Indicator

I.D.4

Supplemental and/or differentiated resources for learning are planned as needed.

Definition(s) and/or Explanation(s)

Resources for learning may be:

• Aids - the things planned for use by the teacher in methods and procedures to enhance learning.

and/or

• Materials - the things planned by the teacher for use by learners in learning tasks to enhance learning.

Resources for learning include human resources.

A standard aid or material is differentiated when individual learners have different learning expectations.

The PLAN should include supplemental and/or differentiated aids and materials for each planned lesson.

Classroom Examples

Elementary

1. In a second-grade class, the PLAN includes provisions to utilize peer tutoring.
   
2. In a first grade language arts unit, the PLAN provides for using the newspaper in pre-reading for readiness as follows:

• one group finds and circles the letter "B"
 
• another group of learners searches for words that contain the consonant blend "bl"
  
• a third group scans to find and underline basic sight words

Secondary

1. In a high school biology class, the PLAN includes inviting members of the medical community to meet on a monthly basis with learners to provide supplemental knowledge on biology and careers in medicine.
   
2. In a ceramics class pre-Columbian art unit, the PLAN includes the following objective: Learners will be able to create a ceramic vase. As a supplemental resource, the teacher plans to display various reproductions and posters of pre-Columbian artifacts to use as models.