Differentiated Instruction

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Differentiated Instruction

• Session 2 Communication and Management

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Some Big Ideas that Facilitate Differentiation

• Not everyone needs to do the same work at the
  same time
• Students will learn as much from each other as
  they will from the teacher
• Students must take responsibility for their own
  learning
• There are many paths to an answer
• Often there are many right answers
• Mistakes can be valuable learning experiences
• If its easy, youre probably not learning very
  much

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• Small-group sharing
• What are some ways we might be able to
  communicate to our students and their parents the
  need for differentiated instruction?

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Some Management Considerations

• Giving directions
• Getting students in and out of groups
• Getting the right materials to the right students
• Monitoring small group and independent work
• What are you doing to make differentiation work
  in your classroom?

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• Classroom management really exists to help
  students learn more quickly and effectively. It
  really shouldnt be about control.

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Some Ideas for Anchor Activities OR Things
To Do When Youve Finished Your Work

• Puzzles (jigsaw, logic, crossword)
• Games (computer, with othersUno, Set)
• Manipulatives (Tangrams, pattern locks, visual
  thinking activities)
• Independent reading, books on tape
• Learning contract work
• Center work
• Independent study work
• Word games
• Creative thinking activities

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Topics highlighted during this course

• Communicating about differentiation
• Managing a differentiated classroom
• Learning objectives and differentiation
• The role of assessment in a differentiated
  classroom
• Tiered assignments
• Multiple Intelligences
• Differentiating RAFT assignments and Complex
  Instruction tasks