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This lesson would be taught to an elementary age ESE class with severe disabilities. The class has small numbers and is functioning at a very low level. This lesson would typically be taught one-to-one or small group and would be done by placing objects on the table and then counted by the student. Student data would be collected and recorded. To make this lesson more interesting it would be done on the computer using a SMART Board. A counting game like “The Number Train” [] would be played. A video of the students counting could also be done along with many other counting activities.
 * __Counting Lesson 1 - 10__**

**__Assessment__** A pre and posttest using a Nonlinear PowerPoint Quiz would be used to assess students. This quiz would be done on a SMART Board where the teacher would record student response. A data sheet would be used recording correct or incorrect response to each question along with the types and numbers of prompts required. This data would be used throughout the school year to track progress.

**__Standards__** **Florida Sunshine State Standards Access Points for ESE students** 1. MA.2.A.1.Su.a: Use one-to-one correspondence to count, compare, and order sets of objects to 5 or more. 2. MA.2.A.1.Su.b Represent quantities to 5 or more using sets of objects, number names, and numerals.

**__Objective__** Students will count objects 1 - 10 using the computer and SMART Board. **__Sample Lesson Plan__** **__Nonlinear PowerPoint Quiz__** __**Pretest and Posttest Results**__ The same Nonlinear PowerPoint Quiz was used for the pre and posttest. Data was written down for each student and then recorded into word and Excel. Three out of four students were tested for this lesson. The fourth student is currently being transitioned to a regular school and is out of the class during academic times.



This Excel file shows graphs comparing pre and posttest results for each student and class averages below.

__** Abstract **__

The growth from the pretest to the posttest was minimal in this lesson. This is not surprising given the students’ disabilities and with their slow rate of learning. This is not a new skill and has been taught over several years. I believe with a wider gap of time between the pretest and the posttest and more repetition with counting more growth would be seen. What is new in this lesson is the use of a nonlinear PowerPoint quiz. The quiz was presented to the students using a SMART Board. The students went up to the SMART Board and physically touched the correct answer. Their answers were then written down by a staff member along with the level of prompt. At first some settings on the PowerPoint quiz needed to be adjusted. The slides needed to be changed where they would advance with just one touch instead of a double tap. Also the slides needed to be adjusted by only activating the action buttons to advance a slide. This way the student could only touch the action buttons to either go back to the last question or go forward to the next question. After the quiz was adjusted it worked well.

There are many advantages with using a Nonlinear PowerPoint quiz when teaching counting. One is that the same test can be administered very easily over the course of the year. This way data could be collected in the same way with the same test eliminating variances in testing. I also saw an improvement in the level of interest in counting. They were very excited to go up and take the quiz where in the past it was very difficult to get them to count in a traditional manner. Another advantage is the time in using the PowerPoint quiz. It took less time for each student to go up and take the test versus pulling counters out and going through each number in a traditional way. The Nonlinear PowerPoint quiz was a good choice when assessing counting skills in this lesson.