ELL Students by Taminder B https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5 Made with panache en-us 2019-02-05 20:06:05 UTC 2019-02-05 21:15:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Ways that we can practice UDL and DI in the classroom taminder_bisla https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328020182
 
·       Design lessons based on student learning styles
·       Create a safe, non-threatening and supportive environment
·       Use assessment for learning to adjust lesson content to meet students’ needs
·       Use flexible groupings and group students by shared interest, shared first language or ability
·       Challenge learners within their zone of proximal development
·       Use existing knowledge including use of the first language to help students make meaning of new ideas and skills by connecting it to previous knowledge
·       Vary the form of tasks, instructional materials and assessment
·       Use different types of media
]]> 2019-02-05 20:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328020182 How Can we Support ELL Students with learning exceptionalities? taminder_bisla https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328020425

UDL -  UDL is based around the principal that what is necessary for some can be beneficial for all.  It is rooted in the work of architects that planned buildings with accessibility in mind for people with physical disabilities.  They realized that improvements for people in wheelchairs such as access ramps also benefitted people on bikes, people with children’s strollers, people using walkers and other people that might not be able to walk up stairs.  This was extended to education by educators that realized that teaching strategies, technologies and tools such as speech to text software and subtitles that responded to the special needs of a group of students could enhance the learning for all students in the classroom.

 

DI - Differentiated Instruction is understanding the individual student’s strengths and needs within the classroom. Every student learns differently and as a teacher it is important to understand their interests, strengths, needs and learning styles. Differentiated Instructions really gets at the heart of  knowing your students and allows for teaching the same material to all students using a variety of instructional strategies or presenting the lesson at various levels of difficulty based on each students readiness.

]]> 2019-02-05 20:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328020425 What is an Exceptionality? taminder_bisla https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328024963
The Education Act, s.1, defines an exceptional pupil as "a pupil whose behavioural, communicational, intellectual, physical or multiple exceptionalities are such that he or she is considered to need placement in a special education program". The term "exceptional" is only used to describe students who have been so designated through the Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) process. ]]> 2019-02-05 20:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328024963 Types of Exceptionalities taminder_bisla https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328025104

  • Behaviour
  • Communication (autism, deaf and hard of hearing, language impairment, speech impairment, learning disability) 
  • Intellectual (gifted, mild intellectual disability, developmental disability) 
  • Physical (physical disability, health, blind and low vision) 
  • Multiple (multiple exceptionalities
]]> 2019-02-05 20:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328025104 What class placements are available for students identified as exceptional taminder_bisla https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328025561
Regular Class with Indirect Support - student placed in regular classroom on a full time basis

Regular Class with Resource Assistance - exceptional student is placed in regular classroom on a full time basis with resource assistance provided by the Spec Ed personnel in the school.

Regular Class with Withdrawal Assistance - exceptional student placed in regular classroom and is withdrawn for special education support (outside the classroom)

Special Education placement (partially self-contained) - exceptional student is placed for more than half the day in a system designated class, student recieves intensive support for part of the day while still also being involved in a regular classroom

Special Class Placement (fully self contained) - exceptional student is placed for 100% of the day in a system designated class, not regular class time at all, class sizes are small and very structured with intensive support and instruction]]> 2019-02-05 20:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/taminder_bisla/wv90jp1rxaw5/wish/328025561