All students learn differently from one another. This lesson plan includes the outlined lesson for including detail within your writing. The lesson involves the students writing how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then someone will read their paper and make the sandwich based on the instructions. Some students may be able to complete the paragraph quickly and other students may need more time. So I have included an option for extra time and a visual work timer so students can stay focused. There is also a checklist for the day for the students who need help staying on task. There are also movement breaks throughout the lesson and if the students were to still be having trouble there focusing we could always add an extra break. There is also a lot of modeling in the lesson design so the students get to see me perform the task and then they have a reference while they are working and I would be there for extra guidance. Differentiating the lesson, adding in extra support, and having high expectations for all students will give them all a better chance to succeed.
Practicing creating a lesson plan with clear accommodations helps me visualize what it could be like daily in a classroom. There are so many different kinds of support that you can provide to all of the students. Timers, checklists, and movement breaks should be included in almost all lesson plans to keep students focused. This format and the knowledge of accommodations will be a format that I will most likely use in my everyday teaching career. Even in a shorter less detailed version I can still refer back to the accommodations and supports that all students may need. The more my pedagogical knowledge grows I think the more creative some of these supports will become, but this is a baseline for what all lessons should look like.
