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Ways I will Differentiate in my Classroom:

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Ways I will Differentiate in my Classroom:

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Use anchor activities

Allow student choice in assignments

Differentiate assessments according to student's needs

Facilitate meaningful classroom discussions

Help students to make connections to the real world

Allow students to pick meaningful roles when engaging in group work.

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Peer Tutoring

Learning Contracts

Varied assessments and rubrics

Literature Circles

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Choices of books/materials

Open-ended activities

Homework options

Varying graphic organizers

Think-Pair-Share

Varied journal prompts

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Explain it clearly

Relate it to other subjects/experiences

Compare/contrast with other concepts

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Show and Tell

Tap into Prior Knowledge

Give Time to Talk

Pre-Teach Vocabulary

Use Visual Aids

Pause, Ask Questions, Pause, Review

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Provide meaningful work for your students who finish early, when they enter the classroom, or when they are stumped.

Ongoing assessments students can work on throughout a unit.

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Characteristics of Effective Learning Groups:

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Characteristics of Effective Learning Groups:

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Work done in groups is challenging and meaningful.

The teacher is always actively involved in the students' learning process, serving as a resource person, questioner, guide, evaluator, and coach.

Learning goals and timelines are clearly understood by the students and monitored by the teacher.

Groups are heterogeneous, and all students are actively involved.

Cooperation is valued over competition.

Students have a sense of being able to accomplish more learning together than they can alone.

The group process provides a comfort level for discussion and airing questions.

Student interaction and social skills are required, but the purpose of grouping is not primarily social. Group time is not "free time" for student (or teacher).

Multiple means of assessment are possible (rubrics, portfolios, quizzes, interviews, presentations, etc.). Evaluation can be of the individual student, of the group, or a combination of these.

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Problem-Solving Partnerships

Cooperative Teams

Collaborative Groups

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Whole Class/Small Groups

Individual

Collaborative

Performance-Based

Dyad (Pairs)

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Ms. Frizzle was awesome at differentiation!

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Different routes
Same destination