Differentiated Instruction by Sanita Shropshire https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu How will we increase academic achievement through differentiated instruction at AHE? en-us 2017-08-29 19:06:20 UTC 2026-01-08 09:28:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png sshropshire https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183510418 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IS TEACHING WITH THE CHILD IN MIND RATHER THAN ADOPTING A STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING THAT SEEMS TO PRESUME THAT ALL STUDENTS OF A GIVEN AGE ARE AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE ACADEMICALLY. DI IS RESPONSIVE TEACHING.

Differentiated Instruction gives students a range of ways to access curriculum, instruction and assessment. DI engages students to interact and participate in the classroom in a richer way. It is based on the assumption that all students differ in their learning styles, strengths, needs and abilities and that classroom activities should be adapted to meet these differences.

Meet Michelle Rainey. A 10-year veteran who is NCATE Board Certified, she teaches 9th through 12th-grade English at Lawndale High School and also serves as one of the school's instructional coaches helping with aspects of curriculum and professional development. Here Michelle speaks about the importance of differentiated instruction.



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  • What exactly is scaffolding and why is it important?
  • What does Rainey say happened to her students' work after she deliberately began scaffolding better in her teaching?
  • What is one new way your grade-level will differentiate instruction in your classrooms this month?

    • ]]>     2017-08-29 19:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183511018     TK/Kindergarten https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183811369 Scaffolding is instructing at each student's skill level and it important because it will help guide them towards achievement.

    She noticed improvement in performance levels.

    We are beginning our leveled UA center groups - the leveled classrooms will help each student succeed at their own ability level. ]]>     2017-08-30 20:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183811369     1st grade https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183819988 Scaffolding is taking the students from their level to then feeling successful. 

    Rainey noticed that scaffolding leads to success. Students were performing better and their skill level increased.

    We will be rotating our students based on their needs. Each teacher will be teaching students at the same level. This will allow for maximum student success.  ]]>     2017-08-30 21:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183819988     3rd Grade cassidyallen https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183821560 Scaffolding is providing supports and modeling expectations for the assignments so that students are successful at every level.

    Rainey said that after she began scaffolding and differentiating for students, she received better quality work from her students.

    Third grade will be differentiating instruction by giving sentence starters/frames, think alouds, think-pair-share, pre-teach vocabulary, and giving more visual aides. ]]>     2017-08-30 21:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183821560     2nd Grade https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183825351 Scaffolding gives them the foundational support while working at grade level. Scaffolding sets the students up for success.

    Rainey says that scaffolding increased students academic performance as well as student confidence. She also received higher quality work after scaffolding. 

    2nd grade will be scaffolding by utilizing ability grouping in class as well our UA groups. We also differentiate instruction in class. ]]>     2017-08-30 22:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183825351     5th Grade https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183855440 1. What exactly is scaffolding and why is it important?
    • Scaffolding is when teachers implement supports for students and set expectations so they can advance in their learning and be successful.
    2. What does Rainey say happened to her students' work after she deliberately began scaffolding better in her teaching?
    • Rainey discussed in her video that after deliberately scaffolding her lessons, she saw an increase in student work quality. Students overall were performing better with scaffolded lessons. 
    3. What is one new way your grade-level will differentiate instruction in your classrooms this month?
    • As a grade level, we will differentiate instruction within our classrooms by leveling them during UA for both math and ELA. Aside from UA, we will also differentiate instruction based on ability levels within the classroom.
    ]]>     2017-08-31 03:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/183855440     Scaffolding is when teacher add the supports needed and modifies for student success. Scaffolding enables all students to be on the same playing field! https://padlet.com/sshropshire/u2466tr0czxu/wish/184232846 According to Rainey when she taught with intention and deliberately began scaffolding her students were able to understand the material that was being taught. She was able to set them up for a higher success rate.

    Our first step is to differentiate institution based on iready results and level the students within our UA groups for ELA.




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