Unit Overview To begin, this unit will be planned for an inclusion Social Studies class, in a middle school seventh grade class. Students will be between the ages of eleven to fourteen. Children in this class have disabilities that range from emotional disturbances, Attention Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, and dyslexia. Students in have a variety of learning needs. As for reading levels most of the class is below grade level. One student is deemed illiterate, and half of the class is more than two years below reading level. The unit will be planned and emphasize differentiation, as well as targeted interventions for each student. Assistive technology, kinesthetic learning, and guided reading are elements of this unit plan. The goal of this
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The goal throughout this unit and even more so, school year, will be to focus on word recognition, and active comprehension (Birsh, 2011; Lyon, 1995; Torgeson, Rashotte, and Alexander, 2001). Importantly, our students need to be able to effortlessly and accurately identify words. Once Shinia begins to increase in speed and accuracy our hope is that she will be able to comprehend texts. Conversely, to become a fluent reader, she needs to be able to automatically identify words, and then apply the appropriate annunciation features that include rhythm, phrasing, and intonation of phrases, passages, and sentences (Birsh, 2011; Wood, Flowers, and Grigorenko, …show more content…
First, students will have to indicate their prior Social Studies knowledge. Based on the Common Core, Students will answer a multiple choice questionnaire. Questions pulled for this pre-test can be found in prior years curriculum. Students will answer twenty questions to better understand their prior knowledge. Secondly, Students will attempt to order dates found in eras throughout time. Finally, students will choose among ten major events then have to describe their knowledge of it. As an accommodation for Shinia, she will be allowed to speak her prior knowledge instead of writing the information. Once students take the pre-test the teacher determines each students wealth of knowledge (Birsh; 2011, Glunt,
The goal throughout this unit and even more so, school year, will be to focus on word recognition, and active comprehension (Birsh, 2011; Lyon, 1995; Torgeson, Rashotte, and Alexander, 2001). Importantly, our students need to be able to effortlessly and accurately identify words. Once Shinia begins to increase in speed and accuracy our hope is that she will be able to comprehend texts. Conversely, to become a fluent reader, she needs to be able to automatically identify words, and then apply the appropriate annunciation features that include rhythm, phrasing, and intonation of phrases, passages, and sentences (Birsh, 2011; Wood, Flowers, and Grigorenko, …show more content…
First, students will have to indicate their prior Social Studies knowledge. Based on the Common Core, Students will answer a multiple choice questionnaire. Questions pulled for this pre-test can be found in prior years curriculum. Students will answer twenty questions to better understand their prior knowledge. Secondly, Students will attempt to order dates found in eras throughout time. Finally, students will choose among ten major events then have to describe their knowledge of it. As an accommodation for Shinia, she will be allowed to speak her prior knowledge instead of writing the information. Once students take the pre-test the teacher determines each students wealth of knowledge (Birsh; 2011, Glunt,