Extended School Year -- ESY
Extended School Year programs are required by the Individuals with Disabilities Act for students who may regress or lose academic progress over extended vacations. Specialed@D106 provides you with lots of ideas and units to keep your students engaged.
ESY programs need not only support IEP goals, but also keep your students engaged.ESY programs built around favorite themes can engage students as they practice and build functional, language, math and pre-academic skills.More »
What is more exciting than a circus?Not only is it entertaining and exciting, it gives your students opportunities to listen to stories, complete crafts, practice sorting animals across different criteria and do some fun gross motor activities. And of course, lots of imagination!
This is a great way to begin a summer:who doesn't love camp and camping?Add in a reading tent, and it will truly be memorable to your students. Camp and camping may involve some time outside exploring nature, as well.
One of the needs of students with disabilities is exposure to a wide range of vocabulary.Summer activities, including camp and camping, are seldom part of the conversation during the regular school year, but are parts of typical siblings experiences and may, in fact, later be part of our students' experience.
Pirates are a popular topic, especially since the introduction of the Disney Channel's "Jake and the Neverland Pirates."I was taken to task last year by someone who believed that I was perpetrating some sort of horribly brutal cultural phenomenon, but the "lawlessness" of pirates strikes a chord with students because they may find their world so contained and restricted.Besides, how much more brutal were the press gangs that took unexpecting adolescents off the streets of Liverpool and Brighton and forced them into the Royal Navy?Piracy was one way for the disenfranchised to assume some power for themselves.But enough politics.Pirates are fun and talking pirate is even more fun! (Argh!!)
Many children's books feature talking farm animals.In part, it's due to the way in which our western culture is still interwoven with our agrarian past.How many generations are you away from the farm?(Two, for me. Both of my paternal grandparents grew up on homesteads in Montana.)
Ironically, few of our students have any experience of pigs, goats, cows or chickens. Combining them both (the rich variety of books featuring farm animals) and our students need to know more about our agrarian culture heritage, make this a great topic for an early childhood or extended school year program.
When the fourth of July approaches, what a great opportunity to include a little American history and a smidge of patriotism into your summer program. You probably want to go light on the history, but knowing a little about the founding fathers and the reasons for the fourth of July is a good start as your students will be expected to learn American History later.Plus a parade.How doesn't love a parade?
Once again, building vocabulary while tapping students natural interests is a strength of this unit.Students are fascinated with animals of all kinds, and this unit can be tied to introducing geography (where is Africa? Asia?) biology, zoology and environmental science.At the same time it can be used for counting (counters come as their favorite animals!) sorting, categorizing and other foundational cognitive skills.
1. What is ESY?
Extended School Year services are extended to students who are in danger of regressing, losing progress they have made during the school year.Usually teachers will take baseline data before the Christmas holidays and compare performance after the break.Students who show regression qualify for this programming.The teacher's goal in these situations is to continue to pursue the student's IEP goals.More »
2. Early Interventions Programming for ESY
ESY programs need not only support IEP goals, but also keep your students engaged.ESY programs built around favorite themes can engage students as they practice and build functional, language, math and pre-academic skills.More »
3. A Circus Unit for ESY
What is more exciting than a circus?Not only is it entertaining and exciting, it gives your students opportunities to listen to stories, complete crafts, practice sorting animals across different criteria and do some fun gross motor activities. And of course, lots of imagination!
This Unit Includes
- A model schedule.
- Recommended Story Books.
- Suggested songs.
- Activities.
- Art projects.
4. A Camp Unit for ESY
This is a great way to begin a summer:who doesn't love camp and camping?Add in a reading tent, and it will truly be memorable to your students. Camp and camping may involve some time outside exploring nature, as well.
One of the needs of students with disabilities is exposure to a wide range of vocabulary.Summer activities, including camp and camping, are seldom part of the conversation during the regular school year, but are parts of typical siblings experiences and may, in fact, later be part of our students' experience.
This Unit Includes
- A model schedule.
- Recommended Story Books
- Activities
- Art projects.
5. A Pirate Unit for ESY
Pirates are a popular topic, especially since the introduction of the Disney Channel's "Jake and the Neverland Pirates."I was taken to task last year by someone who believed that I was perpetrating some sort of horribly brutal cultural phenomenon, but the "lawlessness" of pirates strikes a chord with students because they may find their world so contained and restricted.Besides, how much more brutal were the press gangs that took unexpecting adolescents off the streets of Liverpool and Brighton and forced them into the Royal Navy?Piracy was one way for the disenfranchised to assume some power for themselves.But enough politics.Pirates are fun and talking pirate is even more fun! (Argh!!)
This Unit Includes
- A model schedule.
- Recommended Story Books
- Activities
- Art projects.
- And, of course, a pirate parade.
6. A Farm Unit for ESY
Many children's books feature talking farm animals.In part, it's due to the way in which our western culture is still interwoven with our agrarian past.How many generations are you away from the farm?(Two, for me. Both of my paternal grandparents grew up on homesteads in Montana.)
Ironically, few of our students have any experience of pigs, goats, cows or chickens. Combining them both (the rich variety of books featuring farm animals) and our students need to know more about our agrarian culture heritage, make this a great topic for an early childhood or extended school year program.
This Unit Includes
- A model schedule.
- Recommended story books
- Activities
- Skip Counting Dot to Dots
- Art projects.
7. A Fourth of July Unit
When the fourth of July approaches, what a great opportunity to include a little American history and a smidge of patriotism into your summer program. You probably want to go light on the history, but knowing a little about the founding fathers and the reasons for the fourth of July is a good start as your students will be expected to learn American History later.Plus a parade.How doesn't love a parade?
This Unit Includes
- A model schedule.
- Recommended Story Books.
- Suggested songs.
- Activities.
- Cutting puzzles
- Dot to Dots for skip counting.
- Art projects.
8. A Zoo Unit for ESY
Once again, building vocabulary while tapping students natural interests is a strength of this unit.Students are fascinated with animals of all kinds, and this unit can be tied to introducing geography (where is Africa? Asia?) biology, zoology and environmental science.At the same time it can be used for counting (counters come as their favorite animals!) sorting, categorizing and other foundational cognitive skills.
This Unit Includes:
- A model schedule.
- Recommended Story Books.
- Suggested songs.
- Activities.
- Cutting puzzles
- Dot to Dots for skip counting.
- Art projects.
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