Accommodations
Modifications
Vocabulary
IEP at a Glance
Fun Facts
100

Is a visual schedule for a student in your a classroom an accommodation.

Yes

100

Is simplifying an assignment a modification?

Yes

100

Allows a student to complete the same assignment as other students, but permits a change in timing, formatting, setting, scheduling, response, or presentation.

Accommodation

100

Service Provider on IEP for direct instruction in reading.

Special Education teacher/paraeducator

100

New SPED teacher this year

Kailey Owens

200

If you change tests and reading material, is that an accommodatin?

No

200

Is using a large print for text a modification?

No.
200

Changes what a student is expected to learn and/or demonstrate.

Modification

200

Related service for fine motor skills/

OT

200

Service provider with a bike in room.

Amy or Shanae

300

You have a student who sits close to the door, and is disracted when peers walk by.  What would be an appropriate accomodations?

Perferential seating

300

You have a student who is 2 grade levels below in reading, what modification would you make?

Modify content

Modify curriculm in language art

Modify test/reading material

Simplify assignments

300

Legal document that establishes customized adaptations, accommodations, and modifications.

IEP

300

Related service for articulation, receptive and expressive language.

Speech language pathologist

300

Number of full time SLP's in McKinley SY 2026-27

2

400

You have a student who has difficulty sitting in his/her seat.  What would be an appropriate accomodation?

movement breaks

fidgets


400

How would you access growth of a student who is 2 years below grade level in math?

Modify tests and assessments

400

Unlike an IEP, it focuses on accommodations that change how a student accesses the curriculum without altering academic standards.

504

400

Indirect service on an IEP

Consult

400

SPED teacher opened this building

Tara 

500

What is an accomodation?

An accommodation allows a student to complete the same assignment as other students, but permits a change in timing, formatting, setting, scheduling, response, or presentation.

500

What is a modification?

Changes in what a student is expected to learn and/or demonstrate. Modifications alter the content or lower the standards or expectations.

500

Requires schools to provide cation in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) tailored to individual needs.

FAPE

500

Who is responsible for implementing accommodations?

All staff working with student.

500

Case Manager of 504 plans at McKinley

Mr. T

M
e
n
u