1. + Differentiated Instruction Mrs. Roberts 3 rd Grade Windy Hill Elementary School

2. + What is Differentiated Instruction? Rigorous Teacher providing challenging instruction to motivate students to push themselves Relevant All Focusing on essential learning Flexible and Varied Students choosing how they will learn and how they will show what they have learned

3. + What is the Purpose of Differentiated Instruction? To develop challenging and engaging tasks for each learner To provide flexible approaches to content, instruction, & products To respond to students’ readiness, instructional needs, interests, and learning preferences To meet curriculum standards and requirements for each learner

4. + How Do Students Think and Learn? Gardner’s Multiple IntelligencesMeaning Verbal/LinguisticSay it! Logical/MathematicalCount it! Visual/SpatialPicture it! Bodily/kinestheticMove it! MusicalSing it! InterpersonalLead it! IntrapersonalReflect on it! NaturalisticInvestigate it!

5. + What are the Students’ Roles? Students work on assigned project/activity individually, in pairs, or with a small group Students will read a list of procedures/steps before beginning a project/activity Students will each be responsible for a specific task when working in groups (recorder, reporter, time keeper, encourager, collector) Students will rely on a rubric or checklist to make sure all required components are included in project/activity Students will follow classroom rules at all times

6. + What is the Teacher’s Role? Teacher will be a facilitator and collaborator Teacher will provide and prescribe differentiated learning opportunities Teacher will organize students for learning Teacher will use time flexibly

7. + How Will Instruction be Differentiated? Interest Surveys (Survey Monkey) Flexible Grouping (Learning Styles, Needs, Interests) Tiered Assignments (Varying Levels of Difficulty) Technology (Smart Board, Computers, Sentio) Resources (Books, Magazines, Games, Manipulatives, Graphic Organizers)

8. + Examples of Projects, Presentations, or Performances Creating a Newspaper or magazine Designing a website Investigating how something works Performing a dance

9. + What are the Qualities of a Supportive Classroom Environment for Differentiation? Promotes acceptance of differences Acknowledges that students learn at different rates and in different ways Encourages exploration of each student’s interests, strengths, & learning preferences Builds feelings of personal competence and confidence in learning

10. + Reference Heacox, D. (2002). Differentiating instruction in the regular classroom: How to reach and teach all learners, grades 3-12. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.