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WHAT IS DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION???? Know your students. Know your curriculum. Know your options.

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Page 1: WHAT IS DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION???? Know your students. Know your curriculum. Know your options

WHAT IS DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION????

Know your students.Know your curriculum.

Know your options.

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From Dr. Haim Ginott“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the

decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether or not a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. I am part of a team of educators creating a safe, caring and positive learning environment for students and teaching them in a manner that ensures success because all students are capable of learning.”

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Differentiated Instruction is NOT a new concept! Good teachers have always

done it:• Teachers rephrase a question if someone didn’t

understand it the next time• Allowing for “re-dos” and “re-takes”• Extending deadlines when a project is not going

according to plan• Standing next to students who need to have their

attention focused• Regrouped the class according to interest or ability • Giving choices when assigning final projects

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DEFINITIONDifferentiated Instructions is:

• Doing what is fair for students• Collection of best strategies strategically

employed to maximize student learning• Giving students the tools to understand their own

learning style and to independently handle anything that is not differentiated

• Doing different things for different students some or a lot of the time when the general classroom approach is not meeting student needs.

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LEFT BRAIN vs RIGHT BRAINEDOrganized, rational, scientific, right-handed, language/number skills, precise

STRATEGIES:• Flash cards• Outlines• Memorization• Breaking big ideas into

“chunks”• Taking notes on facts• Having a friend quiz them• Choosing tasks with a “right”

answer

More disorganized, creative, “artsy”, left-handed, musical, like surprises, emotional

STRATEGIES:• Picturing information• Graphic organizers• Mnemonic songs or actions• Connecting ideas with

feelings or past experiences• Getting a sense of “big idea”• Think time

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DIFFERENT INTELLIGENCES

• LINGUISTIC• LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL• SPATIAL• BODILY-KINESTHETIC• MUSICAL• INTERPERSONAL• INTRAPERSONAL• NATURALIST

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BLOOM’S TAXONOMY OF SKILLS

• KNOWLEDGE: recall facts• COMPREHENSION: show understanding• APPLICATION: use what was learned• ANALYSIS: examine critically• EVALUATION: determine worth or value• SYNTHESIS: put together in a new way

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SIX WAYS TO TIER ACTIVITIES

• CHALLENGE• COMPLEXITY• RESOURCES• OUTCOME• PROCESS• STUDENT CHOICE

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CHALLENGE

EXAMPLE:Assigned: Project on AdvertisingApplication Level: Review the ads in a teen magazine

and make a collage/poster of the propaganda techniques you find

Analysis/Evaluation Level: Review ads in a teen magazine. Examine the characteristics of the “ideal” girl or guy. Create a collage/poster to share your conclusions about advertisers portrayal of ideal teens

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COMPLEXITYExample: Math Problem: Susie starts her evening with $22.18. She wants

to keep track of how much she spends. She and three friends go to the school dance. After the dance, they go out for pizza. Then, on the way

home, Susie buys a CD.

TEAM #1• 7% sales tax• Dance ticket $2.50• Pitcher of soda $2.99• Pizza $6.99• Split cost evenly and include

tax and 20% tip• CD $15.00 (1/3 off)

TEAM #2• 6.5% sales tax• Dance ticket $2.50• Pitcher of soda $2.99• Pizza $6.99• Split cost evenly and include tax

and 15% tip• CD $15.00 (25% off), include tax

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RESOURCES

• Allow for different materials with different levels of reading

• Mark specific web sites• Set up person to person interviews

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OUTCOMES

Example: After reading and discussing Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech:

• Basic: Think about Dr. King’s dream for social justice as presented in his speech. Create a visual representation of his ideas

• Advanced: Think about the US today. What other dreams of social justice do you believe have surfaced in response to new issues and concerns? Create a visual representation of your ideas.

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PROCESS

Question: How do consumers make wise decisions based on relevant criteria?

Basic: Choose a product such as an MP3 player and review consumer information about it in publications. Identify relevant criteria for deciding what you should look for when purchasing this product.

Advanced: Choose a product such as an MP3 player and interview at least 3 people who have bought it. Identify the criteria these people used in making their decision.

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PRODUCT

• Skit• Song• Poster• Bulletin Board• Essay• Video

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STUDENT CHOICESExamples:Question Options: Choose a country from a specific region in Africa. Choose

one activity for each of the following questions:1. Who are the people of your country and what are their beliefs:a. Explain what the people of your country look likeb. Explain what a typical family is like.c. Explain the kind of art the people produce.

2. How has the society changed over time?d. Identify people, symbols and events associated with the heritage of the

people.e. Discuss changes that have occurred in ways of living and judge the effects

of these changes on the lives on people.f. Explain how the people of your country transmit their values, beliefs and

customs.

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STUDENT CHOICES(continued)

CONTRACTS:Pick 6 of the following options for your poetry portfolio:• Create a rhyming wheel with spelling words• Write a poem that sounds like Shel Silverstein• Write an acrostic poem with alliteration• Write a cinquain• Use clip art to illustrate a simile or metaphor• Use a good descriptive poem that helps tell something important about

you• Interpret “How to Eat a Poem”• Research a famous person and write a clerihew• Find a poem that you like and illustrate it• Come up with a different idea and present it to the teacher.

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Differentiation of Instruction

Is a teacher’s response to learner’s needs

Guided by general principals of differentiation such as:

Respectful Flexible Ongoing tasks grouping assessment

Teachers can differentiate

Content Process ProductAccording to students’

Readiness Interests Learning Profile

Through a range of instructional strategies such as:

Multiple intelligences Tiered Lessons Anchor ActivitiesVaried Texts Group Arrangement ContractsIndependent Study Interest Centers Literature Circles