Alternate Curriculum

Summary:

This page presents information about the type of student who may require an alternate curriculum and gives examples of this type of curriculum modification.

Students who require modifications in curriculum content are those that the IEP team determines to have a significant cognitive disability that prevents them from achieving the Sunshine State Standards, even with allowable accommodations. A student on alternate curriculum needs instruction in academics and vocational competencies, as well as domestic, community, living, and leisure activities. These students are working on the Access Points for the Sunshine State Standards

Examples of Access Points for the Sunshine State Standards curriculum modifications include:

Reading and Language Arts: Grade 8

Benchmark: LA.8.5.1.1–The student will use fluent and legible handwriting skills.

Independent Level: The student will use legible handwriting.

Supported Level: The student will write words and sentences with proper spacing and sequencing.

Participatory Level: The student will use pictures, symbols, or words to communicate meaning.

Mathematics: Grade Kindergarten

Benchmark: MA.K.A.1.2–Solve problems including those involving sets by counting, by using cardinal and ordinal numbers, by comparing, by ordering, and by creating sets up to 20.

Independent Level: MA.K.A.1.In.b Use one-to-one correspondence to count and compare sets of objects to 5.

Supported Level: MA.K.A.1.Su.b Use one-to-one correspondence to count sets of objects to 3.

Participatory Level: MA.K.A.1.Pa.c Solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more.

Science: Grades 9-12

Benchmark: SC.912.E.5.3–Describe and predict how the initial mass of a star determines its evolution.

Independent Level: SC.912.E.5.In.b Identify stars as giant masses of burning gases that are changing.

Supported Level: SC.912.E.5.Su.b Recognize that stars are made of burning gases.

Participatory Level: SC.912.E.5.Pa.b Recognize that stars are bright.

Resources:

Search the Sunshine State Standards database
This link goes to the official Florida Standards Web site, which includes the revised Sunshine State Standards and course descriptions. Sunshine State Standards for Reading and Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Health Education, Physical Education, and Social Studies are included, along with access points for Mathematics, Science, Health Education, Physical Education, and Social Studies. Other subject areas will be added as they are completed and approved by the State Board of Education. Click here for a link to the Reading and Language Arts Access Points.

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