UDL Strategies
Academic Language
Academic Language
Academic Language Toolkit Dozens of resources for supporting academic language development. Developed right down the road in Sweetwater. Many of these strategies are from Kate Kinsella.
Academic Language Toolkit Dozens of resources for supporting academic language development. Developed right down the road in Sweetwater. Many of these strategies are from Kate Kinsella.
Also from Kate Kinsella, key academic language terms.
Also from Kate Kinsella, key academic language terms.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Check out the pre-made vocabulary sets on Vocabulary.com
Check out the pre-made vocabulary sets on Vocabulary.com
Word Walls & other vocabulary strategies
Word Walls & other vocabulary strategies
Vocabulary Preset Activity (From Staci Ortiz-Davis at TPHS)
Vocabulary Preset Activity (From Staci Ortiz-Davis at TPHS)
Reading
Reading
Here’s a 2 minute video that explains the pre-reading strategy, Tea Party, and how to use it. You can even have students watch this video to learn about the Tea Party Protocol and have them do it in class.
Here’s a 2 minute video that explains the pre-reading strategy, Tea Party, and how to use it. You can even have students watch this video to learn about the Tea Party Protocol and have them do it in class.
Here’s a 5 minute video in which an ELA teacher uses a “silent tea party” to structure collaboration. She uses this activity to introduce a book, but it could easily work with non-fiction or primary source documents. The Teaching Channel, is a great resource for videos of quality instruction in action.
Here’s a 5 minute video in which an ELA teacher uses a “silent tea party” to structure collaboration. She uses this activity to introduce a book, but it could easily work with non-fiction or primary source documents. The Teaching Channel, is a great resource for videos of quality instruction in action.
Feedback
Feedback
Peer Feedback Checklist (From Brian Gillette at PTMS - Students have to get a peer to look over their work before they turn it in)
Peer Feedback Checklist (From Brian Gillette at PTMS - Students have to get a peer to look over their work before they turn it in)
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizer for reading (Brian Gillette and Gregg Hunt at PTMS )
Graphic Organizer for reading (Brian Gillette and Gregg Hunt at PTMS )
Graphic Organizer for writing Brian Gillette and Gregg Hunt at PTMS )
Graphic Organizer for writing Brian Gillette and Gregg Hunt at PTMS )
General Resources
General Resources
Accommodations for All learners - helps teachers how to eliminate barriers with practical options and choices that increase accessibility.
Accommodations for All learners - helps teachers how to eliminate barriers with practical options and choices that increase accessibility.
Hyperdocs can be a useful tool in your own teaching. Here’s a link to learn more about them.
Hyperdocs can be a useful tool in your own teaching. Here’s a link to learn more about them.
Talk Cards, an idea taken from Ambitious Science Teaching.
Talk Cards, an idea taken from Ambitious Science Teaching.
Use closed captions with videos.
Use closed captions with videos.
Student Project Menu - Thanks to TP History teacher Austin Wade.
Student Project Menu - Thanks to TP History teacher Austin Wade.
Think-Write-Pair-Share
Think-Write-Pair-Share