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By Beth

You may want to have her do vocabulary notecards, but only give her selected words. For instance, I teach 8th grade & one inclusion student is only responsible for 3-5 voacab words, as opposed to the 20-25 the class is responsible
for. We pick words that are more concrete and important for daily life. Like in a unit on cells, we picked cell & nucleus.
That way, the student is doing the same activity, just modified to their level. She will have note cards like everyone else, but much, much less.
Also, you may want to think about what her goals are (check her IEP). If handwriting or letter formation

is a goal area for her, you might give her the same worksheet as the rest of the class, but give her two copies -a blank one for her to do and a one that has been filled out already. Her job would be to copy the information. It would be working on one of her goals (letter formation), exposing her to grade level curriculum, and make her look like everyone else. You might have to have a discussion with your class first about how this is not cheating bc everyone has to do different things to learn... etc. I know 2nd graders can be tattletails!

If you look at her objectives you may want to think about different ways to achieve them. I would consult with the special ed teacher. Collecting the worksheets or handing out supplies in an appropraite manner will meet that students educational goals more than learning the content.

To find websites or games, I would just google whatever topic I was on in science or social studies & search around to see if anything hits you. I know that for my one student who is learning to count money in math (in 8th grade) I found a ton of websites that would work for her by googling & checking them out myself.