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Printables
Curated OER

Special Accommodations

For Teachers K - 12th
This accommodations template provides a checklist of special accommodations that may be required for special needs learners in six areas: attention, academic, behavior, testing, speech/language, and OT/PT. Space is also provided for...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Keeping Students Engaged

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Here are some basic tips to keep your students focused and motivated.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a desk organizer for students who are blind or visually impaired

For Teachers K - 12th
Organization is of the utmost importance when teaching orientation and mobility to learners with visual impairments. To help keep everything in order and provide independence, use these instructions for making a desk organizer. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guidance for Creating Reading Lessons for Dyslexic Students

For Teachers K - 12th
Here are a few practical tips and sound strategies you can use in writing effective reading lessons for your pupil with dyslexia. The resource provides simple guidelines and accommodations that can be incorporated into any lesson that...
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Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Understanding My Rights and Responsibilities

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Three scripted lessons comprise a unit designed to inform special needs students about their rights and responsibilities in high school. In the first lesson class members examine the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Child Find,...
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Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Advocating For My Needs in High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers enrolled in resource and special needs classes learn and practice how to schedule and conduct a self-advocacy meeting with a teacher to request accommodations in that subject area class. In lesson one they review and...
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Handout
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University of California

Student Workbook: Reading Comprehension

For Students 5th - 10th
Teach your class five reading strategies to help them with reading informational texts and literary texts. This packet, designed to help learners prepare for the CAHSEE, provides specific strategies that could be used to help prepare for...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Get Students Moving with Kinesthetic Learning

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Get your restless students moving with kinesthetic learning techniques.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Studying and Working: The Busy Lives of Students With Paid Employment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the effect of paid employment on academic performance. They examine how to construct a survey on time use.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

IEP Meetings Aren't Just for the Special Education Department

For Teachers K - 12th
All parties involved benefit when general education teachers attend and contribute to IEP meetings.
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Study Guide
University of California

Word Analysis Student Workbook

For Students 8th - 10th
Seven strategies for deducing meaning (context clues and signal words, multiple-choice strategies, structural clues, direction, charge, word association, and deconstruction) are presented in a packet designed to develop word analysis...
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Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Learning About Special Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The lessons in the second unit in a three-unit series provide students with the historical background of disability education. After reading about events that impacted attitudes towards disabilities and how learners are identified for...
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Activity
Teaching Tolerance

Tweeting for Change

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Do some good with social media. Secondary scholars participate in a live Twitter chat focusing on social justice issues. The thought-provoking activity allows academics to set up a live chat, create responses, and express their personal...
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Activity
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Emotion Card Games

For Teachers K - 8th
Emotions come in all shapes and sizes, and can be difficult for young learners or students with special needs to identify. Support them in gaining the valuable social skill of recognizing emotions and understanding empathy with this...
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Printables
Do2Learn

Classroom Observation Form

For Teachers K - 12th
Monitor individual students during a classroom observation with a template form. Three pages of fields prompt the observer to note the class member's affect, behavior, peer interactions, and presence of accommodations.
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Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Advocating For My Needs After High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A three-lesson unit teaches learners with special needs how to advocate for their needs after high school. Class members review appropriate was to disclose their disability during interviews and applications, and how to request...
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Assessment
Pearson

Practice Test English Language Arts: Grade 8

For Students 8th Standards
As teachers, it is our job to encourage learners to stand up for what they believe in and help them learn lessons from life's events. A set of practice questions designed for the ELA MCAS assessment features passages that teach positive...
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Lesson Plan
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Making Gateway Middle School Handicapped Accessible

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the situation at their middle school about being handicapped accessible. In groups, they identify the various types of handicaps and their accommodations. They create a blueprint of the building and make suggestions in...
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Unit Plan
Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks School Community Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Guide members of the educational community in understanding and supporting autistic learners. A kit from Autism Speaks includes an array of tools designed for parents, teachers, and community members. 
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Biology Training Module

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Are you a koalafied biologist? The lesson begins with research about human survival and our ecosystem. Then, an online training module simulates the effects of changes to the plants and animals in an ecosystem. Finally, scholars research...
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Unit Plan
Royal Society of Chemistry

Acids and Alkalis—Gifted and Talented Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Looking for a comprehensive plan for teaching acid-base chemistry? Science scholars discover acid-base interactions through a thoughtfully written unit. The resource is divided into paced activities and individual work designed to...
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Lesson Plan
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Satchel Page

For Teachers 5th
Bring a instructional activity about Negro League Baseball to your Black history unit, or any other research unit throughout the year. While the lesson plan itself is simplistic, there are several good ideas that you could use, such as...
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Lesson Plan
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TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are introduced to teaching strategies for meeting the needs of students with disabilities in general education settings. Teachers become familiar with the various modifications, interventions, accommodations and strategies that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrating Public Accommodations in Kentucky

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch videos and conduct research on the belief systems and values related to segregation in Kentucky.