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Tiered Lesson and Assignments

Tiered Lesson and Assignments. Making Differentiation Fun and Meaningful. Kristen Thomas-Lorenzo. Why differentiate?. Reach all students Keep all students engaged Utilize teacher creativity New teacher evaluation (Standards II/III/IV). Essentials of Tiering.

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Tiered Lesson and Assignments

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  1. Tiered Lesson and Assignments • Making Differentiation Fun and Meaningful Kristen Thomas-Lorenzo

  2. Why differentiate? • Reach all students • Keep all students engaged • Utilize teacher creativity • New teacher evaluation (Standards II/III/IV)

  3. Essentials of Tiering • Does not mean more or less work • Time constraints, activity creativity, and teacher’s enthusiasm should be the same • Use flexible grouping so different types of students interact • Do not have to use tiered assignments with every lesson • You must KNOW your students

  4. Basics of Tiering (Readiness) • Tier 1: Still Climbing Learners • Tier 2: Almost There Learners • Tier 3: Over-the-Top Learners

  5. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Remember/Understand Increase complexity as the tiers become larger. discover locate observe Levels can be used across tiers. Remember to always challenge the students who need extension. listen match identify ask Apply/Analyze interview compare contrast categorize report list illustrate classify examine Evaluate/Create Judge select choosedecide justify debate verify argueprioritize determine createinvent compose predict plan constructformulate

  6. Products using Bloom’s

  7. Other ways to tier • Learning style • Interests • You can tier • Content (Different resources based on reading comprehension level) • Product (Use multiple intelligences) • Process (Scaffold to get same results)

  8. Example Complete conjugation chart. Go to http://www.conjuguemos.com to practice drills. Try to increase your score each time! Complete fill-in-the blank worksheet. Identify the subject and verb in each sentence. Go to http://www.toondoo.com to create a comic strip using the subject/verb/pic combination from your handout. Create a poster at http://www.glogster.com describing your typical day. Make sure to include illustrations! You must have at least 15 sentences on your poster (5 for morning activities; 5 for during school activities; and 5 for after-school activities).

  9. RED GROUP Recall the information learned today using a circle map. BLACK GROUP Recall the information learned today using a hotdog foldable. BLUE GROUP Recall the information learned today using 4 squares (KWL + Picture).

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