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Differentiation

Differentiation. Utilizing simple strategies in your classroom. What is differentiation? . A practical approach to instruction that means you consistently and proactively create different pathways to help all your students be successful in their learning.

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Differentiation

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  1. Differentiation Utilizing simple strategies in your classroom

  2. What is differentiation? • A practical approach to instruction that means you consistently and proactively create different pathways to help all your students be successful in their learning It’s all about choices, choices, choices!!!

  3. What is not differentiation? • It is not: • An IEP • Unstructured instructional time • Another word for tracking • Additional busy work for accelerated students • Watering down curriculum • A program, model, or a recipe

  4. Components of Differentiated Instruction PREPARATION ASSESSMENT Differentiating for Student Readiness Differentiation for Learning Profile Differentiatingfor Student Interest ASSESSMENT

  5. Student Differ in: • Readiness for content • What interests them • How they learn best

  6. Different types of Differentiated Instruction • On-going assessment (not testing) • Flexible grouping • Tiering • Anchor Activities • Problem based learning activities • Learning centers • Menu of activities

  7. Tiering • A differentiated instructional planning strategy that enables educators to teach one concept at multiple levels of complexity based on students’ levels of readiness • DOES NOT CHANGE OVERALL GOAL FOR LEARNING OBJECTIVE! • When should you tier? • What some students need additional modeling or direct instruction to understand the concept • When some students already have the concept and need a challenge

  8. What are concept cubes? • Instructional strategy that asks students to consider a concept from a variety of different perspectives • Six-sided figures that have a different activity on each side of the cube • Student roles the cube and does the activity that comes up

  9. Tiering using Concept Cubes All cubes regardless of tiers have same categories listed!!

  10. Simple Vocabulary Example using Cubes • Executive Branch • Electoral College • Secretary of State • Cabinet • Diplomat • ambassador

  11. Another example for vocabulary Electoral College

  12. Questions

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