Improving Student Achievement: Instructional Strategies

1
Welcome Back
Presenters Jennifer Nehl
2
DITodays StrategyTiered Lessons
3
Principles GuidingDifferentiated Instruction
4
Differentiate through a range of instructional
and management strategies
Anchor Activities Compacting Complex Instruction Graphic Organizers
Group Investigations Independent Study Jigsaw Learning contracts
Literature Circles Orbitals Taped Materials Varied Journal Prompts
Tiered Lessons Tiered Products Tiered centers Varied questions
Varied sup. materials Varied Texts Cooperative Work Groups Peer Teaching
5
Tiering A Lesson
What is the range of learning needs? What should students know, understand, be able to do? What is the starting point of the lesson? How will you hook the students?
What is the first version of the lesson? What is the second version? What is the third version?
6
Tiering A Lesson
7
Tiering A Lesson
Developing a Tiered Lesson Support differences in
readiness that allows students to work at their
level and expand learning without
frustration. Can tier activity, task, and/or
product   1. Select activity based on essential
learning's. 2. Think about students range of
ability.
8
Tiering A Lesson
Lets do one together!!
9
Tiering A Lesson
10
Tiering A Lesson
11
Tiering A Lesson
12
Tiering A LessonLets talk about

• Time
• Prepare
• Complete
• Student Achievement

13
Differentiating by Content
14
Ways to Differentiate Content

• Compacting Curriculum
• Learning Contracts
• Leveled Texts
• Tiered Lessons

15
Ways to Differentiate Product

• Choices based on readiness, interest, and
  learning style
• Clear expectations
• Timelines
• Contracts
• Product Guides

16
Tiered Lessons

• Support differences in readiness
• Allows students to work at their level and expand
  learning without frustration
• Still address teach standard/ benchmark
• Can tier activity, task, and/or product

17
Developing a Tiered Activity

• 1. Select activity based on essential learnings
• 2. Think about students
• Readiness (skills, reading, thinking,
  information)
• Interests
• Learning style
• Talents
• 3. Create activity that is
• Interesting
• Causes students to use key skills of unit
• 4. Chart complexity of activity

18
Developing a Tiered Activity

• 5. Develop activities to ensure challenge and
  success
• Materials (basic-advanced)
• Form of expression (familiar to unfamiliar)
• From personal experience to unfamiliar
• 6. Match task to student based on learning style
  and readiness