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Differentiated reading instruction means that teachers look at each students' individual needs and then meet the students where they are individually at. By doing this the teacher is focusing on where students are at and creating content or instruction to help each individual student learn.

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Each student comes into school at different levels. There can be students who are a concern, behind, on level, or above grade level. It is important to know where each of your students are at individually, so that you can modify your instruction to the students' individual needs.

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The #1 reason to differentiate is that differentiation causes the overall learning in the classroom to increase. By meeting students where they are at, you as the teacher can build on the skills that they already have which would be using a "scaffolding" technique (previous knowledge is built off of).

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The more recourses and tools that you have the more successful you will be in your classroom. The tools and resources will provide you more opportunities to use differentiation in your classroom.

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I knew that people put a lot of pressure on standardized testing. If people were to take away that added pressure and assess students using different methods, the students' scores could change for the better.

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If a student speaks more than one language you should assess them in both languages. This means that if a student speaks Spanish and English they should be tested in both languages.

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Some teachers get overwhelmed by the concept of differentiation because they try to do everything at once. By trying to differentiate everything it makes some teachers give-up on the concept all together.

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Teachers can accommodate students too much. If accommodating a student make sure to not do it to the point where you are no longer teaching them how to read.

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When incorporating differentiation into your classroom began with something small and manageable. An example of where to began would be a vocabulary lesson, then after you create that routine you can then build in more differentiation into your classroom.

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Continue to update and mortify your toolbox and recourses as you continue to learn what works and new tools come out. Share useful recourses with students to aid their learning.

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Teachers that use multiple assessments and teaching strategies tend to have more successful students.

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Different tools and resources that can be used when differentiating. (Building the teacher toolbox)

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How do you know if your accommodations or modifications are too much? How do you know when the modifications are hurting the students instead of being more helpful?

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I would like to learn more about how to balance having struggling readers or English language learners and gifted readers in the same class. How do you create both simpler and more challenging content for students in the same class.