INTASC Standard 3: Diverse Learners

Standard 3-- Diverse Learners: The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to learners from diverse cultural backgrounds and with exceptionalities.
C1. Different learning approaches
C2. Areas of exceptionalities
C5. Learn by experience
C12. Teaching styles to learner


Special Education: Learning Disabilites--Adjectives and Adverbs

Objective:
- The student will be able to define what an adverb is and give at least 4 examples.

Materials:
- Marshmallows
- Pencils
- Paper
- Other types of candy
- Paper bags
- Action Photos
- Adverb Worksheets

Procedure:

Introduce adjectives and adverbs.
Ask the students if they know what an adjective is?
Adjective: describes the noun (person, place, or thing)
Write ‘descriptive’ on the board.
Tell the students we will be doing an activity to make adjectives seem simple.
Start handing out marshmallows. Explain to the students not to eat the mallows yet.
Tell the students that we are going to write down words that describe how the marshmallow feels, looks, and smells.
Soft, white, squishy, smooth
Tell the students to now eat the marshmallow.
Ask them to tell you words that describe the way it tastes or feels in your mouth.
Sugary, pleasant, delicate, crunching
Tell the students the list of words we created is all different adjectives describing a marshmallow.
Tell the students that each one of them is now going to get another piece of food, but not to eat it.
Explain to the students that each one of them has a different item. They will need to look at and eat their object. Then they will need to write 7-10 different words describing what the item looked like and how it tasted.
Explain to the students to not share with the other students what their item is. When everyone is finished each person will share their words them came up with. Then the rest of the students can guess what the food was. If they get it right, everyone gets that item.
Tell the students they may now look at and eat their item. Remind them to stay focused on theirs and not look around.
Explain to the students they can take a bite and then write and so on.
When the students are done, have each student tell what their words are.
Write them on the board or overhead, so they are visible.
Ask the students what they think the item is. If they get it right, pass out the items.
Hand-out worksheets. Explain the worksheet to the students. Do the first couple together.
Tell the students the due date.
Explain to the students we just talked about adjectives, which are words that describe nouns. Ask them what they might think adverbs are.
Adverb: a word that describes the verb
Explain to the students the common characteristics of adverbs
When, where, and how of the verbs
“I went to school today.” –verb: went when did you go?... today
–ly words, usually tell how often
Found right next to the verb
Hold up an action photo. Ask the students what is taking place in the picture.
Write down their answers.
Riding horses, playing polo
Explain to the students that we don’t really know how these actions are happening, but we can assume what we want.
Ask if they think the people are riding fast or slow?
If?
If?
Write a sentence as a class. The horses are running quickly. Explain the different parts of the words.
Explain to the students that they will be now doing this on their own. Show the students the other pictures.
Tell the students that they need to come up with a list of 7 adverbs. Then they will need to pick 5 of those and write sentences. Tell the students that they sentences do not have to have the same story to them.
If you are saying that one thing is going fast, you could also say it is going slowly.
Give the students time to work on the assignment.
Handout worksheet.
Explain it to the students.
Tell them it will give them more practice with adverbs.
Tell the students the due date.

Assessment:
- The student will complete a worksheet about adjectives.


**This lesson was developed based on the RIT scores of the students in the classroom.**