Meet the Teacher template<\/a> from the new Kami Library, but any graphic organizer from the Kami library will work. I simply modified it by adding text boxes so it\u2019s specific to my lesson. In this example, the students were reading about Helen Keller and were asked to describe her character traits and how she\u2019s changed. To make this accessible for all of your students, you can add audio comments to read, simplify, or explain directions as listed on many IEPs as a modification. You can explain the assignment by providing clues or quick questions that the students can answer to help them complete the task or even provide directions in another language if that\u2019s what some of the students need! Sometimes students may be embarrassed to raise their hands and ask a question, so the support is already there for them if they need it.<\/p>\nAdditionally, students can use the voice typing option in the text box. So if they\u2019re struggling with writing, this takes that hurdle out and the students can literally use their voice to communicate what they know. This way, writing doesn\u2019t interfere with the teacher’s ability to assess the students’ understanding of a historical or scientific concept. So all students are included and can participate in the lesson regardless of what struggles or obstacles they may have. You could modify this for any literary or historical figure, the steps of the scientific method, or to sequence events in history or from a story. <\/p>\n
Plot Line Organizer<\/strong><\/span> With this activity, I started with another one of Kami’s Meet the Teacher templates. Again, any graphic organizer from the Kami library will work. I simply added text boxes to modify it for my lesson. This time, however, I provided a different level of support to make this lesson accessible for the students. I used Kami\u2019s Add Media Tool and inserted a YouTube video explaining the different parts of a plot diagram. Now students had audio and visual support for what was expected in the different parts of the graphic organizer. I even added the start times for each section.<\/p>\nIn another example, I modified a Bubble Map to create the life cycle of a frog. A video was inserted in the middle and students can either insert images, text, audio, or video to explain the different steps in the life cycle of a frog. <\/p>\n
Hexagonal Thinking<\/strong><\/span> Instead of modifying a Kami template, I\u2019m going to show you how to modify a lesson to create different versions for your students to meet them at their learning level. First of all, what is Hexagonal Thinking?<\/p>\nHexagonal thinking is a strategy where students take a list of words, add them to hexagons, then connect them how they see fit and explain the relationship between the two words. Students then drag the arrows to choose which relationships they want to explain!<\/p>\n
I started by creating the hexagon map on Google Slides and the workspace for the students to explain the connections. Then I uploaded it to Kami. Once I was in Kami, I used the add media tool to add images of the arrows so that it\u2019s now an interactive drag-and-drop activity. I modified this to create four different versions to meet the varied levels of my students\u2026<\/p>\n
\nVersion 1<\/strong> This would be for your most independent students. They add their vocabulary words, add then drag-and-drop the arrows to and work pretty much independently.<\/li>\nVersion 2<\/strong> Before I pushed it out to my students through my LMS, I added all of the vocabulary terms in individual text boxes so the students could drag and drop the words into whichever hexagons they wanted, so it provided a little more support.<\/li>\nVersion 3<\/strong> I already filled in the hexagons with the words in Google Slides before opening it in Kami and adding the arrows. This simplified the lesson and it became less overwhelming. This also allowed the students to use the Dictionary and Read Aloud Tool to give them some additional information if they were struggling with the concept.<\/li>\nVersion 4<\/strong> I already placed the arrows on the previous version so this way I could select the relationships and vocabulary terms that I wanted the students to focus on. And again, the tools were available to provide additional support for the students. I even filled in the response page for them to help keep them organized and structured. Thanks to the Kami tools, it’s very quick to differentiate your lesson and scaffold it for the many different students sitting in your room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Assigning through your LMS<\/strong><\/span> You have different options when assigning these to your students through your LMS; my district uses Google Classroom. Firstly, I post as a Kami assignment, and then you really have a few different options.<\/p>\nYou can take Version 1 and assign it to the students who you feel are ready to work independently. Then take Version 2 and assign it to that group of students, and so on. Your other option is to assign all four versions to the whole class and then allow the students to choose the level they feel that they\u2019re at. If they\u2019re struggling, they could always choose to go to a different version. I like the idea of giving the students a voice and including them in the decision! Perhaps they\u2019re feeling up to the challenge. or maybe one student is just having a bad day and feels like they could use a little extra support. This way everyone\u2019s included in the decision-making and feels like they\u2019re a part of the class. This also allows them to reflect on their own learning and abilities.<\/p>\n
A third option for assigning through your LMS is to have students collaborating in groups or pairs by sharing a file. So even if you want the whole class working on Version 1, you could make different copies of the same assignment \u2013 then Copy 1 would go to students A, B, and C to collaborate. Copy 2 would go to students D, E, and F, and so on. Even though each student is collaborating on a shared document, using the Kami Collaborator Icons I mentioned earlier, you can still assess each student\u2019s work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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