Accommodations and Modifications
Accommodations
Accommodations are changes to assessments that allow ELs to "show what they know."
Examples of Accommodations include:
Giving students extra time to complete an assignment
Reading aloud directions, test items, or
Chunking assignments or directions
Allowing students to show understanding in an alternate way, such as drawing, pointing, or labeling
Providing a word bank or sentence stems
Simplifying the language of an assignment
Using native language support
Highlighting key words and phrases
Accommodations available on state tests include:
Read Aloud
Extended Time
Small Group
Word to Word Native Language Dictionaries, including printing the Bilingual Glossaries
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Modifications
Modifications are changes to instruction that allow ELs to access the content you teach. Assessments can also be modified to support a student's language progress if they are changed to assess something different than the original assessment
Examples of Modifications include:
Using a lower reading level
Providing remediation of previously taught skills
Using sentence frames or word banks
Including scaffolded opportunities to talk about content using academic language
Providing alternate assignments based on EL student progress in acquiring English
Using cognates
Using visuals
Modeling
Using hands-on learning or manipulatives
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