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DIRECT INSTRUCTION LESSON PLAN-Gabriela Ocegueda

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How many UCEDDs are there and where are they located?

There are 67 UCEDDs affiliated with a university, and there is at least one in every U.S. state and territory. While all UCEDDs have the same core functions, each UCEDD will have their own unique Center name.

What do UCEDD trainees do?

Emerging Leaders at UCEDDs are undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral students that support their Center's mission through research, service, and teaching in a variety of disciplines that may impact the lives of people with disabilities (e.g., special education, occupational therapy, political science, and many more). At a UCEDD, Emerging Leaders could also be a fellow, research assistant, self-advocate, or family member who is committed to enhancing the quality of life of people with disabilities by learning from and collaborating with other experts.

UCEDD trainees can also participate in a Diversity Fellowship. UCEDDs can apply for additional grant funding to support one-year diversity fellowships at their centers. Diversity Fellows complete research projects focused on creating a systems-level changes, such as:

·Improving the recruitment and employment of under-represented groups, including people with disabilities;

·Increasing the diversity of leadership, staff, and other programs across the DD network;

·Building cultural competence across the DD network; and

·Increasing the number of people from under-represented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds who would benefit from AIDD-supported programs.

Their work is found on the Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit. The Toolkit serves as a foundation for a national effort to enhance diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; cultivate partnerships; respond to increasingly diverse communities across the country; and develop strategies for continuing efforts to better serve diverse populations.

DD Act

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed an Act (Title 1, Part B of Public Law 88-164) into law, which established 19 university-based centers focused on intellectual disability research. Over time, changes and improvement led to the current Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act). The DD Act makes sure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate and have access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity and integration and inclusion in all parts of the community life. The DD Act authorizes the UCEDDs as part of the DD Network.

What is the DD Network?

The DD Network is made up of three partners: University Centers on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs), State Developmental Disabilities Councils (DD Councils), and State Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&As). Similar to the UCEDDs, DD Councils and P&As are located in every U.S. state and territory under their unique name. Each partner has a unique-although complementary-role. Generally, the DD network partners coordinate and collaborate as appropriate to the nature of the projects, initiatives, and activities they undertake to fulfill their unique mandates to collectively promote community integration.

Who funds the DD Network?

The DD Network is supported by Administration of Disabilities (AoD), which is under the Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. AoD includes the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) and the Independent Living Administration (ILA).

AIDD grants funding for the establishment of UCEDDs, DD Councils, and P&As in every U.S. state and territory. By administering these programs, AIDD shows its commitment to ensuring that people with disabilities have opportunities to make their own choices, contribute to their communities, and have the support they need to live independently and free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Through funding UCEDDs, AIDD helps connect the academic world and the diverse communities they serve.

How does AUCD support UCEDDs?

AUCD central office staff work directly with programs to make sure that knowledge and effective training strategies are being shared - so everyone can get better together. This support (sometimes called "technical assistance") comes in the form of leading topical work groups, planning collaborative in-person and virtual meetings, highlighting creative projects, promoting trainee leadership, managing and analyzing data, developing resources, and building/strengthening relationships with experts from outside the network that can help programs make a more significant impact. Learn more about the UCEDD's TA.

UCEDD

The network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) aims to positively affect the lives of all people with disabilities by building and strengthening systems that support full community participation. They work toward a vision of self-determination, independence, productivity, and community inclusion for people with disabilities throughout the lifespan.

UCEDD trainees come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and including individuals from many disciplines, including advocacy and family leadership. All current and recent former trainees are part of the AUCD Emerging Leaders Community.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Why, How, & Top Examples

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Writing Lesson Objectives for Classroom Teachers

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Lesson objectives are the key element in creating effective lesson plans. The reason for this is that without stated objectives, there is no measure of whether a particular lesson plan produces the desired learning results. Therefore, you need to spend time before creating a lesson plan by writing effective objectives.

Focus of Lesson Objectives

To be complete and effective, objectives must include two elements. They must:

1. Define what students will learn;

2. Give an indication of how the learning will be assessed.

Lesson objectives-there are often more than one-tell students what they will learn. However, the objective does not end there. If it did, a lesson objective would read like a table of contents. For an objective to be complete, it must give students some idea of how their learning is going to be measured. Unless your objectives are measurable, you won't be able to produce the evidence necessary to show that the objectives were met.

Anatomy of a Lesson Objective

Objectives should be written as a single sentence. Many teachers start their objectives with a standard beginning such as:

"Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to...."

