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Accommodations

General

·                    This lesson plan has a variety of instructional strategies for differentiating instruction.

·                    Students are completing different activities based on their needs and learning preferences.

·                    Groups will be pre-arranged by teacher to ensure a mix of abilities and intelligences.

·                    Advanced students can use time to make additional inquires according to the chosen country   and their interests.

Auditory Difficulties

Students with auditory difficulties may have sensitivity to auditory distractions or have difficulties processing auditory information accurately or quickly.  These auditory difficulties may lead to distraction or attention diverted from the task at hand and certain modifications may prove beneficial to the student.  The student can be given an alternate location to work individually or with group members to help minimizing auditory distractions created by other students in the classroom.  In addition, any verbal direction will be repeated when necessary and given in the print form to help alleviate some of the processing difficulties.

Visual Difficulties

Students with visual difficulties have problems processing what the see or may not have an ability to see at all.  Students with visual processing problems, who can see, may be better assisted with handouts printed in a lager font.  Visual distractions can also occur in the classroom while guided or independent practices are occurring.  In this case an alternate seating or location which will reduce visual distractions may enhance student’s performance. In terms of the visually impaired, the directions can be orally administered and the answers can be given as an oral response.  In addition, brail or audio information can be acquired so that the student can actively research and acquire information. The student can then incorporate dialog to the multimedia presentation.

ADHD

Students with ADHD may have multiple difficulties that impede achievement.  One is the ability to multi-task or switch tasks. Also, students tend to have a difficulty processing language.  In this case the task and the process should be broken down into smaller more manageable units therefore eliminating a multitude of different processes and questions and help avoid confusion.  Also, because processing is an issue, for these students, extended research time may help alleviate pressure caused by time constraints.