Assignments+for+Class+Two+-+Sept+10


 * Assignments for Class Two - Sept 10 **

__**In Class Assignment: **__ 1. You and your partner will select a lesson to critically analyze to identify the UDL feature**s** which are designed to overcome potential barriers and help ensure student success. HINT: MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT ALL OF THE LINKS AND TOOLS USED IN YOUR LESSON! (I'll highlight for each one).

You may choose from the following lessons:

1. Language Arts: A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives from the Read, Write, Think website ( high school): [] .(Read, Write and Think tools at website)

2. Life Cycles of Plants (Grade 1)  []  (Text to Speech and Video clips of students working)

 3. Poetry and Art Anthology Project (Grade 6): Introduction []  (Thinking Reader at [|http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?sku=THITHI)]

 4. Data Analysis and Probability (Grade 6)[| http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_modellesson.cfm?tk_id=21&tkl_id=42]  (Spinner applet at Shodor website)

 5. Understanding Characterization (Grade 8) []  (Audio files and other documents to support learning)

Your tasks today are to:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. select your lesson plan and carefully and thoroughly read through the entire description of the class and the lesson plan. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. Check out ALL links and related documents. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. You will begin today to read the background information with your partner and you will complete the UDL Guildines Design Checklist to identify the UDL Features in your lesson plan <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4. You will have 30 minutes in class on Monday to finish this assignment. So before you leave today, develop an agreement about a work plan to ensure you have a rough draft of the UDL Guidlines Design Checklist on Monday to finalize and turn in.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Homework Assignment (due Wednesday, Sept 15): __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">You will be completing the IRIS Module //**What Do You See? Perceptions of Disability**//


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Go to [] __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click on **Disability** on the left hand side

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click on **Modules** in the center menu

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Then Click on //**What Do You See? Perceptions of Disability**//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">You will work your way through this module starting with the **Challenge**, then the **Thoughts**, read through all pages in the **Perspectives and Resour**ces and then answer the questions in **Assessment**


 * 1) Some of these children have disabilities. Do you think people's perceptions of others play a role in the success of children with disabilities? Why or why not?
 * 2) Based on your own perceptions, how would you feel about having these children in your classroom?
 * 3) If you were put in charge of a movie production about a person with blindness, what type of perceptions would you want to make sure are portrayed in your movie? What myths could you debunk? What stereotypes would you want to make sure to avoid?