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0-5 fists/fingers are good exit tickets. Positive learning environment is key to ensure students know that differentiated instructions are not because some people are being ostracised/or left out, but to challenge at appropriate level.

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Differentiated learning
In my opinion , differentiated learning is important as there is bound to be students with different levels of preparedness and ability in a classroom . I especially like how one of the teachers gives her students the autonomy of choosing their own learning groups. I feel that it encourages students to take charge of their own learning .

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As teachers, we have to be mindful that for students to embrace diversity, we have to genuinely do so first. Because students model our behaviour, we have to set a good example and be open to diversity. It is only through this kind of modelling, coupled with some explicit teaching and explanation of embracing diversity to our students, will students learn to embrace diversity themselves.

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I really learned how to do a good differentiated instruction.
Readiness levels are based on skills, knowledge, understanding, interest and their areas of interests/hobbies.

Differentiated worksheets and scaffold can then be given based on their perceived ability level.

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I learnt that a possible framework for differentiation is through students' readiness levels, interests, and learning profiles.

Readiness levels are based on students' skills, knowledge, and understanding.
Interests are their areas of interests/hobbies.
Learning profiles reflect how they receive, process, and interact with information and ideas.

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After a pre-assessment, the students get to decide which group they will go to based on how much they knew on the topic. Different groups will then have different activities to help them level up. I felt this was a great way to get students to take ownership of their own learning, and to raise a self-awareness of their own understanding of the topic.

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I really like the idea of flexible grouping coupled with respectful tasks. I think it is a good way for students to upgrade their challenge midway. It creates a safe environment and really communicates to students that learning happens on a continuum rather than just knowing and not knowing.

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Differentiation is important to give every student an equal opportunity to learn by first understanding their readiness and interest and executing it in various methods of learning.

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Helpful in supporting and engaging the students through a spread of platforms and methods, giving us access and interactions with students in smaller groups while they are able with individual, small group and teacher guided learning. Cater to different learning styles and needs.

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I like the idea of using flexible grouping as a differentiated instruction strategy. Flexible grouping create temporary groups that only last for that lesson. In the video, the teacher gave the students the autonomy to choose which group they want to go to depending on their own perceived readiness on a given topic. Differentiated worksheets and scaffold can then be given based on their perceived ability level.

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Scaffolding is critical to students’ success. It is essential and helps support the students as they develop the skills that they need to be self-regulated and independent learners. It helps the pupils master the materials piece by piece. Most of our classrooms will be of pupils from diverse backgrounds and prior knowledge. The support that teachers provide should be differentiated according to the pupils’ needs. Educators have to know and understand their pupils’ prior knowledge and build on it. Have to keep in mind that sometimes there are gaps in students’ learning not because they do not understand or are slow but it could be that they were just not exposed to that topic earlier. And sometimes pupils just need that extra bit of help learning a new skill. So providing the scaffolding these kind of pupils need will help them to be on par with the rest. But we also have to remember to remove the scaffolding once the learning or mastery is done. Different types of scaffolding can be used. Differentiated worksheets according to the pupils’ abilities, learning centres, teacher guidance, even peer guidance. ICT can also be utilized in scaffolding for the pupils. I like the idea put forth that pupils must always be challenged by something that is slightly above their capability, thus respecting the pupils. There is not much point if they are always given something that is easy. There will not be much sense of accomplishment.

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Student readiness is not the same as their IQ. It does not mean that if they are not ready, we group them as Low Ability/ Low Progress. The reason why we can differentiate students’ learning by their readiness is because students who are not so ready means that they have missing pieces of information, or have information that they do not understand yet.

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Diversity in teaching through differentiated instructions helps to cater to different students’ learning needs and abilities. This helps in the students’ understanding which helped in their academics as the students would now have relational understanding and be able to translate what they have learnt in their work. Hence, this also builds students’ confidence as they feel that they understand the content better and is able to do better. Greater confidence would be able to promote joy of learning

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From these video clips, I have learnt that when using the DI approach coupled with incorporating technology, students tend to be more engaged in their learning. Furthermore, they also feel more confident voicing their opinions when placed in group settings. These group settings should be well thought through by teachers as they need to strike a balance between students' preference and purposeful grouping.

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Blended learning is a combination of digital content activity and face-to-face content and activity. Applications that allow teachers to upload teaching videos can help pupils with self-directed learning due to its round-the-clock and ease of accessibility from homes. However, I feel that we need to be mindful of pupils without such access from home. Even if we still have to fall back on pen and paper teaching practices for them (i.e. notes and handouts), we must ensure that they are still able to achieve the learning objectives. It is important to bear in mind that the face-to-face experience is still important in carrying out direct instructions, questioning for understanding and inquiry-based learning.

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In order to accommodate learners’ diversity, the teacher must, first of all, believe that all children can learn and want to learn before strategies like differentiated instructions and scaffolding can come into place. I particularly like the idea of flexible grouping where the pupils will move to different tables for differentiated work. This way, the teacher could plan & execute scaffolded activities/ worksheets to accommodate the different learners’ needs in a whole class setting.

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Teachers want students to have the same outcome but with different complexity and scaffolding (Different Tasks)

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I learn about the different ways teachers can use to provide scaffolding for the class and this includes teacher prompting, guided worksheets, modelling (by both the teacher and peers) and most importantly, to tap into the Prior Knowledge of the students. What stood out to me was the mentioned of planning to REMOVE of scaffolding for students to become self-directed and independent learners

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I really like the idea of flexible grouping where different groupings were doing
different tasks. The teacher advocated a policy of being 'honest, open and self-aware' to facilitate this as she was aware that this will only work if the students were co-operative in this aspect. I like how the foundation task group were. referred to as revisiting their tasks as they needed some parts to be addressed while the learners who had no issue could engaged by doing differentiated tasks in the form of self-directed learning. All learners would seem to benefit from this arrangement.

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Differentiated Learning is for our students to learn in the most efficient way. Although without differentiated learning, children are able learn, but probably more tediously. During pre-assessment, we should not allow them to use their notes or help each other, to assess their learning individually.

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I like the idea of using blending in the classroom - approach which combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction with traditional place-based classroom methods. This method will help to increase learner engagement. However, a lot of planning is required and the teacher has to take note of each learner's profile. If this is done successfully, this method can be used to teach inquiry-based EL/Science topics in the classroom

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1. My takeaway is that teachers need to apply scaffolding to their lessons. We must consider the learners needs and be aware that there are students who are diverse learners. So we need to give differentiated instructions with care and concern for the students with us. We must help students with diverse needs to accomplish small and big things, use guided notes through teacher prompting. Try chunking as well, it will help with teaching of students