All About Sharks for Shark Week for Special Education PRINT AND DIGITAL

All About Sharks unit contains over 80 pages and 16 google slides that were specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism.

This unit all about sharks is perfect for shark week and addresses the characteristics of sharks 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 all about sharks. This repetition encourages a true understanding of how sharks survive and what makes them unique.

Finally, many of the activities and assessments all about sharks include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

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♥♥♥This unit includes digital versions of the activities for this unit. There are 16 google slides and a movie version of the book.

See the preview for a detailed look at the contents.

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All About Sharks 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
• Shark activities in color
• Shark activities in black and white
• Voice-recorded PowerPoint show
• All About Sharks book (PowerPoint) to use with activities
• Links and directions to digital activities

Shark Activities:

• Vocabulary board
• Circle map (includes digital version)
• 2 levels of sorting activities (includes digital version)
• Labeling parts of a shark (includes digital version)
• Matching pictures of sharks (includes digital version)
• Completing food chains with sharks (includes digital version)
• Assessment on sharks (3 versions) (includes digital version)

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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 fully assimilate what is being taught. 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.