Objectives must include an action verb that helps students understand what they are going to learn and how they will be assessed. In Bloom's Taxonomy, educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom looked at verbs and how they relate to learning, dividing them into six levels of thinking. These verbs-remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating-are an excellent starting point for writing effective objectives. A simple learning objective that meets the criteria listed above might read:

"Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius."

By stating this objective from the start, students will understand exactly what is expected of them. Despite everything else that might be taught in the lesson, students will be able to measure their own learning if they can successfully convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. In addition, the objective gives the instructor an indication of how to prove that learning has taken place. The teacher should create an assessment that has students perform temperature conversions. The results of this assessment show the teacher whether students have mastered the objective.

Pitfalls When Writing Objectives

The main problem that teachers encounter when writing objectives is in the choosing of the verbs that they use. Though Bloom's Taxonomy is a great place to find verbs for writing learning objectives, it can be tempting to use other verbs that are not part of the taxonomy such as "enjoy," "appreciate," or "grasp." These verbs do not lead to a measurable outcome. An example of an objective written using one of these words is:

"Upon completion of this lesson, students will grasp why tobacco was such an important crop to the settlers in Jamestown."

This objective does not work for a couple of reasons. The word "grasp" leaves a lot open to interpretation. There were a number of reasons why tobacco was important to the settlers at Jamestown. Which one should students grasp? What if historians disagree about the importance of tobacco? Obviously, because there is a lot of room for interpretation, students would not have a clear picture of what they are expected to learn by the end of the lesson.

Additionally, the method for measuring how students "understand" a concept needs to be clear. While you might have an essay or other form of assessment in mind, students need to be given insight into how their understanding will be measured. Instead, this objective would be much clearer if it was written as follows:

"Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to explain the impact that tobacco had on the settlers at Jamestown."

Upon reading this objective, students know that they will be "applying" what they have learned by explaining the impact that tobacco had on the colony. Writing objectives is a blueprint for success for both teachers and students. Create your objectives first, and many questions that need to be answered about your lesson will fall into place.

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As a student I think ixl is not very fun only because when you get a question wrong it sets you back more points than when you get one right. It's still a good learning app exept for when it makes me cry out of flustration because of how it's set up. Most teachers assign and encourage children to use this app because of the education that it offers. Yes it does offer good help and practice but is still quite annoying when I get one wrong and it sets me back even more points. I have heard from so many other kids that they dislike ixl because of the way it's set up. This can often effect how long your child spends on the app trying to get a perfect score. They can stay up hours just trying to get that score, and in my opinion I think that ixl needs to be changed in a way that children are not staying up so late trying to get a good score and instead only spending so much time on the app. If ixl could make it so that when you get a problem wrong it demotes you the same amount of points as it would when you get one right. I think this would help so many children and parents not stay up late and still be able to practice. I don't know if this function was on purpose and the ixl company had a reason for this, but almost every person I ask gives me an explanation on why they dislike ixl.
,sincerely an IXL user

confusing!

I'm a student in 3rd grade and my parent is encouraging me to use this app I think it is fine but it's confusing to navigate through the app. IXL doesn't give any instructions at all of how to use this app. My second complaint is that the "recommendations" part is weird! I did a course to see what level I'm at and it put me to 5th doing things I don't even understand and never learned in 3rd grade at all! Some of the past reviews say that it's a stressful app and one of them said there kids came home in tears because it put their level down low? I really don't think that's how a kid should feel after a math app. If you've had these experiences try "Zearn" or "Kumon" because in both of those apps it doesn't make you feel bad or mad or sad. If you've ever had a bad experience with this app try those apps they are better. I hope the owner reads this and tries to find a way to make a better experience in this app. I am not trying to spread hate into this app I'm just trying to make it better but so far none of the reviews have a developer response and I really hope someone reads this and does something about it. Please don't take this as a offense.

-just trying to make math
A better and funner thing.

