Inclusive Big Ideas
Use these “Inclusive Big Ideas” to plan grade-level standards-based lessons for all students, including those with significant cognitive disabilities. Grab your colleague and start by finding the standard that you are teaching and then browse the resource to:
- Spark ideas for instructional strategies and activities
- Align lesson content and instruction while removing common barriers to student learning
- Identify essential content, concepts, and vocabulary related to standards
- Integrate cross-curricular connections and evidence-based practices that optimize engagement
Suggested Citation
- TIES Center. (2021). Inclusive Big Ideas. https://tiescenter.org/topics/inclusive-instruction/ibi
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Identify author’s purpose
Grade 2: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. RI.2.6
Compare points of view
Grade 4: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. RL.4.6
Determine point of view and its impact on a text; Compare primary and secondary sources
Grade 4: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. RI.4.6
Compare points of view
Grade 5: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. RL.5.6
Analyze point of view
Grade 6: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. RL.6.6
Determine point of view and its impact on a text
Grade 6: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. RI.6.6
Analyze point of view
Grade 7: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. RL.7.6
Determine point of view and its impact on a text; Compare differing points of view on the same topic
Grade 7: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others. RI.7.6
Analyze point of view
Grade 8: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. RL.8.6
Determine point of view and its impact on a text; Compare differing points of view on the same topic
Grade 8: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. RI.8.6
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 1: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Use illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. RI.1.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 1: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. RL.1.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 2: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. RI.2.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 2: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. RL.2.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 3: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). RI.3.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 3: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). RL.3.7
Explain how information from multiple representations of a topic contribute to understanding of the topic
Grade 4: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text. RL.4.7
Explain how information from multiple representations of a topic contributes to an understanding of the topic
Grade 4: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. RI.4.7
Explain how information from multiple representations of a topic contribute to understanding of the topic
Grade 5: English Language Arts - Reading Literature
Standard: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel; multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, or poem). RL.5.7
Comprehend information from multiple representations
Grade 6: English Language Arts - Reading Informational Text
Standard: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. RI.6.7
The Inclusive Big Ideas were adapted from resources created by the NCSC Project , a federal grant from the US Department of Education (PR/Award #: H373X100002), However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and no assumption of endorsement by the Federal government should be made.