Students with Special Needs› IEP› Public Law 94-142

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Inclusion has replaced the older term mainstreaming.

Know the IEP Adapt and modify material

› Have the ready a week early› Have copies ready for coop teacher

Provides lots of structure Monitor students Use planners to write down

assignments.

Be consistent Plan activities that all students can do Plan questions ahead of time Believe in student success Provide scaffolding

› Coach› Monitor› Get them started on the right track

Help with organization› Three-hole punch› Have students reread notes to each other

Pullout approach Buddy system Use organization

› Outlines of lectures already printed for them

Subgroup› Must meet AYP in reading and math

Allow extra time for everything Avoid jargon and idioms Divide long explanations into parts Write key words on board, transparency

or display on projection system. Read written instructions. Go slower Use variety of examples

Dialogue journals Personalize learning much like an IEP Be positive and encouraging Maintain high expectations Use a variety of strategies Use collaboration and cooperative

learning

Poor attendance Poor attitude Poor self-confidence Personal problems May come from poverty or violence

Learn as much as you can about them Talk to them Avoid lecturing them Employ media

› Either they do not have it and will find it novel OR

› They will be a wiz at it.

Use active learning with real world problems.

Forget about covering the subject matter› Let them pick up what they will.

Help with study habits.› Graphic organizers

Find alternative texts. Use simple language – maybe Praise the deed when appropriate.

Debate Mock Trial Moot Trial Panel Discussion Report Roundtable Discussion Symposium Use Rubric to grade

Raise hands Applauding individual and group

presentations Maintain high expectations Insist on politeness – decorum No interruptions – respect of others Use a stopwatch Calculate interactions with students

Plan early and thoughtfully what you will assign

Don’t assign something simply for the sake of doing so.

Avoid controversial issues Provide choices or use differentiation

for different students.› ELL have a hard time doing homework.

Study guides for reading textbook Involve parents as facilitators Homework should stimulate thinking and

arouse curiosity Avoid yelling out the assignment as

students pack up to leave the room Length should be reasonable Start in class Provide feedback Grade for completion, not accuracy.

To protect students’ privacy rights, don’t post grades or use peer grading for grades.

May use for editing, but only if you are certain that students are fairly homogeneous.

Beginning on page 357, there are 126 ways to teach creatively. Look at them.