Too hard on kids

I am a parent and a teacher. I really like the concept behind IXL and find the choices of skills very thorough. It is a great learning tool in many respects. My kids used to love it because they would get stars they could click on for prizes.
The problems come in when a child gets something wrong (or simply puts in a comma for a number like "1,000" when the app is designed to expect "1000"). IXL will mark them wrong and take them back at least 10-20%, after which they can only get back extremely slowly. My daughter has sat at the computer in tears and bawled about how "mean" it is.
Due to all the frustration, complaints, and tears from kids and parents, my children's school stopped offering IXL this year and switched the it subscription over to Prodigy. I actually switched my own kids over to Time4Learning to practice because it is much less harsh. It will tell them what they got wrong and explain the reason without expecting them to do a huge portion of the lesson all over again to regain their points.
I would encourage the people behind this app to seriously consider revamping how they tackle "wrong" answers and typos. I get that a kid can need a little more practice, but when it sets them back so terribly far, it takes all the joy of their successes away form them and leaves them devastated. Not good:(!

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With the advent of the common-core standards, our thinking about how to support second language learners has become super important. While opting for services like Translation Services London is an excellent way to get one's work translated, one also has to know more than one language fluently. Our current focus for supportive instruction may be on grammar and vocabulary or we may be modifying the texts English Language Learners (ELLs) work with during a lesson so they're at a more "appropriate level." Under the standards developed through the Common Core State Standards Initiative, however, instruction for ELLs will have to move beyond modifying lesson materials and teaching fundamental components of language. Educators now have to ensure that we are teaching ALL kids, no matter their language background or where they are academically, how to grapple with complex, grade level information and texts.

So how do we do this? Well, a piece of it is thinking more carefully about what supports or scaffolds we can add to our instruction.

Through my experience working as a classroom teacher in an urban school with a large number of second language learners, along with two years experience as our school's English Language Acquisition Teacher Leader, I have identified eight " scaffolding strategies " that I believe should always be considered when planning instruction for second language learners:
Click Here for the 8 Scaffolding Strategies Printable
When I set out to plan a lesson, I always consider how to use any or all of these eight scaffolding strategies to support comprehension and language development.

1. Visuals and Realia

Whenever I can I include realia, or real life, tangible objects in my lessons. I have found that realia is super supportive for vocabulary development and engagement. For example, I recently selected a text about coral reefs for a close read lesson. I wasn't sure students would know what "coral" was, so I brought in an actual piece of coral to pass around. If you don't have realia available for a lesson, use visuals or images! You can frequently find me on Google images, looking for that just right visual to support my lesson.

2. Modeling/Gestures

If you were to observe me teaching a lesson, you would likely see me making all kinds of funny looking gestures. Funny looking maybe, but supportive definitely! When all you do is talk/lecture to students who don't speak English as their first language, most of what you say will probably fly right over their head. Modeling and gestures help bring your words to life. Couple this with the use of supportive visuals and say hello to comprehension!

3. Connect to Background Knowledge

When planning for the "hook" or introduction in a lesson, I consider what background knowledge students might have that I can connect to. For example, I might show them a picture of something related to our lesson and ask them a question about it. Connecting previous knowledge/learning to new learning is always a great support for ELLs.

4. Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers may not be an appropriate scaffold for every lesson, but they are for many! You can create your own or use one of the many free ones to be found on the www. Graphic organizers can be used as a tool to help students organize their thinking when responding to a text. They key is not to make them too complicated or they may end up being exactly the opposite of a useful thinking support.

5. Sentence Structures/Starters

Sentence structures can be a great support for English Language Learners. I often use them during the close of a lesson in the debrief or share. You can also slightly differentiate graphic organizers or recording sheets you provide students by adding sentence structures.

6. Read Aloud

Reading a grade level, complex text aloud to students at the start of the lesson can serve three important purposes: support engagement, support fluency, and give ELLs some access to the text they'll be working with. When reading a text aloud to students, it's important that it is displayed in a way that all students can easily see it.

7. Intentional Small Group/Partner Work

To support students during independent work time, you can consider small group or partner work. I say "intentional" small group/partner work because it's important to consider how and why you're pairing certain students. Pairing two students just because one is a "high" reader and the other is a less sophisticated reader can quickly backfire if you haven't considered how their personalities/work styles might pair up. Additionally, if you have chosen to provide a small group of students with additional support, just be aware of how much support you're providing...hopefully not too much! We don't want to take away all the challenges that a text/lesson presents.

8. Use of First Language

If a student's first language is available to you, then by all means make use of it as a scaffold. I'm not implying that the whole lesson should be translated. However if you can translate important vocabulary words, make connections between concepts presented, or translate specific instructions then go for it!

As a final note, even if you do not work with ELLs, try to keep in mind that good instruction for second language learners is great instruction for all kids!

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8 Strategies for Scaffolding Instruction - Ms. Houser

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