This Point of View modified mini unit was designed for students who required additional visual support to grasp the literacy skill of identifying ‘who is telling the story and how do they know’ (RL.1.6). I have used this with all levels of elementary school students and has been very successful (works well with Tier 2, … Continue reading
These Text Feature Visuals were designed for my special education classroom students (and are now being used throughout my school in with Tier 2, Tier 3, and ELL/ESL students). This design structure helps students make visual connections with the RI 1.5 literacy skills through Picture Symbol Text Support. This visual structure has been very successful … Continue reading
This RL 1.5 – Identify a text as literature or informational and explain your thinking. This unit uses picture symbol text supports along with academic visuals to help students better understand and develop this specific literacy skill. Example of RL 1.5 Academic Vocabulary with visual supports and Question Stems: Closer look at the visuals for Literature and Informational … Continue reading
This Main Idea and Detail Unit (Informational Text) has been created for special education students who require more visual/concrete supports to learn the literacy skills of identifying the Main Idea and Detail. Example of the Graphic Organizer: Overview of the 6 Passages with comprehension questions: Each of the 6 passages includes 3 differentiated versions of … Continue reading
Two sets of short modified paired texts with picture symbol text support and quick comprehension quiz. Example of the “I Can Statement:” Example of the guided visual questions: Example of the paired passages: Example of the comprehension questions: Includes: *Picture symbol text support *One set of paired text is Informational *One set of paired text is … Continue reading
