Description
Severe Weather Unit is a 3-week unit specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism in later elementary and middle school. It contains 175 pages of material. It examines what is severe weather, how do you know severe weather is coming, and how to stay safe if severe weather affects you. There are detailed lesson plans on severe weather to help you make these materials last 3 weeks (or longer).
NOTE: I totally redid this unit in January of 2021. The activities are new and more in line with what I currently created. It is organized in an easy to follow format with lots of extras to keep your students fully engaged in learning about severe weather for 3 weeks.
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Severe Weather Unit Includes:
- 15-day lesson plan
- 19-page book: What is severe weather?
- 17-page book: Knowing severe weather is coming
- 15-page book: Where severe weather occurs
- 3 recorded PowerPoint shows
- Vocabulary board
- Group vocabulary activities
- 2 Circle maps
- 2 Sorting activities
- 3 Hands-on activities
- Matching activity
- US map activity
- 3 writing prompts
- 3 quizzes
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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in 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.
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♥I am currently developing more units, and any feedback I get helps me make improvements in the future.
★★★This unit pairs great with my weather unit specifically on hurricanes.
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