What am I? (Definitions)
I help a student learn the material, but in a different way. What am I?
What is an accommodation?
I buy the students more time during assessments
What is extended time on tests?
A student in Grade 5 is working on Grade 3 expectations. What is happening here?
Modified expectations
What does IEP stand for?
Individual Education Plan
A student uses a calculator for every math task. Accommodation or Modification?
Accommodation
I change learning expectations so a student works on different outcomes.
What is a modification?
I type students thoughts
What is speech to text software?
A student does a science project that skips the tricky stuff, modification or accommodation?
modification! expectations are being reduced.
Who must get an IEP?
Students with identified exceptionalities or those receiving accommodations/modifications
Instructions are read aloud during tests. Accommodation or Modification?
Accommodation
True or False: Accommodations change the report card grades.
What is false?
With accommodations, we don't change what is being learned.
I use pictures to keep students on track
What is a visual schedule?
An alternative program
How fast must an IEP be created after a student is placed?
Within 30 school days
Student is exempt from learning fractions. Accommodation or Modification?
Modification
I am an Ontario document that is all about UDL and equity in instruction.
I'm a seating tweak that helps to keep focus high.
What is preferential seating?
A student's reading goal has changed from "identify the main idea" to "choose a picture that matches the story." Is this a modification or accommodation?
Modification! Since the expectation has been lowered.
Who helps to create the IEP?
Teachers, parents, support staff, and students if it is appropriate
Student writes with pictures instead of paragraphs. Accommodation or Modification?
Could be both; an accommodation if the goal is the same, or modification if the expectations have changed
I'm a key difference between accommodations and modifications.
What is accommodations change how learning is done, modifications change what is being learned
Name the 3 types of teaching strategy accommodations
instructional, environmental, and assessment
Instead of working on Grade 4 multiplication, a student practices counting by 2s. Is this an accommodation or modification?
Modification! Since curriculum expectations have changed.
Why are transition plans important?
Help students to move smoothly between grades or schools
A student gets a different and more simplified assignment from the rest of their peers. Accommodation or Modification?
Modification