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UDL Lesson Plan-Silent Motives This week we had to build a UDL lesson plan following the recommended design by CAST. Attached is my UDL to teach lesson 1 of Nonverbal Communication. The intention is that this lesson matches my eBook so that they can be used together in class. While this is only day one of a two day lesson, it meets the three forms of recognition networks. Though in this particlular part of the lesson the focus seems to be on recognition networks. I am especially happy to learn about the UDL lesson plan style because of its ability to reach various levels of learners. As Rose & Meyer assert in Teaching Every Student (2002), UDL can support every student through the use of diverse tools and media, and of course UDL flexibility built into materials to reach every group of learners.

 Rose, D. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Available online at the Center for Applied Special Technology Website. Chapter 6. Retrieved on 2/2/2011 from [|__http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/index/cfm/ideas/tes/index/cfm__] 

UDL eBook-Silent Motives I designed an eBook to help teach my unit on Nonverbal Communication. It seems that this unit is the hardest for my ELL and special needs students, but it is also the unit that gets the most interesting classroom discussion going. What I have done was created a book that can be utilized early in the lesson, but referenced back to as often as students need it. Silent Motives eBook