Yet toTeach
Teaching to students with an IEP
Two examples of data driven teaching are a 4th grade lesson on angles and a Tier 3 support for an 8th grade student in American history. Both lessons were designed with pre & post assessments. The angles lesson was designed to teach a class of 20 students 3 of which had IEPs diagnosed with ED. The lesson started with a pre assessment the day before, then the lesson of drawing the cartoon notes and then the post assessment was given at the end of the class. These 3 students were included into the lesson, and were seated next to the teacher. The teacher assisted the students throughout the drawing lesson when the students were falling behind the class’ pace.
In the second example, a low incidence student struggling with history was placed into a tier three support. The student sat with the instructor and drew the history notes as cartoons (pictured below). The student was assessed and rose two letter grades through this three week process.
These notes are one student's example and were drawn by the student along with the teacher.
This is the assessment given by the teacher after the lesson.
This is a sample of one page of history notes. The teacher left areas of the drawing and speech balloons for the student to complete.
This is a sample of one page of history notes. The student collected the notes into a binder throughout the unit until assessment.
This is a sample of one page of history notes. The student bound the notes together after the assessment to create a booklet to take home.
This is a sample of one page of history notes. About 28 pages on typing paper were completed, averaging about three pages per day.