Rethink’s Academic Library helps educators and paraprofessionals teach key Math and English Language Arts (ELA) skills.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guides educators in ensuring children with disabilities have access to a quality, meaningful education. Special Educators must ensure students receive instruction to meet the goals of their IEP. We must also provide all students access to the general education curriculum. To address the IDEA requirement for access to the general education curriculum, and to support educators in the classroom, Rethink is launching over 150 NEW Academic Lessons!
Currently, Rethink is launching Academic Lessons for grades K–3 in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, and will continue to add grade levels and subject areas. The Rethink Academic Lessons are easy-to-use general education lessons.
Each Rethink Academic Lesson provides teachers with an exemplary lesson plan focused on one key skill in either:
- math
- reading
- writing
Each skill is broken down into three measurable objectives.
The lesson is then organized into three parts: Instruction, Practice, and Assessment. But most importantly for the Special Education teacher, the lesson also includes an Accommodations/Modifications section that provides strategies for teaching students with disabilities.
The Accommodations/Modifications section is organized into three distinct levels:
- Modifications for learners who need the least amount of support.
- Accommodations for students who need more support.
- Strategies for teaching students who need the most support.
The Level 3 strategies are focused on teaching:
- component skills
- prerequisite skills
- alternate skills
Component skills may include drawing lines and circles for the skill of writing or counting objects for the skill of addition. Furthermore, many of the Level 3 strategies are linked to lessons in the Rethink Abilities Curriculum, which offers additional resources such as videos for the educator. This differentiated instruction ensures that all learners are participating in the general education curriculum while working towards their unique learning goals.
This differentiated instruction ensures that all learners are participating in the general education curriculum while working towards their unique learning goals.
The Academic Lessons are another quality resource that Rethink provides to help educators do what they do best – provide instruction and produce student outcomes.
Questions? Contact us or call 877.988.8871.
