Accommodations vs. Modifications

____________________ allow the student with special education needs to access the curriculum without changes to the regular expectations. Any  accommodations that are required to facili­tate the student’s learning must be identified in the student’s IEP (Special Education in Ontario, 2017, p. E38).

• Modifications

• Assessments

• Accommodations

• Requirements

_________________ are changes made to the grade-level expectations for a subject or course in order to meet a student’s learning needs. _________________ may include the use of expectations at a different grade level and/or an increase or decrease in the number and/or complexity of expectations relative to the curriculum expectations for the regular grade level. (Source-Learning for All: A Guide to Effective Assessment and Instruction for All Students, Kindergarten to Grade 12)

• Instructional Accommodations

• Expectations

• Assessment Accommodations

• Modifications

Ralph has a hearing impairment. Ralph's teacher has given him preferential seating at the front and uses an FM (Frequency Modulated) system so he can hear her over any noise in the classroom. Preferential seating is an example of _______________. Use of an FM system is an example of

_______________________

(Choose 2)

• Assessment Accommodation

• Modifications

• Environmental Accommodation

• Instructional Accommodation

Jennifer has a reading disability and is reading well below grade level. While working on their fairy tale unit, the teacher gives her a lower grade level text to read on the same topic as the class. This is an example of

• Instructional Accommodation

• Assessment Accommodation

• Modification

• Environmental Accommodation

Tim and his class are working on a 10 question assignment during math on triple digit, multi-step multiplication problems. He is completing the same problems as the other students, but has difficulty memorizing math facts. Tim is using a multiplication chart to help him. This is an example of

• Environmental Accommodation

• Modification

• Assessment Accommodation

• Instructional Accommodation

• Melanie had a history test on the War of 1812. She was tested on the same curriculum expectations as her peers, but she has difficulty getting her ideas down on paper. Her teacher scribed her answers. This is an example of

• Modification

• Assessment Accommodation

• Environmental Accommodation

• Instructional Accommodation

Tony is a student with ASD, who has difficulty transitioning from from one activity to another. His teacher has worked with him to create a visual schedule and it has helped to reduce his anxiety. A visual schedule is an example of

• Modification

• Instructional Accommodation

• Assessment

  Accommodation

• Environmental Accommodation

Jesse had to complete a report on a famous person history, but has poor writing and spelling skills. Rather than using a pencil and paper, Jesse used the Type and Talk function in Google Read and Write to record his ideas and complete the report. This use of assistive technology is an example of

• Modification

• Assessment Accommodation

• Instructional Accommodation

• Environmental

  Accommodation

Katie struggles with phonemic awareness. Her classmates have to study 15 words for their weekly spelling test. Tracey always has less words or a different list of words to study. This is an example of

• Environmental Accommodation

• Modification

• Assessment Accommodation

• Instructional

  Accommodation

Amanda struggles with reading. She often uses text to speech in the Kurzweil program to access the content for Science and Social Studies. After Amanda's teacher scans the material, Kurzweil reads it to her and highlights the words so she can follow along. The program supports decoding letters, sounds and words. This use of assistive technology is an example of

• Instructional

  Accommodation

• Modification

• Environmental

  Accommodation

• Assessment

  Accommodation