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Polar Bears for Special Education | Tundra Biome

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Total Pages 100 plus 16 google slides
Answer Key Included
Teaching Duration 1 Week

$7.00

This unit on Polar Bears contains 100 pages PLUS 16 google slides of material specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism.

 

This unit addresses the main characteristics of polar bears, how they have adapted and how they are threatened by climate change. All the information is presented in a simplified but rigorous way for students with diverse learning needs to make meaningful and authentic connections to the material.

 

There are many opportunities for students to engage in repeated information on what makes these animals able to survive in the harsh conditions of the tundra.

 

In addition, many of the activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

 

The digital activities were created using google slides and can be used with google classroom.

 

Each digital activity comes in 2 versions. The original plus one with color-coding to add more visual support for students who need more support. There is also a link to a movie version of both books included in the unit that students can watch online.

 

There are directions on how to access the digital activities and movie in a pdf included in this unit. There are also suggestions on the easiest way to assign the appropriate activities to each student.

 

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For more on Polar Bears and Biomes check out these units

⭐ Tundra Biome

⭐ Terrestrial Biomes Overview: Forests, Grasslands, Deserts, and Tundra

⭐ Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House #12) novel study

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Polar Bear Unit Includes:

 

⭐ This unit comes in 2 complete files. One is in color and one is in black and white.

 

In the zipped folder you will find:

  • 6 days of lesson plans
  • Polar bear activities in color
  • Polar bear activities in black and white
  • Voice-recorded PowerPoint show
  • Polar Bears book (PowerPoint) to use with activities
  • Links and directions to digital activities

Polar Bear Activities:

  • Vocabulary board
  • Circle map (plus digital version)
  • Word map: how polar bears have adapted (plus digital versions)
  • Map to color the polar bear habitat
  • Venn diagram: polar bears and brown bears (plus digital versions)
  • 2 Cut and paste close worksheets (plus digital versions)
  • Assessments (3 versions) (plus digital versions)

 

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated into these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to assimilate what is being taught fully. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.

$7.00

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