Differentiated Instruction Strategies for Knowing Your Students

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Differentiated InstructionStrategies for
KnowingYour Students

• Webinar presented by
• Dr. Sonya Carr,
• Educational Consultant
• Based on the work
• of the LPPS Inclusion
• Strategy Team (2009-2011) October, 2011

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Pause and Reflect

• Why is it important
• to get to know your students?
• What steps have you taken
• to know your students?
• Differentiated instruction means teaching
  students according to their individual needs.

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Knowing Your Students

• Interests
• Conversation with student
• Sharing with class
• Interest inventory
• Sample items
• What do you like about school? Why?
• What is difficult for you at school? Why?
• How do you learn best?
• What is your favorite thing to do after school?

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Knowing Your Students

• Learning Profile
• Identify strengths and areas that need
  improvement
• Modality preferences (e.g., verbal, visual,
  tactile/kinesthetic, multisensory)
• Multiple Intelligences (e.g., linguistic, logical
  mathematical, spatial, etc.)
• Systematic student observations

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Modality Preferences

• Tactile/
• Kinesthetic
• Multisensory

• Auditory
• Visual

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Systematic Student Observation
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Knowing Your Students

• Readiness (for specific content) Determine
  what students already know before planning and
  delivering effective instruction.
• Pre-Test
• Test scores
• Informal assessment
• (e.g., checklists, rating scales, teachermade
  tests)
• Conversations with other teachers
• Student observations

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Create ProfilesStudent Profile Card

Gender Dot
Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic Modality
Analytical, Creative, Practical
Sternberg
Students Interests
Multiple Intelligence Preference_____
Gardner
Favorite Sport or Hobby ____________________
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One-Page Student Profile Summary

• Achievement Levels
• Formal
• Informal
• Other
• Interests , Hobbies, Motivators
• Behavioral issues/referrals
• Learner Characteristics
• Predominant learning style
• MI strengths
• Other Strengths
• Self-management Strategies
• Areas of Concern

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Class Profile
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Use Profiles to Create Groups

• Cluster learner needs to make instructional
  planning more efficient.

• Common Student Patterns
• Need for reading support
• Need for vocabulary building
• Difficulty attending in class
• Need to address strengths in an area of study
• Need for targeted instruction and practice
• Tomlinson McTighe (2006)

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Teacher Resources

• Get-acquainted Activities (visit websites for
  examples)
• http//www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id4
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• http//atozteacherstuff.com/Tips/Back-to-School/Ic
  ebreakers-Getting_Acquainted/index.shtml
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/back-to-school/ne
  w-teacher/48343.html
• http//www.middleschool.net/back-to-school-activit
  ies.htm
• http//www.buzzle.com/articles/icebreakers-for-hig
  h-school-students.html

• The following resources can be found in LPPS
  Moodle
• Student Profile template
• Surveys
• Multiple Intelligences Survey
• Modality Preferences Survey
• Learning Styles Survey
• Student Interest Survey

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For more information, visit LPPS Moodle or
contact

• Ms. Felicia Boyd, LPPS Special Education Teacher
  FELICIA.BOYD_at_lpsb.org
• Ms. Anita Clark, LPPS General Education Teacher
• ANITA.CLARK_at_lpsb.org
• Ms. Demarious Poole, Inclusion/Staff Development
  Coordinator, DEMARIOUS.POOLE_at_lpsb.org
• Dr. Sonya Carr, Educational Consultant
• SonyaC.Carr_at_gmail.com