March 16, 2014 Welcome to Strategies for Differentiating Instruction when Tutoring Presented by: Bev Strayer
Group Norms Please turn off cell phones or place them on vibrate. If you need to stand, please do. Be respectful when others are addressing the group. If you require a break, take one.
Icebreaker The Numbers Game
That’s Me!!! How many of you: are sleepy right now? are hungry? have tutored for more than a year? learn best by reading? prefer to take notes as you listen to a lecture?
like to read mysteries? read the newspaper from front to back? read only certain parts of the newspaper? exercise? like to garden? like to paint or draw in your free time? sing in the shower?
Learning Episodes: 80 Minutes Prime-time 1 Prime-time 2 Time (minutes) Down-time
Body Hooks 100 Billion Neurons (head) Two Hemispheres (shoulders) 3 pounds (heart) 5 Senses (stomach) 7 Chunks (thighs) 8 Intelligences (knees) 9 second attention span (feet) 7 Chunks (thighs) 8 Intelligences (knees) 9 second attention span (feet)
Example George Washington (head) British and Americans (eyes) Taxation without Representation (shoulders) Declaration of Independence (heart) Etc.
Visual Representation Bodily Kinesthetic Facilitates Writing Used to summarize
Let’s Try One!
Foldables
Poof Book Foldable used for review used to take notes
Games
Let’s Play: Strategy Number Battle
Songs and Memory Hooks Help learners retain information. Activate the brain.
Distance Song “ On Top of Old Smokey” When finding the distance, Between two points, Subtract both the x’s, And then both the y’s, Square both of these numbers, And find their sum, And then take the square root, And you will be done!
Cubing used to review content used to extend thinking
Cubing Fractions Each student at a table rolls two dice a designated number of times. The dice/cube tells students what to do with a fraction. Order/compare all the fractions from the smallest number to the largest. Add 2 rolled fractions together. Subtract 2 rolled fractions. Divide 2 rolled fractions. Multiply 2 rolled fractions. Model 2 rolled fractions using circles or bars of paper.
Money Talks Review Activity
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