Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media content, which serve to enrich the curriculum, as well as exploit the changing methods by which English students read and consume literary and screen texts.

This popular book in its third edition shows inclusive and special educators in elementary and special education how to adapt curricula for students with diverse needs. The contents of this updated and expanded edition reflect the most current and practical adaptation issues necessary to successfully differentiate curriculum and instruction for students with learning and behavior problems including adapting curriculum for English language learners (ELLs) with special needs; response to instruction and adaptations; NCLB; standards-based education and IEP development and implementation; and collaboration to differentiate instruction in inclusive settings. This book provides a process and specific techniques for selecting and implementing curricular adaptations for students who need accommodations in their programs. It was written for inclusive and special educators who face the daily challenges of implementing curriculum for students who require adaptations to differentiated learning in content, strategies, or management techniques.

Award-winning educator Beverley Holden Johns offers a valuable collection of modifications and accommodations for students with special needs. Busy teachers can put these proven strategies to use immediately with minimal time and expense. The author shares her extensive experience in inclusive settings through concise "3 x 5 card" summaries and relevant examples, in concert with: - Hundreds of adaptations for lectures, worksheets, vocabulary instruction, student response, testing, and the classroom environment - Practical coverage of the legal basis for adaptations, including current updates - The role of adaptations in Individualized Education Programs This book is invaluable for teachers who are new to working with students with special needs. All teachers will gain fresh ideas and discover how applying adaptations can snowball into increased student engagement and optimized learning.

Early readers examine how plants differ because of the adaptations they make.

The role of adaptations in Individualized Education Programs.