“Pizza” “Sunflowers” “Lions” “Dogs” “Frogs”

Class Assignment:

• Writing paragraphs using a main idea and supporting ideas

My Work:

• Choosing good details/supporting ideas
• Identifying main ideas and supporting ideas
• Reading sentences and filling in the blanks with words

Learning/Models:

• Writing a good main idea
• Developing three supporting ideas

Final Product/Benefits:

• Many examples of well-thought-out paragraphs

Supports for Motor Challenges:

• Highlighting main and supporting ideas with the same colors (pink marker/green crayon)
• Use a picture symbol instead of drawing and coloring
• Didn't complete the entire booklet

Supports to help bridge the leap from instruction to the first writing assignment:

• Develop a main idea.  Example:  Pizza is good to eat.
• Create a checklist with good and bad supporting ideas.
• I read and picked out the good supporting ideas.
• I could identify the main idea from this checklist.
• I could identify the supporting ideas from this checklist. 

Reflections:

• These accommodations really say "I'm able and will be able to catch up."
• If I had to draw, I'd likely stop from frustration and never learn the ideas.
• If I used the worksheet directions and circled the main idea and underlined the supporting ideas, I would be left with something messy and difficult to see.