March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

Welcome to Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

when Tutoring

Presented by:Presented by:

Bev StrayerBev Strayer

Group Norms

• Please turn off cell phones or place them on vibrate.

• If you need to stand, please do.

• Be respectful when others are addressing the group.

• If you require a break, take one.

Icebreaker

• The Numbers Game

That’s Me!!!

How many of you:

• are sleepy right now?• are hungry?• have tutored for more than a year?• learn best by reading?• prefer to take notes as you listen to a

lecture?

• like to read mysteries?• read the newspaper from front to back?• read only certain parts of the newspaper?• exercise?• like to garden?• like to paint or draw in your free time?• sing in the shower?

Learning Episodes: 80 Minutes

Prime-time 1

Prime-time 2

Time (minutes)0 20 40 60 80

Down-time

Body Hooks

• 100 Billion Neurons (head)

• Two Hemispheres (shoulders)• 3 pounds (heart)• 5 Senses (stomach)

• 7 Chunks (thighs)• 8 Intelligences

(knees)

• 9 second attention span (feet)

Example

• George Washington (head)

• British and Americans (eyes)

• Taxation without Representation (shoulders)

• Declaration of Independence (heart)

• Etc.

Visual Representation

• Bodily Kinesthetic

• Facilitates Writing

• Used to summarize

Let’s Try One!

Foldables

Poof Book Foldable

• used for review

• used to take notes

Games

Let’s Play:

Strategy Number Battle

Songs and Memory Hooks

• Help learners retain information.

• Activate the brain.

Distance Song“On Top of Old Smokey”

 When finding the distance,

Between two points,

Subtract both the x’s,

And then both the y’s,

Square both of these numbers,

And find their sum,

And then take the square root,

And you will be done!

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Cubing

• used to review content

• used to extend thinking

Cubing Fractions

Each student at a table rolls two dice a designated number of times. The dice/cube tells students what to do with a fraction.

Order/compare all the fractions from the smallest number to the largest.

Add 2 rolled fractions together.

Subtract 2 rolled fractions.

Divide 2 rolled fractions.

Multiply 2 rolled fractions.

Model 2 rolled fractions using circles or bars of paper.

Money Talks

Review Activity

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Please contact me at:

strayerb@ytech.edu

Thank you!Have a Super Sunday!