Differentiated Instruction The mission of the Wappingers Central School District is to empower all of our students with the competencies and confidence to challenge themselves, to pursue their passions, and to realize their potential while growing as

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Differentiated InstructionThe
mission of the Wappingers Central School District
is to empower all of our students with the
competencies and confidence to challenge
themselves, to pursue their passions, and to
realize their potential while growing as
responsible members of their community.
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Students respond best when instruction differs
based on learning style. Differentiated
Instruction

• shaking up what goes on in the classroom so
  that students have multiple options for taking in
  information, making sense of ideas, and
  expressing what they learn.
• Carol Ann Tomlinson

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Learning Styles

• Howard Gardners Multiple Intelligences
• Verbal/linguistic
• Logical mathematical
• Spatial
• Bodily Kinesthetic
• Musical
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Naturalist

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Learning Conditions

• Number of students in class
• Desk, comfy chair, or floor
• Time of day
• Temperature
• Light

• Noise
• Smells
• Visual stimuli
• Space

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Strategies for Differentiation

• Many ways to differentiate
• Menu of choices
• Strategy should match needs of students
• Strategy must be embraced by teacher

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Small Group Instruction

• Small group instruction more effective than whole
  group instruction
• Allows us to focus more attention on children
• See hear childrens responses
• Gauge their thinking processes
• Children are heard

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Learning Centers

• Multi-level activities related to unit of study
• Learning objectives
• Reinforcement/practice
• Application of skills
• Independent or cooperative learning

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Anchor Activities

• To provide meaningful tasks for students when
  they
• Complete an assignment
• First enter the classroom
• Become stumped
• During guided reading

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Multi-level Reading

• Maximize opportunities for on-level reading
• Same topic/theme
• Related topics
• Administrative task

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Alternative Homework

• Matches childs skill level
• Extension of differentiated class work
• Reinforce/practice skill
• Application
• Meaningful respectful

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Project/Activity Choices

• Choices empower students
• Provide limited choices
• Projects
• Presentations
• Performances

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Curriculum Compacting

• 3-step process
• Assess what a student knows what still needs to
  be mastered
• Plan for learning what is not known excuse
  student from what is known
• Plan for freed-up time to be spent in enriched or
  accelerated study
• Accelerates, Eliminates Replaces

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Personal Agendas Contracts

• Agendas
• Personalized list of tasks
• Specified time
• Independent collaborative work
• Contracts
• Independent work
• Empowers students/respects their interests

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Motivation

• Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
• Schools and programs that manage to tap into the
  intrinsic interests and desires of students tend
  to be successful with all kinds of students...
  (Noguera, 2003)