Counselora · Classroom lesson
Choosing support so everyone can take part
Grades 3–5 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Choose a change that makes a task easier to join.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What support would make this task usable?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A pretend team must read instructions and build a paper model. One student needs the print enlarged, another wants the instructions read aloud, and another works best after seeing the first fold. The goal is the same model.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Offer larger directions, a read-aloud, or a demonstration of the same paper task.
Practice · 10 minutes
What support would make this task usable?
1. A student can make a paper model but cannot read the tiny steps on the sheet.
2. A student hears the directions but needs to see the first fold.
Possible answers
1. Provide larger-print steps or read the same steps aloud.
2. Show the first fold. The goal stays the same even when the support differs.
Student page · 5 minutes
Use the ready-to-print student page at the end of this lesson. Students may write, draw, or give an answer aloud.
Exit question · 3 minutes
“Choose one of the stories. What could the student say or do first?”
Student page to print
Choosing support so everyone can take part
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
A pretend team must read instructions and build a paper model. One student needs the print enlarged, another wants the instructions read aloud, and another works best after seeing the first fold. The goal is the same model.
What support would make this task usable?
One possible response: Offer larger directions, a read-aloud, or a demonstration of the same paper task.
1. A student can make a paper model but cannot read the tiny steps on the sheet.
What support would make this task usable?
2. A student hears the directions but needs to see the first fold.
What support would make this task usable?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.