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Please take a dot and place it on the coordinate plane on the wall
in the quadrant that fits your understanding.
DIFFERENTATION
Presentation by Sharolyn Chitwood
in practice
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How can we purposefully plan to create rigorous and relevant lessons that meet the needs of al l learners?
Please fold the “Differentiation
Ideas” paper in half (either way)
Name TentsPlease do the following with your name on
one side only (feel free to add drawings)
Your NameWhere you’re from What you teach
and how long
What you would do if you weren’t a teacher
What’s the most important thing you can do to support your students?
http://goo.gl/juCXpK
Do you have questions or comments? Use this link to post
them. The site below is going to be used as an interactive parking lot.
Name TentsThe inside of your name tent is a place for notes and strategies you can use in your classes.
We can’t continue to do everything the same way we have been.
We must differentiate our instruction.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
Instruction that "maximize[s] each student's growth by recognizing that students have different ways of learning, different interests, and different ways of responding to instruction.”
--Diane Ravitchhistorian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York
University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Differentiated Instruction
• How to Engage our Learners?
• Accommodations for General Ed. and
Special Ed.
• Components of the Learning Cycle
• Do’s and Don’tsWhy
Differentiation Instruction?
4 Elements
10 Tips for DifferentiationStrategies
1
Differentiated Instruction
“is NOT” “IS”• Individualized Instruction
– Different Reading Assignments
– Taught Skill Practice
• One-Size-Fits-All Instruction Does NOT Reach All Learners
• Student Centered– Multiple Intelligences– Learning Styles
• Blend of Whole-Class, Group and Individual Instruction
• Flexible and Responsive• PROACTIVE
Differentiated Instruction
• How to Engage Our Learners?
• Accommodations for General Ed. and
Special Ed.
• Components of the Learning Cycle
• Do’s and Don’tsWhy
Differentiation Instruction?
4 Elements
10 Tips for DifferentiationStrategies
2
Differentiated Instruction
Planning Ahead Makes THE Difference
Lesson planning is like…
Name TentsOn the other side of your name tent, please write in 2-3 sentences how
differentiated lesson planning can increase rigor in the classroom.
Differentiated lesson planning can increase rigor in the classroom by
Do YOU Wing It?teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk
(Or) Do YOUPlan it!
Purposeful Lesson Planning
Learning Objective
1. Determine the objective and build an essential question around it.2. Plan Guiding Questions3. Plan Activities/Choose Learning Experiences that will help students
answer the guiding questions/objective questions4. Formatively assess during the instruction to guide differentiation5. Plan for misconceptions and ways to address them
Mini-lesson
EFFECTIVELY PLANNING FOR DIFFERENTIATION
4 Ways to Differentiate
Content Process
Product Learning Environment
Content Differentiation Strategies
Independent Study
I-Search Reports
Centers/Stations
Open-ended activities
Orbital Studies
Slice of Life
Choice
Compacting
Enrichment
Reach all kids—reteach & enrich
Process Differentiation Strategies
Surveying Student Interest
Choice Boards
Interest Centers/Interest Groups
Independent Study
Tiered Assignments & Lessons
Questioning Strategies
Compacting
Anchor activities
Differentiating by process involves providing varied opportunities for students to process or make sense
of the content being taught.
Product Differentiation StrategiesTiered Assignments
Choice Boards
Centers/Stations
Independent Study
Alternative Assessments
Compacting
Enrichment Clusters
Graduated Rubrics
Small group instruction
Product differentiation involves allowing students to show, in varied ways, what they know, understand and are able to do. ONGOING ASSESSMENT IS CRUCIAL.
Environment Differentiation Strategies
Clear expectations and procedures
Classroom organizationindependent study centerscollaborative work areashow and when to get supplies
Students are taught to respect differences and different learning styles
Culturally diverse atmosphere/decorations
Student and teacher exemplars are displayed
Differentiation Strategiesin practice
On a tablet, laptop, or smart phone, go to
student.infuselearning.com
Differentiation Strategiesin practice
Draw something that represents your feelings on differentiation.
Click the buttonwhen finished.
Differentiated Instruction
• How to Engage Our Learners?
• Accommodations for General Ed. and
Special Ed.
• Components of the Learning Cycle
• Do’s and Don’ts
Why Differentiation Instruction?
4 Elements
10 Tips for DifferentiationStrategies
3
10 Tips for DifferentiationMeaningfulnessCurrencyPracticeReading LevelAuthenticityActive ParticipationExperiencesMotivationRealismChallenge
Eduscapes.com
Differentiated Instruction
• How to Engage our Learners?
• Accommodations for General Ed. and
Special Ed.
• Components of the Learning Cycle
• Do’s and Don’tsWhy
Differentiation Instruction?
4 Elements
10 Tips for Differentiation
Accommodations &
Modifications
4
Accommodations & Modifications
Contact Jerry Sorrell, Special Education Specialist for Learning Network 2
Contact [email protected]
http://sharolynchitwood.weebly.comTwitter: @allthatchitchat
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