ach person will submit an individual lesson plan that clearly uses universal lesson design and differentiation for students with special needs in an inclusive 2nd grade classroom. You pick the elementary subject TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) and create the lesson. In your class of 21, you have: 1 student who is in a wheelchair (muscular dystrophy), 2 students who are on first grade first semester reading level, 1 student with a mild hearing impairment, and 3 students who are English language learners. The lesson plan format is attached in Course Materials that you need to use, as well as a link to find the TEKS. Also include any adjustments inside the classroom that you made to accommodate a child with special conditions. Hi, Cristina. I thought one of your most important points was that "leaders should know enough about state and national standards in academic courses and elective fields of study to help teachers identify the most important standards. In other words, leaders need to know that covering everything and learning nothing does not work". As Fenwick English puts it in his book Deciding what to teach and test, “it is clear that there is more to be taught than time is available" (2010, p. 6). It is imperative that teachers know where to focus, and it is best if they work together to make the decision so that teachers of the same grade level and content area can emphasize the same things, though “the four teachers do not have to be doing exactly the same thing at exactly the same time (p. 12). A principal who knows what he or she is doing in this area can guide the process. They can also act as a liaison with central office administrators, helping teachers understand what the district perceives as important and vice versa.
