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This book's insightful guidance on what to differentiate, how to differentiate, and why lays the groundwork for bringing differentiated instruction into your own classroom or refining the work you already do to help each of your wonderfully unique learners move toward greater knowledge, more advanced skills, and expanded understanding.
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11/1/2017 0 Comments Why DI?You may be thinking, why should I differentiate instruction? Here are a few key ideas that will hopefully convince you that DI is best for ALL students:
-provides multiple entry points for all students -gradual release of responsibility leading to greater independence of the student -DI uses data to inform teaching -keeps students engaged and interested -more support for those who need it -varied content, product, process, and learning environment -provides equity for all students 11/1/2017 0 Comments How to DI?As we read about DI can happen in a variety of ways. One key element of DI is student readiness and the student learning profile. Keeping in mind students interests and readiness, each student can have a reading program tailored to his/her needs. It is important to have each student complete a learning profile at the beginning of the year with their likes/dislikes, interests/hobbies, how they view themselves as a reader, things that they are good at, or areas of improvement, From there, teachers can add to these profiles by consulting OSRs. Next, the teacher can make a class profile. Teachers can perform early reading assessments to confirm findings from OSR and student profile. After that, guided reading groups can be formed and the teacher can target some groups more than others and choose texts based on readiness and interests. This also ties in with the gradual release of responsibility, as students who require more reading instruction will get it and those that are reading at a higher level have less instruction with the teacher. Be sure to do ongoing assessments to ensure that the needs of the students are being met and to change up groupings based on new learning. Ideas for DI: -small groups to discuss assignment -allow students to work independently if they prefer -give students options and choice -student focused rather than teacher focused -flexible groupings -use of technology -different products that demonstrate the same knowledge -reading buddies -tiered lessons 11/1/2017 0 Comments DI - What is it?DI (Differentiated Instruction) is the way in which a teacher anticipates and responds to a variety of students' needs in the classroom. To meet students' needs, teachers differentiate by modifying the content (what is being taught), the process (how it is taught) and the product (how students demonstrate their learning).
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