This approach adapts Lesson 6 (raw → processed materials) for students who need additional support, aligned with ABLEWA Stages A–D.
Least dangerous assumption
Every student can learn that people change nature's materials into useful things. Make the change concrete with real before-and-after samples.
Multiple means of representation
- Show real pairs side by side: raw wool and a woolly sock; sand and a glass marble; a photo of a sheep and a jumper.
- Use two symbols only: raw material (a nature symbol) and processed material (a factory/hand symbol).
- Use the matching cards, reduced to 4 clear pairs.
Multiple means of engagement
- The matching/memory game is the main task — motivating and hands-on with a partner.
- First-then board; short turns; a visual timer.
Multiple means of action and expression
- Accept physically matching a raw card to its processed card (pointing, placing, eye-gaze, AAC).
- For the flowchart, provide 3 ready-made picture steps to put in order rather than drawing.
- Accept a yes/no: "Did people change this?" to sort raw vs processed.
Success looks like (adjusted)
- Stage A–B: explores the real samples; indicates a match when shown a pair.
- Stage C: matches 3–4 raw materials to their processed products with support.
- Stage D / towards Year 4: orders a simple 3-step flowchart and sorts items as raw or processed.