1. What are accommodations? How do they differ from modifications?
Accommodations are changes in an educational environments that helps students overcome their disability. Some students may have rough time adjusting to their educational environment without things to help with their disability. These children have the ability to learn the required content, but might need some adaptations in a general classroom. Accommodations do not change the expectations for learning, or reduce the requirements of the task. Once you change the expectations for learning and reduce the requirements of the task, you are no longer offering accommodations, but more of modifications.
2. A student’s accommodations might differ from one setting to another. Explain …show more content…
The text book is a sixth grade science textbook and a student who only reads at a third grade level is going to have difficulty reading and understanding the material. Another area the student is going to have troubles in is going to be completing the lab experiments. Since the teacher has her students doing written procedures, the student has a reading disability will not be able to comprehend and understand what they are supposed to be doing in the experiment. The last area where the student is going to have difficulty is taking written exams. The student who reads on a third grade level is not going to understand the test questions if the questions are on a sixth grade …show more content…
Watkins includes graphics and pictures in her power points and labs to help her student. This helps because it gives them a visual look at what is being discussed along with words on the presentation. If he or she is unable to read what is on the PowerPoint, then the student has an opportunity to understanding because of the graphs and pictures. Another presentation accommodation is pairing up the student with an oral reader. When the student has an oral reader, they can ask questions if needed and are able to hear instead of struggling with the material. One response accommodation the IEP team could suggest is for the student is to circle or point to their answer when answering questions. This can help the student by understanding and this also helps the teacher by showing the student does understand the material. Another response accommodation the IEP team might discuss is letting the student use a visual organizer, which would help with understand the
Accommodations are changes in an educational environments that helps students overcome their disability. Some students may have rough time adjusting to their educational environment without things to help with their disability. These children have the ability to learn the required content, but might need some adaptations in a general classroom. Accommodations do not change the expectations for learning, or reduce the requirements of the task. Once you change the expectations for learning and reduce the requirements of the task, you are no longer offering accommodations, but more of modifications.
2. A student’s accommodations might differ from one setting to another. Explain …show more content…
The text book is a sixth grade science textbook and a student who only reads at a third grade level is going to have difficulty reading and understanding the material. Another area the student is going to have troubles in is going to be completing the lab experiments. Since the teacher has her students doing written procedures, the student has a reading disability will not be able to comprehend and understand what they are supposed to be doing in the experiment. The last area where the student is going to have difficulty is taking written exams. The student who reads on a third grade level is not going to understand the test questions if the questions are on a sixth grade …show more content…
Watkins includes graphics and pictures in her power points and labs to help her student. This helps because it gives them a visual look at what is being discussed along with words on the presentation. If he or she is unable to read what is on the PowerPoint, then the student has an opportunity to understanding because of the graphs and pictures. Another presentation accommodation is pairing up the student with an oral reader. When the student has an oral reader, they can ask questions if needed and are able to hear instead of struggling with the material. One response accommodation the IEP team could suggest is for the student is to circle or point to their answer when answering questions. This can help the student by understanding and this also helps the teacher by showing the student does understand the material. Another response accommodation the IEP team might discuss is letting the student use a visual organizer, which would help with understand the