Online Adapted Literature & Lessons

The Sherlock Center is committed to helping students with complex disabilities to participate in the general curriculum. As resources permit, the Sherlock Center creates adapted versions of popular literature for use by students, teachers and families. For questions, email Kristen Cyr.

These resources are searchable in the fields below. You can search by keyword or title in the “Search All Adapted Literature and Lessons” box or you can search by resource type, format, grade level and/or file type. Items are listed alphabetically. 

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Key

CVICortical Visual Impairment

These materials have a black background and are created for students with cortical visual impairments who need resources with minimal movement, reduced color complexity and images with minimal details.

VIVisual Impairment

These resources have a black background and are created for students with a visual impairment who need high-contrast, focused images that convey story concepts.

BKBook

These stories or lessons are presented as simply-stated text with picture symbols.

GDExtended Literacy Guide

These materials provide ideas for using book-specific objects to help with learning and engagement of complex learners.

INTInteractive

These materials present the book in simply-stated text with picture symbols in an interactive manner.

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Literature or Lesson
General Resources
CVI & VI Resources
  • Literature

    MacBeth

    by William Shakespeare

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Madeline

    by Ludwig Bemelmans

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    Madeline's Rescue

    by Ludwig Bemelmans

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Maggie the Moomaid

    by Rachel Terlop

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    Magnets

    by Sherlock Center

    All Grade Levels

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Maisy's Bedtime

    by Lucy Cousins

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    Make Way for Ducklings

    by Robert McCloskey

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    Martin Luther King's I Had a Dream Speech

    by Martin Luther King

    All Grade Levels

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Matilda

    by Roald Dahl

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Max's Dragon Shirt

    by Rosemary Wells

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    Me...Jane

    by Patrick McDonnell

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    Mealworm Lifecycle

    by Sherlock Center

    All Grade Levels

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    Memorial Day

    by Sherlock Center

    All Grade Levels

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue

    by Kate DiCamillo

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Mike and Tony: Best Friends

    by Harriet Ziefert

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Millions of Cats

    by Wanda Gag

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    Minerals

    by Sherlock Center

    All Grade Levels

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Miss Nelson is Missing

    by Harry Allard and James Marshall

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Missing Math: A Numbers Mystery

    by Loreen Leedy

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    Moby Dick

    by Herman Melville

    2-4 Grade Level

    General Resources