DLI 1st grade guide

Canyons School District

Special Education Department

Elementary Special Education Implementation Tools & Resources Special Education Website

Special Education is used to support students through Individualized Education Plans in order to access the General Education Core Standards. ELA: THe Utah Core Standards for ELA Practice : are included to provide a reference of your grade-level standards in Reading Literature and Information texts, Foundational Skills, Writing, and Speaking and Listening. These standards are included in grade-level bands (K-2 or 3-5) and offer a focus for instruction to help ensure that students gain adequate mastery of a range of skills and applications. Math: The Utah Core Standards for Mathematical Practice : identify the fundamental skills in the math domains at each grade level for vertical alignment. Utah Core Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. These practices rest on important “processes and profciences” with longstanding importance in mathematics education. Utah Core Standards Alignment and IEP goals. Standards based IEP goals are written with the use of the core standards. Case managers align students' current abilities on the continuum of standards and address the needs required to close the educational gap. Reasonable individual gains are considered when writing a one year IEP goal. Special Education teachers may use off grade level core standards in order to close identifed educational gaps. Within each strand are standards. A standard represents a fundamental element of learning that is expected. While some standards within a strand may be more comprehensive than others, all standards are necessary for mastery. Essential Elements The Essential Elements (EEs) are “specifc statements and skills linked to the grade-level expectations identifed in college-and-career-readiness standards” (Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM). They are the “big rocks” of the Utah Core Standards. Each Essential Element has a respective learning map with linkage levels that identify basic skills within the standard to set an appropriate challenge for students with signifcant cognitive disabilities, no matter their ability level.

Critical Actions for Educators .………………………... ● Determine that your IEP is aligned to Utah Core Standards: Present Levels, Goals, Services

● Use the PSI

Phonics Screener for Intervention to place students in the 95% Phonics Lesson Library (PLL)

● Connect with your Coach for checking

procedures of 95% Phonics Lesson Library