modifications and supports.pdf
Content-specific Modifications
Art
- Calculators
- Touch math (each number has the correct number of dots on the actual number)
- Hundreds charts
- Number lines
- Flash cards
- Count stickers
- Manipulatives (e.g., Unifix cubes, counting chips)
- Worksheet modified with easier-to-read numbers
- Pictures or visuals
- Larger cubes
- Chart paper to keep track of columns
- Talking calculator
- Numbered dice instead of dotted dice
- Real-world problems—problems with students’ names in them
- Different-sized sporting equipment
- Silent activities (for those who are sensitive to noise)
- Choice stations
- Change the size of the court
Choice of materials
- Bigger/smaller materials
- Slant board
- Precut materials
- Stencils
- Smocks and aprons with pockets
- Gloves for kids who do not like to get messy
- Wiki sticks
- Posted steps about the process
- Modified scissors
Science
Social studies
Music
- Posted steps indicating the process
- A written task card (a card with a step-by-step process on it)
- Songs in the student’s native language
- Instruments
- Tapes/CDs of music to practice at home
- Music videos to watch
Common Activities & Supports
| the students are asked to | Consider providing students |
|---|---|
| Sit and listen | Visuals to look at, Movement breaks, An FM system (that amplifies the teacher's voice), A rug or mat to help determine where to be, An object to signify who is speaking (e.g., a talking stick), A ball to sit on, Choice about where to sit, A focus object for students to hold or manipulate, A signal to start listening, The book that is being read, A topic bag—filled with objects that relate to the content, A job to do (help another student, write ideas on the board) |
| Present orally | Choice about the supports necessary, Note cards, Visuals, A handout, A voice recorder, A videotape/DVD, A microphone, PowerPoint, Preprogrammed communication device |
| Take a test | A review of test strategies, A review of the information, A practice test, A double-spaced test, Easy questions first, A reader for the test, A reduced number of choices by eliminating one or two choices, In matching, a long column divided into smaller sections, A computer, As much time as needed, An oral exam, A performance-based test, The option of drawing or labeling, Simplified language |
| Complete worksheets | A word bank, Clear directions, File folder labels for students to stick answers onto, Highlighted directions, Fewer problems or questions, Choice about type of writing instrument |
Common Activities & Supports
- Discuss
- Take notes
- Use a computer
- Read a text
Supports
- A talking object
- Note cards with students’ ideas written on them
- Peer support
- A preprogrammed communication device with a question on it
- A piece of paper to draw ideas or concepts
- Choice about how to participate in the discussion
- The text the students are discussing
- A highlighted section of the text—have the student read and others discuss
- A lecture outline to complete during the lecture
- A chart
- A graphic organizer
- The teacher’s notes from the day before
- An AlphaSmart
- Choice about how to take notes
- A copy of the teacher’s notes with key words eliminated
- Lecture notes with pictures
- Photocopies or carbon copies from another student
- A laptop computer
- A task card for how to start up the program
- Modified keyboard
- Enlarged font
- IntelliKeys
- An adjusted delay on the mouse
- An alphabetical keyboard
- Large keyboard
- Choice about what to work on
Reading Supports
- Book on tape
- Larger print font
- Highlighter
- Choral reading
- Background information about the text
- Bullets of the main ideas
- Sticky notes to write questions on
- “Just-right books”
- Puppets
- Reading light
- Choice about what to read
Common Activities & Supports
When the students are asked to Consider providing students
Be organized
- Color-coded folders
- A planner
- An agenda written on the board
- Assignments written on the board in the same place
- Assignments that are already three-hole punched
- A picture schedule
- A sticky note on desk of things to do
- A homework folder
- A desk check
- Clock or timer on desk
- A verbal rehearsal of the schedule
- A consistent routine
Write
- Option to tell a friend his or her story before writing it
- A whole-group discussion
- Graphic organizers
- Use of bullet writing
- Pencil grips
- Option for student to dictate the story to an adult or a peer
- Words on a piece of paper that the student rewrites
- Stickers to fill in blanks
- Option to draw instead of write
- Raised-line paper—so students can feel lines