Accommodations & Modifications

What is an accommodation?

• Changes to the delivery and content of material resulting in lowering the expectations or standards.

• A formal contract between two businesses

• A different way for students to take in information or communicate their knowledge. This does not alter the expectations or standards.

• A financial grant given to students to help with education

What is an accommodation that allows students to take breaks during tests?

• Stopped Clock Breaks

• Walk and Talk

• Early Finish

• Move and Groove

Name an accommodation that helps students with reading difficulties

• Extra Time

• Use of Calculator

• Flexible Seating

• Text to Speech

Which example demonstrates how a teacher can accommodate a student with hearing loss?

• Frequent Breaks

• Preferential Seating

• Chunking

• Large Print

How does having extra time on assignments help some students?

What is a modification?

• Adjustments to the grade appropriate curriculum expectations to better fit a students specific educational needs

• Allowing the student more time

• Larger Print

• Preferential Seating

Which of these are modifications?

• Giving answers orally

• Alternative Assignments

• Graphic Organizer

• Use of Manipulatives

Which of these are accommodations?

• Project in place of written report

• Modified workload

• Additional time

• Reduced number of assignments

Which type of assistive technology helps students with writing?

• Large Print

• Magnifiers

• Voice Recognition

• Speech to Text

What is assistive technology?

• A book

• Devices and services that are used to increase, maintain or improve the capabilities of a student with a learning disability

• Extra Time

• Space for Movement