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Lightsail is a website that allows teachers to place students on a path to improve their reading fluency and comprehension.  Teachers can assign an article or book to the whole class or assign books to small groups of students based on reading levels.  Students can respond to books in their online journal that their teacher can write back and forth with them in.  Lightsail also has videos that can be assigned to give students more information about a topic they read about in an assigned book.

A way that this can be used in a virtual classroom would be in conjunction with a reading group. I would read a book together with a small group and then assign them a book to read on Light sail that connects to the book we read and is on the same level.  I would also assign a writing prompt.  We would discuss the book the next time the small reading group met.  Students will be motivated to use this website because they will assigned books to read that are on their level and the videos will keep their interest.

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Writing Modules

Engage students in a comprehensive and diverse digital writing experience

Essay Writing

Essay Writing is appropriate for
students of all ages. The
teacher supports the student
writing process by engaging
them in deliberate planning
that includes a feedback cycle.
Students then apply their
improved/approved plan to
write their best essay draft.
Students use feedback in the
recursive process to grow!

Book Report

Teachers can choose from a variety
of templates to support student
writing. Teachers can assign or
allow free choice books to be read.
Students engage with the book by
taking notes and filling in the
supportive template. Grow student
writing by engaging in a
rubric-structured feedback cycle.

Writing
Skills Builder

Using the Writing Skills Builder,
parents can choose from
a variety of grade-level appropriate
questions and create customized
language practice assignments
for their student.

Informal
Writing Bursts

Informal Writing Bursts are no-risk
writing opportunities to foster a
love of language, creativity, fun,
and 21st century writing. A few
well-loved Burst formats include
Tweets, social media posts,
conversations, and hashtags.

Vocabulary Assignments

Grow student vocabulary and comprehension with Cloze and Spelling Bee embedded assessments

Vocabulary
Assessments

The teacher can create personal
vocabulary assessments from
words their child spelled
incorrectly in Spelling Bee,
asked for the definition of while
reading, and/or missed while
answering a Cloze assessment.
The teacher can also choose
what questions the child is
asked about each word.
What's better than
differentiation? Customization.

Spelling Bee

Using a Lexile-aligned word list from the most
recently read Power Texts, students receive 5
Spelling Bee words to practice before an
assessment. To celebrate student growth,
Badges are awarded for a strong Spelling Bee score.

Word Work

Students receive a second chance on Cloze (fill-in-the-blank)
assessments they missed. Word Work serves as a
personalized vocbulary acquisition tool.

fluency Assessments

Fluency Assessments grow student reading speed, accuracy and prosody with performance feedback

Read Aloud

Help students develop their oral
fluency skills by assigning a
passage for them to read aloud
showing their ability to decode,
retell the story and track their
words correct per minute
(WCPM) rate.

Speaking Assignment

Extend student speaking skills using Speaking Assignments. Teacher
instructions and students' responses are supported in multi-modal
writing and audio options. Feedback is provided using template or
custom rubric criteria.

Immediately Engage Students

Simple intuitive design has classrooms reading within minutes.

Exponentially Grow Reading Time

Students love the LightSail experience and naturally spend more time reading.

Accelerate Literacy Development

Students reading 25 minutes a day on LightSail are seeing 2+ years of Lexile growth in a single year.

Let's Take a Tour

Take a look at what LightSail has to offer. Watch our product tour video.

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Visme is a platform that lets teachers combine many technology aspects into one attractive and easy-to-use presentation.  Teachers can create slideshow presentations that are visually appealing.  They can also embed videos into the presentation, as well as link relevant social media posts.

A great way that teachers can use Visme to differentiate instruction is to give students the opportunity to view presentations on their own time. Teachers can assign homework to students on Visme and let students refer to the information while they do the assignment. Students can rewatch videos or reread slides as often as they need. Teachers can also analyze data from assignments to see which students need extra help on a concept.

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https://www.peardeck.com/orchard

Teachers can use Peardeck to build lesson slides. Teachers can build their own lessons or choose a lesson that has been premade. Teachers can put a keyword into the search engine and find a lesson that can be adapted to fit the needs of all students.

