The Science of Differentiation Cheryl Conley 2011 Florida Dept. of Education Teacher of the Year Teachers in differentiated classrooms are students of their students!

Why Differentiate?

Brain Compatibility

Brain Compatibility

Brain Compatibility

Brain Compatibility

How Do We Differentiate?

Differentiating Content Reading Partners / Reading Buddies Read/Summarize Read/Question/Answer Visual Organizer/Summarizer Parallel Reading with Teacher Prompt Choral Reading/Antiphonal Reading Flip Books Split Journals (Double Entry – Triple Entry) Books on Tape Highlights on Tape Digests/ “Cliff Notes” Note-taking Organizers Varied Texts Varied Supplementary Materials Highlighted Texts Think-Pair- Share/Preview-Midview- Postview Tomlinson -’00

Differentiating Product Choices based on readiness, interest, and learning profile Clear expectations Timelines Agreements Product Guides Rubrics Evaluation

ACTIVITY Dichotomous Key

THINK - TAC - TOE Draw and Label the planets in the solar system. List one fact about each planet. Illustrate and describe the two types of planets. Describe how the planets travel around the Sun. STUDENT CHOICE Describe the only planet that we have been able to travel to. Write a paragraph about dwarf planets. Draw a picture of what it might look like is we landed on a new planet. Write a rap about your favorite planet.

Cubing Offer a different task at varying degrees of difficulty on each side of the cube.

RAFT--ing R - role A - audience F - format T - topic Role Audience Ozone Layer Pollution Persuasive Letter Depletion of The Ozone Layer Barack Obama Martin Luther King Jr. Thank You note Black History Month Vegetables Pizza Song How we help the body Anne Frank Student Diary Entry World War II Dog Goldfish Poem What makes us different R - role A - audience F - format T - topic

Character Map Character Name____________ How the character looks ____________ How the character thinks or acts ____________ Most important thing to know about the character _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________

Character Map Character Name____________ What the character says or does ____________ What the character really MEANS to say or do ____________ What the character would mostly like us to know about him or her _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________

Character Map Character Name____________ Clues the author gives us about the character ____________ Why the author gives THESE clues ____________ The author’s bottom line about this character _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _________

My Appointment Clock bring to class each day. Round the Clock Learning Buddies My Appointment Clock Make an appointment with 12 different people – one for each hour on the clock. Be sure you both record the appointment on your clocks. Only make the appointment if there is an open slot at that hour on both of your clocks. Tape this paper inside a notebook, or to something that you will bring to class each day.

Other Ideas Bingo Cards Menus I Have --- Who Has --- Think Pair Share Using Technology

Allows for Differentiation Poster Yourself Allows for Differentiation Student by Student

Voki or Blabberize Museum Box

Create a Website, Blog or Song iTunes, Audacity, http://20dollarbeats

Venn Diagrams, Questions of the Day, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBn1EVzh6wk&feature=related http://wallwisher.com Venn Diagrams, Questions of the Day, Timelines, Organizing

Websites I love: http://delicious.com (to search technology in the classroom) http://thinkfinity.org (in the classroom, student interactives) http://prezi.com http://www.tagxedo.com/ http://animoto.com/education/ http://tarheelreader.org/ http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/ http://readwritethink.org http://wordle.com http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/earth_sun_moon/play.shtml http://www.mywebspiration.com/launch.php

ACTIVITY The Great Fossil Find

DUMP YOUR BRAIN Students participating in a "Dump your Brain" activity. Something you Learned Today Favorite new activity How could you see yourself using these ideas? How is the Spaghetti Tower Like Teaching?