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GUIDELINES• Ask clarifying questions during the

presentation

• Ask questions specific to your child, or your child’s classroom afterward

• Take side conversations outside

• Please silence your cell phones

PLEASE FILL OUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SURVEY

STANDARDS: THE “WHAT” OF LEARNING

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21ST CENTURY SKILLS

• Produce higher-level learning of academic skills

• Build strong problem-solving skills

• Include real-life (functional) application

• Prepare our kids for college and careers after high school

• Provide opportunity for more meaningful interaction with peers

Common Core Standards

WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS?

STUDENTS ARE LEARNING• Problem solving skills• Strategies for approaching

problems/tasks• Skills for on working with

others• Speaking and listening skills• Computer literacy

INCREASED TEXT COMPLEXITY:

A POTENTIAL FOR BIGGER GAPS

HOW DO WE FILL THE GAPS?

• Assistive Technology

• Instructional Accommodations

• Universal Design for Learning

WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING?

TEACH EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS

ACCOMODATE

CCSS AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

C O M M O N C O R E :

GRADE 2

4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

b. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

D I F F E R E N T I A T E D T A S K S

Slightly Modified

Students will independently read text stories that are selected at the personal reading level.

Moderately Modified

Students will state a word or point to a picture of an omitted word during shared reading.

Students will read leveled text that is supported with picture symbols.

Intensely Modified

Students will state a sentence from a story through an active participation response (e.g., voice output device, eye gaze choice board).

Source: Unique Learning Systems Alignment Tools

WHAT WILL THIS ACHIEVE?

• More Independence• Stronger Self-determination• Access to complex text• Approach problems with skills

and strategies• Technologically competent• Prepared for college and career