Secondary UDL Lessons

EXAMPLES | See UDL in Action

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Watch: Teacher Perspective - Failure to Communicate: A 360° Experience about Learner Variability (11:29)
6th Grade Advisory Example Lesson: Click Here to Watch
Resource with Links: UDL Exemplar Lessons and Resources
Read: UDL and Differentiation and How They are Connected
Lesson Plan Examples: CAST UDL Exchange (need to login - its free)
UDL Lesson Plan Creator: PATINS Project (Promoting Achievement through Technology and Instruction for all Students)
- - Access the Lessons Plan Creator Here
  - Watch a Video About the Creator Here
Accessibility Ideas: Accommodations for All Learners is the mother of all websites for ideas about how to eliminate barriers with practical options and choices that increase accessibility. Remember, what is necessary for some is good for all.

ELA

Example Lesson: Middle School Example: ELA - Argumentative Writing
Read: UDL in the Language Arts Classroom for Adolescents
Instructional Unit: Middle School English and Language Arts UDL

MATH

Watch: Middle School Math - Math Teaching Models: Universal Design For Learning (5:01)
Instructional Units: Sample Lessons - Middle School Mathematics UDL
UDL Guidelines for Math: Here are two different ways that the guidelines have been adapted specifically for Math:
- - San Francisco Unified School District Math department came up with a UDL guidelines specifically for Math
  - Here is an adaptation of the UDL Guidelines with a specific math focus that math teachers can use to review their lessons.
Read: UDL resources for Middle and High School Math Teachers: Click Here

SCIENCE

Watch:

6th Grade Science - UDL Guidelines in Practice: Grade 6 Science
Middle School Science - Providing Choices and Modeling Metacognition (Listen to the teacher Explain her Thinking HERE)

FOR HIGH SCHOOL

ALL HIGH SCHOOL

Watch: Teacher Perspective - MS/HS -Failure to Communicate: A 360° Experience about Learner Variability (11:29)
Resource with Links: UDL Exemplar Lessons and Resources
Read: UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL) AND DIFFERENTIATION - Addresses the differences between UDL and differentiated instruction and how they can be used together in an inclusive classroom.
Lesson Plan Examples: CAST UDL Exchange (need to login - its fre
UDL Lesson Plan Creator: PATINS Project (Promoting Achievement through Technology and Instruction for all Students)
- - Access the Lessons Plan Creator Here
  - Watch a Video About the Creator Here
Accessibility Ideas: Accommodations for All Learners is the mother of all websites for ideas about how to eliminate barriers with practical options and choices that increase accessibility. Remember, what is necessary for some is good for all.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Read:

5 Ways CTE Incorporates Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
UDL in Voc Tech (Katie Novak)
Universal Design for Learning in Computing - Discusses how UDL is critical in computer science and provides examples of what each UDL guidelines looks like in the computer science class.

Watch:

UDL and the CTE Classroom - Webinar (50:45)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Career and Technical Education - From CAST (the founders of UDL) (1:02:20)

ELA

Instructional Units: Sample Lessons - High School English and Language Arts UDL
Read: UDL in the Language Arts Classroom for Adolescents

SCIENCE

Science Lesson Plans: The team at Novak Education gave some science lesson plans a UDL makeover. Check them out.
Listen, Watch, or Read: This 15-minute podcast features a teacher who used the UDL framework to redesign her honors biology assessment.
Read: Computer Science Article - Universal Design for Learning in Computing Discusses how UDL is critical in computer science and provides examples of what each UDL guideline looks like in the computer science class.

MATH

Watch: Middle School Math: Click HERE (5:01)
Instructional Units: Sample Lessons - High School Mathematics UDL
UDL Guidelines for Math: Here are two different ways the guidelines have been adapted specifically for Math
- - San Francisco Unified School District Math department came up with UDL guidelines specifically for Math
  - Here is an adaptation of the UDL Guidelines with a specific math focus that math teachers can use to review their lessons.
Read: UDL resources for Middle and High School Math Teachers - Developing a Global UDL Classroom

Strategies to Support Inclusion

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
Foundations of Inclusion with TIPS
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)

LEARNER VARIABILITY NAVIGATOR TOOL

WHAT IS IT FOR?

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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Learner Variability Tool

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Learners thrive when their experience is personal and meaningful. This free tool helps you find research-based strategies that support the whole learner so you can create better learning experiences today.

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