Participants examine the 'Present Levels' section to understand how current data informs future needs, practicing the translation of educational jargon into plain language.
A history-of-technology lesson designed for middle school students reading at a first-grade level. It explores the evolution of music formats from vinyl records to modern streaming, supported by a visual timeline and simple vocabulary footnotes.
A structured morning routine sequence designed for middle school ASD students to support emotional regulation, sensory tracking, and executive functioning. Includes interactive visual slides and a corresponding daily check-in worksheet to establish a predictable, calming start to the school day.
A transition-focused lesson featuring an accessible "All About Me" survey for middle school students with accommodations, alongside a guide for teachers to translate student responses into IEP goals and classroom support strategies.
A highly visual, color-coded math lesson introducing mean, median, mode, and range to IEP students using adorable pet shelter statistics. Highly structured layout with minimal text density and supportive visual cues.
A grammar assessment designed for middle school students in a self-contained classroom reading at a first-grade level. The quiz covers past-tense verbs, common/proper nouns, singular/plural nouns, and identifying parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective) in simple context, complete with a teacher answer key.
A comprehensive functional life skills unit teaching hygiene independence, self-advocacy, and workplace readiness for middle and high school special education students. Includes visual matching, body signal decoding, safe-adult communication scripts, sourcing maps, emergency kit preparation, and workplace scenario analysis.
A detailed literary exploration of Chapters 6-10 of Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting. Students analyze Winnie's reactions to the Tucks' messy, timeless lifestyle compared to her own orderly home, focusing on her growing internal choices and the concept of living outside the wheel of life.
A literary investigation of the prologue through chapter 5 of Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting. Students explore setting contrasts and the mysterious meeting between Winnie and Jesse, while teachers leverage structured scaffolds and checks for understanding.
An accommodated, highly-scaffolded study guide and lesson resources focused on the 'Dr. Holiday' chapter of Walter Dean Myers' memoir, Bad Boy. Students explore character traits, comparison of adult figures, vocabulary, and cause-and-effect relationships surrounding Walter's behavior.
A highly scaffolded, visual lesson on mean, median, mode, and range tailored specifically for students with IEPs and learning differences. Features structured fill-in-the-blank formula templates, graphic organizers, and leveled worksheets.
A comprehensive Wilson-aligned study of multisyllabic words and suffixes. Students practice syllable division using visual scooping and explore word meanings.
A comprehensive social skills lesson package designed to teach, practice, and track progress on conversational turn-taking, topic maintenance, and active listening for elementary and middle school students with social communication IEP goals.
A comprehensive review unit for Wilson Reading Program Steps 6 through 12, focusing on syllable marking, complex suffix patterns, r-controlled vowels, and vowel digraphs.
A Tier 2 intervention lesson focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details using a construction and blueprint theme. Students learn to distinguish the 'big structure' from the 'supporting pillars' in non-fiction texts.
This lesson helps 8th-grade students with dysgraphia manage 'idea overload' by using visual mind-mapping as a bridge between brainstorming and writing. It focuses on externalizing complex thoughts into a structured blueprint before any linear writing begins.
A highly visual lesson designed for students with severe disabilities to identify trusted adults at school, at home, and in the community. Includes multi-sensory prompts and clear visual supports.
A step-by-step instructional sequence for teaching special education students how to find the area of tilted squares using the subtraction (bounding box) method. The lesson breaks down a complex geometric task into simple, repeatable visual steps.
A creative synthesis project where students write postcards from one literary character to another, focusing on voice, perspective, and plot synthesis for 8th-11th grade SpEd students.
A simplified science lesson on food chains designed for 8th-grade students with severe disabilities, focusing on basic energy flow from sun to predator.
A foundational lesson on mean, median, mode, and range designed for students requiring modified curriculum. It features single-digit data sets and step-by-step guided templates to support various learning needs.
A lesson designed for students with moderate intellectual disabilities and social/pragmatic challenges to learn how to use AI as a 'social sidekick' when they feel stuck or overwhelmed while texting friends.
A behavioral intervention lesson designed to provide a student with immediate, portable visual cues for self-regulation and a framework for accountability after conflict.
A fast-paced interactive game lesson designed for middle school students to master stuttering strategies, vocabulary, and facts. The lesson centers around a competitive 'game show' format to build confidence and fluency knowledge.
A comprehensive toolkit for supporting a 14-year-old student with autism in school settings, focusing on building emotional resilience and social connections through structured goals and data-driven progress monitoring.
A high-interest non-fiction reading lesson about the elusive giant squid, designed with clear formatting for 8th-grade students with special needs.
This lesson provides students with a visual framework for understanding why schedules change, how to identify those changes, and what coping strategies to use when feeling overwhelmed.
A foundational lesson for special education students on email etiquette and structure, focusing on the difference between formal and casual tones and the essential components of an email.
A review lesson covering Jackie Robinson, David Ortiz, and Jim Abbott, using visual identification to reinforce key facts.