit inventories on how students like to learn 1 = I like to see it 2 = I like to hear it 3 = I like to write it 4 = I like to draw it 5 = I like to _______
I am a _ - _ - _ - _ - _
Strategies
Discuss topics or concepts during morning or weekly meetings to help students develop simple conversation and listening skills.
Strategies
Review concepts to solidify learning foundations
Strategies
Ask students to paraphrase what was said….
“Tell me what you think you heard.”
Strategies
Ask the students to fill out self-assessment checklists to determine academic subskills
Strategies
Distribute exit cards as quick assessments before automatically moving ahead. For example an exit card may ask the students to write down one thing they learned today or to name something they need further explained.
Strategies
Take the time to divide the class into either enrichment or review groups, which vary in duration and student make-up, dependent upon topics and units
Strategies
Use KWL Charts
Strategies
Use Strategy Books
Reading Strategy BookWays to read a word I don’t know: Break it up into syl-la-bles Look up the word in my electronic
dictionary See if it has word parts like a prefix or
suffix Look at how the word is used in a
sentence
Attention and Motivation
Pacing and Complexity
Pacing and Complexity
Easier Proficient Challenging
Compound Words
Words with prefixes
Words with suffixes
bathtub
untold
funny
household
reshape
bluish
meltdown
telescope
personable
Words with prefixes and suffixes
unfriendly reappointed incompatible
Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data
The Data
Academic/Social Journals
Art Projects Attention/Behavior
Checks Exit cards Graded homework KWL charts Learning Contracts Portfolios
Chapter Tests Cooperative Projects Cumulative Reviews Teacher Observations Student conferences Progress graphs Participation Self-assessments Technological
projects Unit tests
Accommodations and Modifications
Accommodation: Provides an adaptation for a student with special needs without setting different expectations.
Modification:Requires that students with special needs perform objectives that are different from those of the rest of the class
Honoring Inclusion
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