DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Students have different learning styles Students have different interests Students have different abilities

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES LinguisticBodily kinesthetic Logical/mathematical5X+2Y=45 Naturalist SpatialInterpersonal Musical Intrapersonal

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BONUS SKILLS FOR TEACHERS: ORGANIZING AND FOCUSSING CURRICULUM ON ESSENTIAL INFORMATION, UNDERSTANDINGS AND SKILLS GIVING STUDENTS A VOICE DEVELOP CREATIVE CURRICULUM SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES WITH STUDENTS KEEPING TRACK OF EACH STUDENT’S GROWTH DIAGNOSING EACH STUDENT’S NEEDS AND STRENGTHS TEACHING BECOMES FUN BUILDING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN CLASSROOM KEEP IMPROVING YOURSELF Click on black box >>

HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION 123123 DIFFERENTIATE BY LEARNING STYLE DIFFERENTIATE BY INTEREST DIFFERENTIATE BY READINESS

FOCUS ON LEARNING PROFILE/STYLE DIAGOSE LEARNING PROFILE BY QUESTIONNAIRES (PRE-ASSESSMENT) GUIDELINES FOR LEARNING PROFILE DIFFERENTIATION

MUSICAL What does it take? Where do you start? What do they know? HOW do they learn?

LEARNING PROFILE QUESTIONARY CATEGORIES: GROUP ORIENTATION: INDEPENDENT, COOPERATIVE or PARTNER COGNITIVE STYLE: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES ENVIRONMENT: QUIET, MUSIC, WARM, COLD, FLEXIBLE ETC SAMPLE: documents/SURVEY 8TH GRADE.docdocuments/SURVEY 8TH GRADE.doc PRE-ASSESSMENT learning style

GUIDELINES learning style differentiation Vary teacher presentation Vary student mode of expression Vary assessments Vary environment

DIFFERENTIATE BY INTEREST Know the learner Use interest surveys (pre-assessment) Observe your students (ongoing assessment) Use interest based strategies Use interest based assessment methods(post -assessment)

STRATEGIES FOR INTEREST- BASED DIFFERENTIATION Explorative studies Studying concepts and principles by interest Student choice of task Independent study Group investigations Project based learning Jig-saw Interest groups Literature circles WebQuests Negotiated criteria for tasks and products Student-selected audiences

DIFFERENTIATE BY READINESS THE EQUALIZER: 1-Foundational _________________//______________________Transformational 2- Concrete ____________________________//______________Abstract 3- Simple ____________//________________________________Complex 4- Single Facet _______________________//_________________Multiple Facets 5- Small Leap _______________//_________________________Great Leap 6- More Structured __________________//__________________More Open 7- Less Independence ________//___________________Greater Independence 8- Slow _________________________//__________________Quick

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Use pre-assessments Create curiosity Personalize starting points

WHY ASSESSING ???? ASSESSING OF LEARNING ASSESSING FOR LEARNING

CREATE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE Yuk spot Bright spot

Differentiated Assessment Strategies Assessing before learning Assessing during learning Assessing after learning

ASSESSING BEFORE LEARNING Surveys Biography Self portrait Journals Observations Who is your role model?

ASSESSING DURING LEARNING Teacher of the day Observations Progress cards Daily logs Self Evaluation Quizzes

ASSESSING AFTER LEARNING Know your learning objectives! Presentation 3d project Performance Portfolio Slide show Video clip Newspaper Rubrics Board game Display Click for Alternative book reports >>

HAVE A NICE SUMMER! Differentiate your curriculum one step at a time Use the data of the NWEA testing