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Elementary DQIE. November 5, 2008. About the teamwork… nothing is impossible…. WELCOME. Marion Miller Marie DeAngelis. Celebrations. Deep Run ES. TSES. JHES. WES. Outcomes. Experience a variety of ways to group. Utilize questioning strategies to differentiate instruction.
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Elementary DQIE November 5, 2008 About the teamwork… nothing is impossible…
WELCOME Marion Miller Marie DeAngelis
Outcomes • Experience a variety of ways to group. • Utilize questioning strategies to differentiate instruction. • Explore and plan ways that grouping strategies and questioning can be used to differentiate instruction for diverse learners.
What are you doing differently because you have two teachers in the classroom? Banner Question
Share at your table….your celebration!!! What are the two of you doing differently?
GETTING INTO GROUPS Procedures: • Use the card you were given to form a small group. • Create a balanced meal. Meat Vegetable Fruit • Dessert • Drink • Movement: • Form group within 45 seconds. • Move quietly. • Sit at the nearest table.
Let’s talk….. • When would you use random grouping for instruction? • What are other ways you get students into random groups? • How could we make this appear “random” while being “strategic”? Share Out
Let’s talk….. • When would you use random grouping for instruction? • What are other ways you get students into random groups? • How could we make this appear “random” while being “strategic”? Share Out
Strategy Organizer How could you use random grouping in your classroom?
What is FLEXIBLE GROUPING? ….grouping practices that enhance the opportunity to receive expanded, intensive, enriched and accelerated curricula at all instructional levels. ….creates temporary groups for an hour, a day, a week, or a month or so. It does not create permanent groups. Carol Ann Tomlinson
Think abouts: GROUPING • Group size • Frequency • Duration • Type of lesson structure
Grouping by Readiness • Review exit tickets. • Discuss possible ways to group these students. • Determine the groupings. • Be prepared to explain your groupings. Exit ticket
Grouping by Readiness • How did you group the students? • What would instruction look like the following class period? • What are other ways to group students by readiness?
Questioning Strategies for Differentiation Mathematics teachers----Susquehanna Language Arts teachers---Severn Break time: 10 minutes
Final Reflection What is the LINK between co-teaching and using flexible grouping to differentiate for my diverse learners?
Today’s Outcomes A review of what you did today
Next Steps… Next Professional Development- January 27, 2009 8:30-11:30 Homework: learn how to use flip camera! What you are doing differently with two teachers in the classroom? Continue with classroom visits with designated time to debrief Please complete feedback form