1. Differentiating with Bennie Farrell Boone Kristen Kluka Kim Laughary Todd Noorman

2. Who the heck is Bennie? This is Bennie... Benjamin Bloom... of Bloom’s Taxonomy fame... You may have heard of it.

3. The Project To demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of a chosen book, students must complete a specified number of tasks from a level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. REMEMBERING UNDERSTANDING APPLYING ANALYZING EVALUATING CREATING

4. REMEMBERING recall or recognition of specific information

5. UNDERSTANDING understanding of given information and the text

6. APPLYING using strategies, concepts, principles, and theories in new situations

7. ANALYZING breaking information down into its component elements

8. EVALUATING judging the value of ideas, materials, and methods by developing and applying standards and criteria

9. CREATING putting together ideas or elements to develop an original idea or engage in critical thinking

10. Differentiation of the Project In the traditional classroom, the teacher assigns students three tasks from assigned levels.

11. Differentiation of the Project In the differentiated classroom, free choice rules! Students will choose three tasks, one from three different levels.

12. Differentiation of the Project Letting students have free choice over the tasks they complete allows them to express their talents and interests through their work. Each task checks students’ knowledge and comprehension to varying degrees. You can assign them specific levels of focus while still allowing them to choose their own tasks from those specified levels. For example, you may have a student who is struggling choose their tasks from the lower three levels, while a gifted student may benefit from focusing on the upper levels. The possibilities are endless!

13. Scoring the Project

14. Questions? Thank you!