DIFFERENTIATING READING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION

Proactive intervention

Chapter 11

Ways to Differentiate Instruction

Differentiating the Content

Differentiating the Process

Differentiating the Product

Struggling Readers and Writers

Struggling Readers Daily Opportunities to Read

Struggling Writers Minilessons

Interactive Writing

Daily Opportunities to Write

Conferences

Working with Struggling Students

Differentiate Instruction

Use appropriate instructional materials

Expand teacher expertise

Collaborate with literacy coaches

OUR STUDENT

Eve

5 years old

Kindergarten

SKILLS TO WORK ON

Alphabet Knowledge

Activities Eve

FavorsLikes to write Uses pictures to tell a story

READING INTERVENTION

SmartBoard sorting game

Use a highlighter and find the capitals

Matching alphabet game

WRITING INTERVENTION

Trace letters with pen

Connect the dots

JAYN

Grade 3

Reading Issues

Fluency & Decoding

Writing IssuesPhonological awareness & spelling

READING INTERVENTION

Interactive sentence creation

Read along with song or movie

At home Closed captioning

WRITING INTERVENTION

Proofreading documents

Flash cards and DIY spelling tests

COLIN

Grade 5

10 years old

COLIN ISSUES

Reading Vocabulary Comprehension

Writing Phonological

awareness Spelling

COLIN INTERVENTION

Reading

Word wall

Build existing vocabulary

COLIN INTERVENTION

Spelling Proofreading

Practice Parent Lead

Spelling Tests Reading Aloud Flash cards

At home