Inclusion in Action: Practical Strategies to Modify Your Curriculum
<DIV><P> How can K–12 educators break down the barriers to full inclusion and teach all learners effectively? Curriculum modifications are the key—and Nicole Eredics is the expert! </P><P>A seasoned educator and creator of popular blog The Inclusive Class, Eredics introduces you to the what and how of inclusion in this motivating, reader-friendly guidebook. You'll start with <B> a big-picture guide to creating an inclusive culture</B> in your classroom and school, with invaluable guidance on key topics like team collaboration, universal design for learning, co-teaching, social-emotional supports, and accommodations. Then you'll get<B> 40 specific, teacher-tested strategies to modify your curriculum </B>for students who work below grade level. Ready to use in your classroom right away, each strategy comes with student goals, simple step-by-step directions and implementation tips, suggested interventions and extensions, and samples of authentic student work that illustrate the strategy in action. </P><P> Equally useful as a beginner's guide to inclusion and a goldmine of practical ideas for experienced teachers, this must-have book will help make your curriculum “possible and achievable†for every learner, with and without disabilities. </P><P><B> PRACTICAL MATERIALS: </B>More than a dozen reproducible forms for use with specific modifications; lists of helpful inclusion-themed websites, blogs, books, and videos. </P><br><B> 40 modifications that help students: </B><ul><li> Learn new vocabulary words</li><li> Understand story structure</li><li> Sequence materials, concepts, and numbers</li><li> Develop recall ability</li><li> Demonstrate relationships among ideas</li><li> Organize information</li><li> Make a representation of a concept</li><li> Identify similarities and differences</li><li> Make decisions based on evidence</li><li> Learn to recognize and correct errors</li><li> and more! </li></ul><P><B>Watch a webinar to get an inside look?</B></P><br><br></DIV>