Differentiated Instruction: Adapting the Process Facilitated By Sara Fridley & Kathleen West Region 3 Education Service Agency Workshop 2

Workshop Outcomes Increased understanding of how to differentiate the “process” Increased understanding of how to differentiate the “process” Establish a new personal professional library of resources on differentiation Establish a new personal professional library of resources on differentiation Begin creation of a differentiated lesson/unit to be used in your own classroom Begin creation of a differentiated lesson/unit to be used in your own classroom

Key #1 – Adapt Process Students use key skills Students use key skills –Bloom’s Taxonomy –Multiple Intelligence Theories Common focus Common focus –Vary student activities –Vary complexity Teacher uses a variety of methods Teacher uses a variety of methods

Using Reading Strategies in All Content Areas Vary strategies to aid a variety of learning styles/intelligences Vary strategies to aid a variety of learning styles/intelligences Good reading strategies work in any content area Good reading strategies work in any content area

High Quality Resources Marco Polo – curriculum resources Marco Polo – curriculum resources – – »ReadWriteThink »Illuminations »ArtsEdge »EconEdLink »National Geographic Expeditions »ScienceNetLinks »EdSitement

Time For Lunch Come back at 1:00

A Few Sample Lessons Math Activities Math Activities –Pi Day –Fractals Social Studies Social Studies –T-Shirts Through Time Science & Problem Solving Science & Problem Solving –Space Day –HS 2005 Project

The 4 Hats of a Teacher Diagnostician Diagnostician –Who am I teaching? Program Design Engineer Program Design Engineer –What are students expected to learn? Project Manager Project Manager –How are students demonstrating their knowledge? Assessor Assessor –Does the student product reflect/demonstrate understandings but also challenge them to stretch?

Adapting the Process: Pre-assessment in a Differentiated Classroom Provides a baseline of prior knowledge Helps set a high ceiling Capitalizes on interests, abilities, strengths, learning styles Handout: Pre-assessment ladder

Approaches to Pre-Assessment Formal Formal –Pre-tests/quizzes –Performance on prior end-of-unit assessments Informal Informal –Journal entries –Surveys –Webbing activities –Systematic Observation

Let’s Build a Lesson Standards based Standards based What pre-assessment could you use? What pre-assessment could you use? Understanding By Design Understanding By Design “Four Stages” of lesson design “Four Stages” of lesson design 1.Identify desired outcomes 2.Determine acceptable evidence 3.Plan learning experiences and instructional activities 4.Plan differentiation

Homework for March Bring your first lesson/unit in March Bring your first lesson/unit in March –Rough draft is OK –Present it to the group Read & Explore Read & Explore –The Brain Compatible Classroom »The Body, Movement, & the Brain »Time, Time, and More Time

The Body, Movement, and the Brain Essential Question – How can movement help the brain reach its potential? Essential Question – How can movement help the brain reach its potential? The Brain-Compatible Classroom The Brain-Compatible Classroom –Chapter 3 (pg 41) What can you take from this resource back to your own classroom? What can you take from this resource back to your own classroom?

Time, Time, and More Time Essential Question – What role does TIME play in the classroom? Essential Question – What role does TIME play in the classroom? The Brain-Compatible Classroom The Brain-Compatible Classroom –Chapter 5 (pg 75) What can you take from this resource back to your own classroom? What can you take from this resource back to your own classroom?

Brain Resources Brain Breaks Brain Breaks – – Grow a Brain (Susan Jones) Grow a Brain (Susan Jones) – – The Brain Connection The Brain Connection – –

Fun Math Resources Chaos in the Classroom Chaos in the Classroom – – Fractals Fractals – –

Pre-assessment Resources ssment/section1/sec1strat1preassess.htm ssment/section1/sec1strat1preassess.htm NRC/projects/ascd/ascd2002.ppt NRC/projects/ascd/ascd2002.ppt

Graphic Organizers earning/lr1grorg.htm earning/lr1grorg.htm