Back Pocket Prompt #5 · Accommodations

Every IEP accommodation on one page. No names. No binder flipping.

Map the accommodation types in your class onto one lesson so nothing gets missed mid-period.

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Slide 1 of 6. Photo background. Accommodations Every IEP accommodation on one page. No names. No binder flipping. This week's lesson, mapped before Monday.

Slide 2 of 6. The problem Mid-lesson, you're flipping the binder again. Extended time, chunked directions, read-aloud, preferential seating. You know them all, just not all at once mid-lesson. List the accommodation types once and map them onto the lesson.

Slide 3 of 6. List accommodation types only. No names, no diagnoses. Then type: “Here is my lesson: [activities, in order]. My class needs these accommodations: [types, e.g. extended time, chunked directions, read-aloud]. Make a one-page grid: each activity, which accommodations apply, and exactly what I do or prepare.” Use your school-approved AI tool. Students stay off the page.

Slide 4 of 6. The human check Before you print it: Check each line against the actual plan wording.; Did it water down the task? Access, not less rigor.; Cut anything it invented that isn't in a plan.; Add who-needs-what yourself, on paper, offline. The IEP is the legal document. The grid is your cheat sheet, never a replacement.

Slide 5 of 6. The payoff Where your minutes go Spend the time you save on a quiet two-minute check-in with a student whose plan says “check for understanding.” From the binder: ~30 min, Flipping plans each week With AI + check: ~12 min, Check included

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The problem: Mid-lesson, you're flipping the binder again.

Extended time, chunked directions, read-aloud, preferential seating. You know them all, just not all at once mid-lesson. List the accommodation types once and map them onto the lesson.

1. List accommodation types only. No names, no diagnoses. Then type:

Your back-pocket prompt

Here is my lesson: [activities, in order]. My class needs these accommodations: [types, e.g. extended time, chunked directions, read-aloud]. Make a one-page grid: each activity, which accommodations apply, and exactly what I do or prepare.

Use your school-approved AI tool. Students stay off the page.

2. The human check: Before you print it:

Check each line against the actual plan wording.
Did it water down the task? Access, not less rigor.
Cut anything it invented that isn't in a plan.
Add who-needs-what yourself, on paper, offline.

The IEP is the legal document. The grid is your cheat sheet, never a replacement.

Where your minutes go

From the binder~30 minFlipping plans each week

With AI + check~12 minCheck included

Spend the time you save on a quiet two-minute check-in with a student whose plan says “check for understanding.”

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