DLI 1st grade guide

Canyons School District

Special Education Department

Accommodations Accommodations are intended to reduce or eliminate the effects of a student's disability. Accommodations do not decrease learning expectations and are noted on a student's Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). Examples of accommodations include reading words out loud, extra time for completion of standardized tests, etc. Accommodations are required by law. Modifcations are adaptations that change what students learn and are used with students who require more support or adjustments than accommodations can provide. Whereas accommodations level the playing feld, modifcations change the playing feld. Modifcation DO change the expectations for learning. Modifcations DO reduce the requirements of the task. Students would be expected to learn priority standards vs all standards. (Iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu) Modifcations are required by law. In summary, differentiation is planned curriculum that takes into consideration the individual needs or interests of the child, or as Carol Ann Tomlinson puts it, “Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs.”[3] Where accommodation is about how instruction is delivered and modifcation is about what a child will learn , differentiation focus on how a child will demonstrate learning . Modifcations

Accommodations vs. Modifcations

Accommodation

Modifcation

● Visual cues ● Audio books ● Close-captions on videos ● Access to exemplars ● Peer modeling ● Precision partnering ● Books and materials with large print ● Pre-teaching skills ● Speech-to-text software ● Orally dictate responses (scribe or digital recorder) ● Sentence frames for paragraph writing ● Oral response in lieu of written

● Alternate assignment

● Lower-level text

● Fewer homework questions

● Shorter Report

● Accountable to alternate academic language (class discussion v colleagial discussion)

● Complete an alternate homework assignment

● Different test questions