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Differentiated Menus and Your Classroom

Differentiated Menus and Your Classroom. 2012 Janessa Stancato Prince William Public Schools K-3 Gifted Resource teacher. What is differentiation. Differentiation is the practice of making lessons different to accommodate the different students in a single classroom.

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Differentiated Menus and Your Classroom

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  1. Differentiated Menus and Your Classroom 2012 Janessa Stancato Prince William Public Schools K-3 Gifted Resource teacher

  2. What is differentiation • Differentiation is the practice of making lessons different to accommodate the different students in a single classroom. • The adaptation of classroom learning to suit each student's individual needs, strengths, preferences, and pace by either splitting the class into small groups, giving individual learning activities, or otherwise modifying the material.

  3. Traditional and Differentiated Classroom Traditional Classroom • Student differences cause problems • Assessment is at the end • Growth is measured by the class • Single option activities Differentiated Classroom • Student differences are used in planning • Assessment is throughout a unit • Growth is measured from the student’s starting point

  4. What is differentiated in the classroom?

  5. What do I use to differentiate?

  6. What guides my planning?

  7. Ways to Use in the Classroom • Enrichment • Replace other activities • Mini-lessons

  8. Student Choice • Read “Chapter 1 Choice” Great for child because.. • Multiple Options • Various learning styles • Empowers the learner • Meaningful and relevant to the student

  9. What do menus accomplish? Menus “provide the teacher-as-curriculum-designer with a range of options within each of the components of the model. The menus encourage teachers to design in-depth curriculum units that bring together an understanding of the structure of a discipline, its content and methodologies, and the wide range of instructional techniques teachers use to create teaching and learning experiences.” Joseph S. Renzulli, 2000

  10. Types of Menus • Tic-Tac-Toe • Cube • Meal Menu • Shape Menu • Point Menu • List Menu

  11. Tic-Tac-Toe

  12. Cube

  13. Meal Menu

  14. Shape Menu

  15. Point Menu

  16. 2-3-5 Point Menu

  17. 2-5-8 Point Menu

  18. List Menu

  19. Resources Adams, Cheryll, and Rebecca Pierce. Differentiation That Really Works: Strategies from Real Teachers for Real Classrooms Grades 3-5. Waco, Tex: Prufrock, 2010. Print. "Definition of Differentiation for Gifted Children -- What Is Differentiation?" Gifted Children. Web. 20 June 2011. <http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/differentiation.htm>. "Differentiation | Definition." Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. Web. 20 June 2011. <http://www.education.com/definition/differentiation/>. "The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum." Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Web. 18 June 2011. <http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/mmm/mmmart01.html>. Tomlinson, Carol A. The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1999. Print. Westphal, Laurie E. Differentiating Instruction with Menus. Waco, TX: Prufrock, 2007. Print.

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