Accommodations

What is an accommodation?

• Changes in the delivery, content, or curricular expectations of a

  specific subject to meet the needs of a student.

• Assessment methods used to determine student learning.

• An change of environment, curriculum, or equipment that allows a student to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks

Understanding student interests and motivation are examples of which differentiation sub category?

• High quality curriculum

• Classroom Environment

• Respectful Tasks

Adjusting the amount of time, thinking about what individual students need from each other are examples of which differentiation sub category?

• High Quality Curriculum

• Assessment

• Flexible Grouping

What is modification?

• An adjustment in a student's learning environment.

• Tailoring instruction to meet the individual.

• Changing an assignment of objective to make it easier or more difficult for a student.

Which of the following are all examples of how you can accommodate for your student?

• ^{Meet with the student's parent to discuss the situation}

• ^{Help students make and keep track of their goals}

• ^{Give students the same reading at a lower level}

• ^{Chunk big assessments into smaller units}

Accommodations are based on a student's individual needs.

• True
• False

Accommodations and modifications

• are different practices

• are the same practice

• are ways that children get out of doing their work

Kids who receive modifications are NOT expected to learn the same material as their classmates.

• True

• False

Which of these is a modification?

• Taking a test using notes

• Relocating to a different testing room

• Taking frequent breaks during an exam

• Using a highlighter for the exam

____________ directly alter the curriculum and learning expectations.

• Accommodations

• Modifications