week 2a

Week 2 - Assignment

 

· Submitting an external tool

Designing Lesson Plans: Accommodations/Modifications for Bianca

This assignment assesses your ability to evaluate the effectiveness of contemporary practices for measuring and evaluating student progress. This assessment also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 1 and MASE Program Learning Outcomes 3 and 5.

As you have learned in the readings for this week, the Common Core is simply a framework of standards in which lessons and instruction are built. When working with students with mild to moderate disabilities, it may be appropriate to provide specific accommodations to “level the playing field” based on their specific needs and IEP.

Instructions: Using support from your assigned reading, the Instructor Guidance, and the discussions, submit the following for evaluation. Use the below guidelines for creating your written assignment. If you have questions about the assignment or the rubric, please contact your instructor using the “Ask Your Instructor” discussion before the due date.

· Lesson Plan (4 points): Revise the lesson plan you submitted for the Week One Assignment to include specific accommodations and/or modifications in accordance with Bianca’s IEP.

· Justification (4 points): Write one page of justification for your revisions explaining how the accommodations or modifications you developed are in accordance with the IEP. Format the document in APA with a separate title and references page.

Written Expectations:

· Syntax and Mechanics (1 point): Exhibit meticulous use of grammar, spelling, and organization throughout your submission.

· Organization (.5 points): Use the lesson plan template provided.

· Source Requirement (1 point): Reference at least three scholarly sources, which may include your course textbook, in order to provide credible evidence to support your ideas.

· The  Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources HYPERLINK "https://ashford.instructure.com/courses/75031/files/14042631/download?wrap=1" \o "Preview the document"  table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

· Additional Page Requirement (.5 points): Your submission must include a separate title and reference page.

· APA format (1 point): All in-text citations, page format and references must be written in APA 6th edition format.

Next Steps: Review and Submit the Assignment Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to ensure you have achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterion. Next, submit your document no later than Day 7. In addition to submitting your assignment to Waypoint this week, you will also submit your document to the Doc Sharing tool for use in Week 5 Discussion: Planning for All: Differentiating Instruction. To access the Doc Sharing tool, select "Modules" in your left navigation menu. In the "Tools" module, you will find the Doc Sharing page.

Recommendation: The MASE program provides the opportunity for you to create an online portfolio that can be used in your career development and professional practice. Throughout the program you will have various assessments that can be included in this e-portfolio and these will be finalized in the Capstone course of the MASE program ESE699. You may select this assignment and subsequent coursework to include as artifacts. Therefore, it is strongly encouraged you save your coursework on a flash-drive (e.g., a USB removable drive) or store in a cloud-based option such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or other similar applications.

Success Tip: Be mindful of the Week Six Final Assignment. The Week Six assignment involves creating a lesson plan portfolio and is a culminating assignment for this course. Preparation for this assignment must begin early to make certain you are planning ahead and saving your work. Review the full instructions for the Week Six assignment for specific information