Disneyland Distance Learning Special Education Life Skills Math & Reading

Teach special education IEP goals while taking a virtual tour around Disneyland? Yes! I’ve created this 3 month unit to engage even the most reluctant learners! By focusing on teaching functional life skills with real life situations, the lessons in this unit can be generalized to daily life outside the park. This 98 page unit uses one problem per day to teach a different skill, including the main academic areas of reading, writing, and math. Every page includes real pictures from the park to grab the attention of your students, and engage students who might not otherwise participate.

The lessons are themed by day, such as: Money Monday, Time Tuesday, Writing Wednesday, Reading Thursday, Fun Friday (You get to buy more stuff and maintain a budget!). The lessons are left unlabeled, so that students who oppose a certain subject do not turn away when they see a work like “Reading”, but is done to help the teacher know what each day focuses on.

The unit works on the following IEP goals. Each goal is connected to the theme of that specific day of the week. Each day has one problem to complete, so depending on the level your students are at, this may be a warm-up, or last much longer. Please read all descriptions and download the preview prior to purchasing to see if this unit is appropriate for your students :)

•IEP Goal #1 (Monday): When given an opportunity to buy an item, STUDENT will increase their ability to predict the correct change from ___ percent correct to ___ percent correct improving their personal money management skills.

•IEP Goal #2 (Monday): When given the price of an item, STUDENT will determine the correct amount of sales tax improving from ___ attempts correct to ___ attempts correct.

•IEP Goal #3 (Tuesday): When given a schedule and specific times, student will correctly estimate time, duration, and elapsed time, improving from ___ times correct to ___ times correct, improving basic understanding of elapsed time.

•IEP Goal #4 (Wednesday): When given a subject to write about, STUDENT will increase usage of words to convey a message from ____ words used to ____ words used.

•IEP Goal #5 (Wednesday): When given a subject to write about, STUDENT will increase the correct usage of punctuation, spelling, and capitalization from ___ correct, to ____ correct.

•IEP Goal #6 (Thursday): When given a short informational text to read, STUDENT will express their understanding of the text by answering questions, improving their ability to understand informational text from ___ correct to ___ correct.

•IEP Goal#7 (Thursday): When given a passage to read, STUDENT will read increasing the number of words read correctly from ____ words per minute with ____ accuracy to ____ words per minute with ____ accuracy.

•IEP Goal #8 (Friday): When given a choice to purchase a variety of items, STUDENT will learn to accurately record the amount spent and maintain a running record of expenses, increasing their overall personal financial understanding from ____ percent correct to ____ percent correct.

Credits: All photographs are original photos taken by myself at the park. No images may be reproduced without my consent. Copyright 2020 Jessi Klancke. The name “Disney, Disneyland, Pixar” and any affiliated names referenced within this resource are trademarks of the Walt Disney Corporation. I do not own rights to any of the above stated Disney trademarks.

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