Modification or Accommodation
Access to an abacus, 100’s chart, multiplication chart and a calculator.
What is an accommodation
Reading and Writing Skills, Oral Language, Decoding, Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills are examples for this section of the IEP
What is “Student’s Areas of Strengths and Areas of Need”
The student is provided instructed with other students in small groups instead of with the whole class
What is an Instructional Accommodation
Direct instruction of agreed upon listening strategy
What is a teaching strategy
The use of assistive devices and Adaptive equipment for assessments.
What is an accommodation
These are the three types of needs/program options on an IEP for each subject, course, or skill area in which the student will receive instruction
What are Accommodations (AC), Modifications (MOD) and Alternate (ALT)
A student is given a choice of writing their report on their science experiment findings or to explain their findings with pictures/diagrams.
What is an Assessment Accommodation
Geometry and Spatial Sense: Identify and compare two different types of quadrilaterals and sort and classify them by their geometric properties (modified grade 4)
What is a learning expectation (Modified)
A student is in a Grade 3 math class, but they are required to complete work on the same math concept at a grade 2 level
What is a modification
Word processing software, Highly Structured activities, pre-teaching/reteaching, and visual supports are examples of this type of accommodation
What are Instructional Accommodations
A student has their desk positioned near the door so that they can quickly access a body break without disturbing the class.
What is an Environmental Accommodation
Structured oral assessments daily. Weekly anecdotal observations and feedback for guided reading.
What is an Assessment Method
A student is given the option to write an outline for an essay as opposed to writing the essay itself.
What is a modification
For specific subjects, courses, or skills that are modified on the Special Education Program section of the IEP, the Annual Program Goals are broken down into these three categories.
What are Learning Expectations, Teaching Strategies and Assessment Methods
The Student Support Teacher pulls Jimmy from math class to work with him one on one on the same material that his class is working on. They go to a quiet room where they will not be disturbed by the commotion of Jimmy’s class.
What is an Instructional and Environmental accommodation
Identify one purpose and audience for selected media texts. (Student is not required to critically evaluate the impact of media on the audience).
What is a Learning Expectation (Modified)