Differentiated Instruction by Kristen Connolly https://padlet.com/kconnolly9/c7fglusxip6y Classroom Assignment en-us 2017-02-10 21:13:00 UTC 2017-02-15 19:56:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png My Classroom kconnolly9 https://padlet.com/kconnolly9/c7fglusxip6y/wish/153184418 Differentiated instruction in my class is focused in small groups. I typically group students by ability. This gives me the opportunity to work with high students together and low students together. Sometimes I pair students high/low, so students can work together to solve problems. Assessment is important with differentiated instruction. During the whole group lesson, we go over the new material. Then students work 2-3 problems on their own. I check these problems with students before dividing into small groups. If only 1-2 students aren't getting a concept, I will assign a whole class activity. During that time I will work with students one on one to help them understand the concept. ]]> 2017-02-10 21:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnolly9/c7fglusxip6y/wish/153184418 Every child is entitled to the promise of a teacher’s optimism, enthusiasm, time, and energy.Educators should be champions of every student who enters the schoolhouse doors.Teachers in the most exciting and effective differentiated classrooms don’t have all the answers. What they do have is optimism and determination.It is a human birthright to be a learner. There is little we do that is more important.Like students, teachers grow best when they are moderately challenged. Waiting until conditions are ideal or until you are sure of yourself yields lethargy, not growth.Teachers change either because they see the light or because they feel the heat.A great coach never achieves greatness for himself or his team by working to make all his players alike.Becoming an expert at differentiation is a career-long goal. One step at a time, you will get there.Don’t feel compelled to grade everything. There’s a time for students to figure things out and a time for judging whether they did, but the two shouldn’t always be the same.If curriculum and instruction are the heart and limbs of sound teaching, then classroom management is the central nervous system. Without the heart, there is no life, but without the nervous system, there is no function. kconnolly9 https://padlet.com/kconnolly9/c7fglusxip6y/wish/154147648

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