A way that I would use Peardeck to  differentiate instruction would be to assign a Newsela article for students to complete. When students complete the assignment, they read the article and complete activities to show they understand what the article is about. Students have the option of making drawing to show what they know or writing about the article. Students will be engaged because
it allows students a choice to show what they know.

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https://my.bulbapp.com/educators/

Bulb is an app that teachers can use to create students' portfolios.  Teachers can give a project to their students and give them options for how to complete it.  Teachers can also embed resources like videos, articles, website links, and rubrics.  Bulb also saves and organizes student work so teachers can share work and chart growth with parents.

One way to use this resource to differentiate instruction would be to assign a project and give the students several options to complete the assignment. An example would be a California Missions project in which students can do a Slides presentation, report, video presentation, or make a model.  Students will be engaged because they will have a choice on how to show their knowledge that will let them be creative and play to their strengths.

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Teachers can use Edpuzzle to turn watching videos from a passive activity to an active one.  Teachers can choose from Edpuzzle's video library and assign the video as a self-paced lesson.  These videos can be review lessons or something new.

Edpuzzle is a great differentiation resource because the videos stop every few minutes and ask students to answer a question about what is being discussed. if they get it right, they move on, if they get it wrong, they can watch the video again

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Teachers can sign their class up and access a huge library of activities that align to your grade level Common Core State Standards.  Each lesson has a video and activities for students to complete.  Students turn in their assignments and teachers can comment on what each student completes.  Teachers can assign a task to an individual or group of students who need help or to those who are ready to go ahead.

I would use this activity to help with individualized learning by analyzing how students did on a certain task and then assigning them something else based on their needs. For example: I would assign a measurement activity to my whole 4th grade class. I would then look at the results and assign a new task to those who understand the measurement activity. I would also assign another measurement activity to those who need a little extra support. I would choose an activity that has a little more scaffolding, such as an extra video.

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Differentiate Seesaw Activities for Diverse Learners

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Teachers can use Educreations to create slideshows by importing slides, PDFs, or any document into a lesson template. Teachers can also include videos and assignments. Teachers can record their voices as they go through their lessons. They can use a whiteboard tool to go through a Math concept in a step-by-step manner.

A way to use this to differentiate instruction would be to assess students to see which ones need help on a certain concept. Teachers can then create a video showing how to complete the concept. teachers can then assign the video to the students who need it. Students can then watch the video as often as they need and answer questions to show that they have mastered the concept.

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https://info.flipgrid.com/

Flipgrid is a great resource to be used for differentiation. Teachers can give students a prompt: a math problem, a discussion question, a comprehension question, etc, and students record themselves answering the questions. Students can use their cameras to display the work they did and explain their thinking. This can be set to allow only the teacher to see the responses or the whole class.  This gives students who don't like to speak up in class a chance to share their knowledge in a safe environment.

I would use this to differentiate instruction by giving students 2 Math problems to answer and record their responses. I would make sure that students know that they need to explain their thinking and show the camera what they did to solve. I wouldn't tell students how I want them to solve the problems but instead tell them that they can solve in any way the want.

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Classkick lets teachers upload assignments to the website via different slides.  Teachers can always add or delete slides for individual students.  The slides can have videos embedded, visuals and audio directions that students can listen to as often as they need.  Students can use the pen tool to draw pictures, circle answers, annotate text, and write Math problems.  Teachers can watch all of their students as they work through each slide and offer private feedback to help them out.

A way that teachers can use for diverse populations is to differentiate the assignment for students by assigning certain slides to students depending on their levels. Teachers can watch their students go through each slide and offer feedback to individual students as they work. Teachers can also upload videos to accompany each slide to give students support on concepts they don't understand. if they understand the concept, the can move on, if they don't they can watch the video and get feedback from their teacher.

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Nearpod allows teachers to turn any lesson topic into a slides presentation.  Each slideshow has the opportunity for formative assessment.  You can also make each slide interactive by putting questions into them that each student has to answer.  Student work comes up in real time and teachers can comment on what students are doing, giving them immediate feedback.

Nearpod can be used as a tool for differentiation because it allows teachers to give students a question or questions to answer at the end of each lesson. The teacher can look at how the students did on the assessment and the forma small group of students who need help on the topic that was assessed.