Cultivating a Differentiated Classroom

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• Instructional Structure
• Spin the Graph
• Select a graph card from the deck.
• Roll the die to identify the task.
• Read the task to your team.
• Answer the question and justify your solution..
• Ask team members to verify your solution.
• Pass the die to the next team member
• Go to Step 2.
• Note Each player is awarded 1 lifeline to ask a
  team member for assistance in beginning to solve
  the task.

Using the provided graph, predict how the graph
could be extended
Summarize the most important information
provided by the graph
Identify the type of graph. When is this type of
graph useful? Why?
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Describe a pattern illustrated in the graph.
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Think of a real world situation that could be
answered bt this graph.
Create a question that is answered by analyzing
the graph.
Dan Mulligan, flexiblecreativity.com
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• Instructional Structure
• Spin the ?
• Select a graph card from the deck.
• Roll the die to identify the task.
• Read the task to your team.
• Answer the question and justify your solution..
• Ask team members to verify your solution.
• Pass the die to the next team member
• Go to Step 2.
• Note Each player is awarded 1 lifeline to ask a
  team member for assistance in beginning to solve
  the task.

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Dan Mulligan, flexiblecreativity.com
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• Instructional Structure
• Spin the Word or Phrase
• Select a card from the deck.
• Roll the die to identify the task.
• Read the task to your team.
• Provide your team with clues to identify the word
  or phrase using the method from the spinner.
• Pass the die to the next team member.
• Go to Step 2.
• Note Each player is awarded 1 lifeline to ask a
  team member for assistance in beginning to solve
  the task.

Lights, Camera, Action! Act out a word or phrase
without speaking
Picture Perfect! Draw images to represent the
word or phrase
Hear ye! Hear ye! Provide verbal clues to explain
the word or phrase
Hear ye! Hear ye! Provide verbal clues to explain
the word or phrase .
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Lights, Camera, Action! Act out a word or phrase
without speaking
Picture Perfect! Draw images to represent the
word or phrase
Dan Mulligan, flexiblecreativity.com
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• Instructional Structure
• Spin the Story
• Select a card from the deck.
• Roll the die to identify the question.
• Read the question to your team.
• Provide your team with specific examples from the
  text to support your answer.
• Ask your team members to verify your answer.
• Pass the die to the next team member. Go to step
  2.
• Note Each player is awarded 1 lifeline to ask a
  team member for assistance in beginning to solve
  the task.

Did the passage leave any unanswered questions?
If so, what are they?
Tell 3 facts you learned from reading the
story.
WILD CARD! Create a question based on the passage
for your team. .
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Where could you find more information about this
topic?
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A title for a fiction book about this topic might
be Explain your thinking.
What is the passage mostly about?
Dan Mulligan, flexiblecreativity.com