SEN class lesson

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I need to teach a 25 min lesson with 9 SEN children and 2 TA's. Very different abilities- communication issues too. Number lesson. More able can count to 10 1:1 correspondence. Others they vary. Whole group then individual work. I'm still waiting to be given info on abilities but just wondering does anyone have any ideas of lessons?

Think of the activities a nursery/ reception teacher might provide. Lots of hands on and practical stuff, sensory if you can. Perhaps consider using a number song/ rhyme as part of the whole class teaching?

Gosh. Parent of an SEN child here. Are you a trainee teacher? Interviewing? Because no one can truly answer this question with the limited information provided.

You state number but what age range? I am assuming primary R/KS1?

You know it is highly likely to have to be practical. So what are your thoughts? (Rather than pinching ideas off the internet).

What's your objective within this number lesson? As PPs, your activities would probably best be practical and getting them to be interactive, but...what do you actually want them do/be able to do at the end of the lesson? I'd start there and then think of activities to facilitate that.

Thanks everyone. I'm interviewing. I've asked for some more info. - levels, physical ability, communication aids used etc but nothing back yet. It's all a bit vague... its reception/year1 level I think. Yes would have to be practical. Just feel a bit in the dark as not sure about each childs ability. 2 TA's plus me so I'll do 3 ability groups and hope the TA's will help me to split the groups. No access to the whiteboard etc and dont no if any are non verbal/ visually impaired etc .... at least 2 wheel chair users so not sure on how physically interactive they can be. Sensory sounds good.
I'll wait for a bit more info and start looking at a number objective and go from there.

Maybe some nice sensory bags to start the lesson, if the objective is counting to ten (and beyond for your higher ability) then you can have collections of ten in lots of different ways. Eg, 10 cotton wool balls, 10 beads to thread, 10 pennies to plink into a jar, 10 feathers, 10 pieces of shiny paper, well you get the idea?

Whole group activity would be something like ten green bottles with lots of participation, then with the small groups maybe build in other elements of the curriculum EG using language to describe the textures, developing fine motor skills.

Your HA could move on to simple addition, matching digits to a set or counting in the teens.
Your lowers could be practising their 1-1 correspondence by picking up and transferring the objects as they count or, if you have space, by being a bit more physical EG beanbags through a hoop, hats on heads, teddies in chairs, bricks on a tower.

The possibilities are endless really, check what equipment they'll have in class and what opportunity you'll have to prepare it before hand.

If you have little opportunity for using resources you can also count actions like claps, head pats, stamps.

@GlitteryGracie thank you so much- very helpful, I've been out if teaching a while and you're helping me to remember some previous lessons etc and also to keep it simple, fun and on task. Thank you.