1. DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES: Integrated Matrix

3. Differentiation Is a teacher’s response to learner’s needs Guided by general principles of differentiation Respectful tasks Flexible groupingContinual assessment Teachers Can Differentiate Through: Content Process Product Environment According to Students’ ReadinessInterestLearning Profile Through a range of strategies such as: Multiple intelligences…Jigsaw…4MAT…Graphic Organizers…RAFTS Compacting…Tiered assignments…Leveled texts…Complex Instruction… Learning Centers

4. "Differentiation is driven by 3 cogs: The student seeks - challenge, affirmation, purpose, power, contribution The teacher responds - investment, persistence, invitation, opportunity, reflection The knowledge of the world - focused, engaging, demanding, scaffolded” Tomlinson, NAGC Conference, November 2002

6. Tomlinson (1999, 9) has stated that, "in a differentiated classroom, the teacher carefully fashions instruction around essential concepts principles skills of the subject To do that, the teacher must recognize, appreciate, and attend to the academic social emotional diversity within a classroom According to Caine and Caine (1997, 111), engaging the whole person ensures that learning is immeasurably enriched.”

9. Bloom's Taxonomy KnowledgeRequires memory only in order to repeat information ComprehensionRequires rephrasing or explaining information ApplicationRequires the application of knowledge to determine answer Analysis Requires identifying motives or causes, drawing conclusions, or determining evidence SynthesisRequires making predictions, producing original communications or problem solving with more than one possible solution EvaluationRequires making judgments or offering supported opinions

11. Blooms Taxonomy Question Frames Knowledge: Who, what, when, where ___________________________________________________? Describe _____________________________________________________________ ? Comprehension: Retell _________________________________________________ in your own words. What is the main idea of _________________________________________________ ? Application: Why is _______________________________________________________significant? How is ____________________________ an example of _________________________? Analysis: Classify ___________________________ according to __________________________. How does ______________________ compare/contrast to ________________________? Synthesis: What would you predict/infer from ___________________________________________? How would you create/design and new __________________________________________ Evaluation: What criteria would you use to assess ________________________________________? Do you agree with _______________________________________________________?

12. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Bodily-Kinesthetic Naturalist Verbal-Linguistic Intrapersonal Musical- Rhythmic Interpersonal Visual- Spatial Logical- Mathematical

16. Integrated Matrix  Book Study Book Study  Celebrations Celebrations  Communities Communities  Spelling Spelling

18. Together we can reach for the stars