PRESCHOOL
Watch: YouTube - Example of UDL in Early Childhood Education
Lesson Plan Example:
This Pre-K lesson about apples provides numerous options and choices to sample apples and create an opinion about their favorite using one or more of their senses.
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KINDERGARTEN
Watch: YouTube - UDL in 15 Minutes with Laura Taylor
Lesson Plan Examples:
What is weather? Kindergarten science lesson.
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FIRST GRADE
Watch: YouTube - UDL Guidelines in Practice: Grade 1 Mathematics
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This grade 1 science lesson helps all learners understand how animals adapt to their environments by camouflaging themselves.
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SECOND GRADE
Watch: Vimeo - UDL Math 2nd Grade Lesson - NY
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THIRD GRADE
Watch: YouTube - UDL Options for Reading in 3rd Grade Research Project
Lesson Plan Examples:
Here is a Eureka Math lesson for Grade 3 (Engage NY) which has been adapted to be universally designed.
This grade 3 science lesson looks at balanced and unbalanced forces.
Here is an elementary math lesson, designed by Laura Vittum, in Waltham MA, on multiplication with arrays.
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FOURTH GRADE
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YouTube - UDL in 15 Minutes with Jess Lombardi
YouTube - Flexible Learning Spaces and UDL
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3 Act Math, this is a great lesson for Grade 4 students, designed by Ann Zito, a math coach, that provides a 3 Act Math task supported by principles of UDL.
4th Grade Science Activity (Example UDL Lesson) - click here
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FIFTH GRADE
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YouTube - Seeing UDL in Action in the Classroom
YouTube - Flexible Learning Spaces and UDL
Lesson Plan Example: WGBH has designed numerous lessons for the NASA “Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms” initiative. Note how this lesson, for science in grades 3-5, on Daily and Seasonal Weather, provides an interactive with options to build comprehension using English or Spanish, audio support, visuals, and text.
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How ALL Teachers Can Support Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom - Tool to support planning
5-15-45 Tool - Tool to support collaboration b/w sped and gen ed teachers
Accommodations for All Learners: Website with ideas on practical options and choices that increase accessibility.
Comprehensive Inclusive Education: General Education and the Inclusive IEP
Myths and Facts About Inclusionary Practices in Washington State
Improving Instruction for Students with Disabilities and All Students at Tier I
UDL Strategies to Provide Specially Designed Instruction in the General Education Classroom helps to clarify the differences between a universal design that includes scaffolds and accommodations and specifically designed instruction and modifications for students with disabilities.
Specially Designed Instruction: Quality Practices for Inclusive Settings
Read: Accepting and Including Challenging Behaviors in General Education
Watch: Friendship Circle - 10 Examples Of Inclusion: For Those Who Need To See It To Believe It (10 different videos included in link)
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The Learner Variability Navigator from Digital Promise, developed with a grant by the Department of Education, allows you to search for teaching strategies based on different factors.
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