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Wheel of Fortune Game
Games are great for practicing any number of basic skills. Here is a set of wonderful instructions for making a braille version of a spinning game, where children win points by correctly reading/identifying the high-frequency words the...
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Vocabulary/Reading Lesson for Students with Severe Intellectual Disabilities
Here is a great little reading and vocabulary development lesson plan created just for learners with special needs. The lesson plan is constructed with both core content and necessary adaptations in mind. The group will use PECS,...
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Beach Ball with Bell
Encourage your learners who are blind or visually impaired to participate in sports or recreational activities. This super simple idea uses a beach ball with a bell on it to help kids become comfortable with playing catch. The activity...
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Tug of War
Don't be fooled by how short this lesson is; it contains a good idea for adaptive PE. The activity is intended to help learners with visual impairments increase motor skills, muscle strength, and mobility. Two kids play a game of tug of...
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Bean Bag on My Head
The world is a very different place to those who are blind. That is why it is so important to have your kids with visual impairments explore the world in many different ways. For this activity, a bean bag is placed on the child's head,...
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How Do I know That a Book Is Just Right for Me to Read?
Students choose a book for reading. In this language arts lesson, students take steps to evaluate a book for free reading. Students make a list of words found in the book that they are unfamiliar with.
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Words Can Hurt; Words Can Help
Help learners on the autism spectrum comprehend the social consequences of their actions by connecting kind and hurtful words to physical, tangible experiences. The worksheets in this resource prompt students to consider things they say...
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Telephone Skills
What kid doesn't love talking on the phone? Learners with visual and intellectual disabilities get comfortable using several types of telephones. They begin by examining the phone, dialing, answering the phone, and then they work into...
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Modified Kickball
Kickball is a classic recess game that everybody should play at least once. Included here is a wonderful set of instructions that describe how you can modify the game to make it accessible to children with low or no visual ability....
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Sing a Song of Indiana
After hearing John Mellencamp's song "Small Town," 4th graders are introduced to a brief biography/history of John Mellencamp. They will perform the entire song at the annual 4th grade program at the school.
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Mini Goalball Battleship
Here is a game that can be played by both sighted and unsighted children. Floor mats, blindfolds, and bowling pins are used to create a real-life battleship game where each team attempts to knock down the other team's pins.
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Equivalent Fractions
Young scholars complete a worksheet. In this fractions lesson, students review their knowledge of fractions, define equivalent fractions, see examples of equivalent fractions and practice making equivalent fractions.
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Copy Cat
Students follow the directions as the "cat" guides them in moving creatively. In this observing and listening activity, students move their bodies while staying in their own spaces. Students then are allowed to move out of their space...
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Native Cultures and Values
Students learn about Native American culture. In this history and diversity lesson, students use a website to create a timeline of significant events, contributions, growth and developments of Native American culture groups. Students...
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First Rhythmic Composition
Students apply fractions to counting rhythm in music. For this algebra lesson, students interrelate the concept of math into music as they fill out a chart identifying the names and symbols of music notes and their equivalent values in...
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Understanding and Stay Interested in Reading
Second graders make predictions about reading. In this remedial reading lesson, 2nd graders read a favorite author's story, and read about an animal or favorite hobby or how-to. Students discuss the various purposes for the different...
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Roman Portfolio
Student practice decoding skills and phonological awareness. For this vocabulary development lesson, student identifies new vocabulary through word association and flash cards. Student also reads How he Chick Tricked the Fox making...
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Warm-Up Exercise with Hula Hoop
To improve mobility, social skill development, and the concept of position, learners with physical disabilities work together to raise and lower a hula hoop over their heads. The activity is short and intended to be used as a warm-up.
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Computations and Subtraction
First graders solve addition and subtraction problems for the number of boys and girls in the school. In this computations and subtraction lesson, 1st graders review using addition and subtraction to solve problems.
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Plenty of Pythagoras
Using a twelve foot knotted rope, students form a 3-4-5 right triangle. Following a discussion of observations about the lengths of the sides of the triangle, students use grid paper, scissors and a centimeter ruler to draw and measure...
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Pedal Triangles
Students identify the properties and theorems of triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, students construct angle bisectors using a compass and straight edge. They identify triangular similarity and congruency.
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Knot a Challenge
Learners work together to learn cooperating skills and how to tie a knot. In this knot challenge, students work together to form a properly shaped knot.
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Grammar and Punctuation
Students review grammar and punctuation rules from previous lessons. As a class, they work together to correct sentences on an overhead transparency. If there is a discrepancy about what needs to be changed, they must discuss the issue...