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Differentiation:

Differentiation:. What it is and what it means. Enduring Understanding and Essential Questions. EU – Differentiation is a instructional approach which helps address the increasingly diverse classroom setting. EQ – How can differentiated instruction meet the needs of my students?.

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Differentiation:

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  1. Differentiation: What it is and what it means

  2. Enduring Understanding and Essential Questions EU – Differentiation is a instructional approach which helps address the increasingly diverse classroom setting. EQ – How can differentiated instruction meet the needs of my students?

  3. Opening Activity Construct a definition of Differentiationbased upon your prior knowledge and experience, also the understanding gained from the assigned reading. This definition may take the form of: 1) Textbook definition of the term 2) Practical application of what it looks like in the classroom. 3) An analogy or metaphor

  4. Opening Activity Construct a definition of Differentiationbased upon your prior knowledge and experience, also the understanding gained from the assigned reading. Share your response with someone who attempted a different mode of defining Differentiation. Create an alternate definition based on their response. Has your original understanding of Differentiation changed? Is it stronger? Why did you choose your original response?

  5. Differentiation Defined Differentiated instruction is an organized, yet flexible way to proactively adjusting teaching and learning to meet the students where they are and help them to achieve maximum growth as learners. The Differentiated Classroom p. 14. Differentiation enables students to express their understanding of essential content through a variety of methods. A differentiated classroom is a garden. Not all of the plants thrive on the same levels of water and sunlight.

  6. Why is it necessary? Every student is different and have different needs. The diversity of the classroom has changed over the last decade. Enables teachers to challenge advanced students, while strengthening all learners.

  7. Elements of Effective Differentiation • Respecting individuals • Owning student success • Building community • Providing high-quality curriculum • Assessing to inform instruction • Flexible classrooms • Varied avenues to learning • Sharing responsibility in the classroom

  8. How to . . . Teachers must assess their students needs: • Readiness • Interest • Learning Profile • Affect

  9. How to . . . Based on teacher’s assessment, classroom elements must be altered: • Content • Process • Product • Learning Environment

  10. Concerns/Comments/Questions

  11. Closing Activities: Complete the Comparing Classroom activity. Use this self-assessment to rate yourself today and where you would like to be by the end of the year. Investigate one of the strategies located on pg. 15 of Elements of Differentiation. Put this strategy into practice and share at the April 26th department meeting.

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