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** Keep fonts and colors consistent

** Align pictures / text etc.

* Think about Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

** How can children who are blind, deaf or have difficulty with using a mouse meet your learning goals for this lesson?

** If this is not a reading lesson, how can a student who has significantly below grade level reading skills meet your goals for this lesson?

** Children with cognitive disabilities (mental retardation) require more practice, more time and fewer learning objectives to learn. What are the most important learning goals for this content? How can a student with serious learning disabilities still access the curriculum, that is learn the same topics as their age peers, around this area.

* Do not violate copyright. Use local resources / creative commons materials (e.g. wikipedia) wherever possible (Hint to find Wikipedia pictures you can google site:commons.wikipedia.org)

* Text should not be as an image file. Where this is the case in the book it must be typed (size matters)

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* Use rewards / positive feedback at regular intervals (Excellent ! Good Job ! Clapping, pat on the back, etc...) Can also show special pictures etc. after a quiz or game is complete.

* When the correct answer has been chosen where possible explain why it is correct

* Review and Assessment

** Finish your lesson by reminding the student how what was just learned fits into the context of prior knowledge and future lessons.

** Assessment: How can a teacher with a class of 50 students know who has achieved the lesson's goals and who has not yet learned the material? How will the student know for themselves?

* Review your lesson with your goals in mind. Did the student actually practice what you want them to be able to do? ~~How can a teacher with a class of 50 students know who has achieved~~ the lesson~~'s goals and who has not yet learned the material~~?

* Review your lesson with your goals in mind. Did the student actually practice what you want them to be able to do? If you did the activities in the lesson what would you know afterwards?

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 ** Keep fonts and colors consistent
 ** Align pictures / text etc.
+* Think about Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
+** How can children who are blind, deaf or have difficulty with using a mouse meet your learning goals for this lesson?
+** If this is not a reading lesson, how can a student who has significantly below grade level reading skills meet your goals for this lesson?
+** Children with cognitive disabilities (mental retardation) require more practice, more time and fewer learning objectives to learn.  What are the most important learning goals for this content? How can a student with serious learning disabilities still access the curriculum, that is learn the same topics as their age peers, around this area.
 * Do not violate copyright.  Use local resources / creative commons materials (e.g. wikipedia) wherever possible (Hint to find Wikipedia pictures you can google site:commons.wikipedia.org)
 * Text should not be as an image file.  Where this is the case in the book it must be typed (size matters)
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 * Use rewards / positive feedback at regular intervals (Excellent !  Good Job ! Clapping, pat on the back, etc...) Can also show special pictures etc. after a quiz or game is complete.
 * When the correct answer has been chosen where possible explain why it is correct
+* Review and Assessment
+** Finish your lesson by reminding the student how what was just learned fits into the context of prior knowledge and future lessons.
+** Assessment: How can a teacher with a class of 50 students know who has achieved the lesson's goals and who has not yet learned the material?  How will the student know for themselves?
-* Review your lesson with your goals in mind.  Did the student actually practice what you want them to be able to do? How can a teacher with a class of 50 students know who has achieved the lesson's goals and who has not yet learned the material?
+* Review your lesson with your goals in mind.  Did the student actually practice what you want them to be able to do? If you did the activities in the lesson what would you know afterwards?