Resources
- Differentiation in a Reader's Workshop: Ideas to Meet and Challenge Your Students’ Needs During Reader’s Workshop http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/differentiation-reader39s-workshop
- What is Differentiated Instruction? Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products, or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction.
Review this link at READINGrockets to find articles and even a webcast about differentiation.
- DifferentiationCentral Reach Every Learner Every Day Through Differentiated Instruction
- Article #1-Differentiating Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Attached Files:
- DIinElementaryGrades.pdf (21.222 KB)
- Tomlinson, C. A. (August, 2000). Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades. ERIC Digest. Champaign, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and
Early Childhood Education. Retrieved from http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2000/tomlin00.pdf
- Article # 2 Integrating differentiated instruction and understanding by design Attached Files:
- AbDDIandUbDpresentation_revised.ppt (242.5 KB)
Tomlinson, C. A. & McTighe, J. (2006). Integrating differentiated instruction and understanding by design: Connecting content and kids.
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
- Article #3-Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction Attached Files:
- MappingaRouteToward_DI.pdf (79.134 KB)
Tomlinson, C. A. (1999). Mapping a route toward differentiated instruction. Educational Leadership, 57(1), 12-16. Retrieved from
http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el199909_tomlinson.pdf
- Article #4-Three-Tiered Models of Intervention and Evidence Based Practice (RtI) This site focuses on the general category of Response to Intervention (RtI), and includes information on system change models which have been shown to be effective in improving student achievement, such as School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SW-PBS), Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and High Schools That Work (HSTW).
Review this website from DESE for information related to your future career. - Article #5-National Center on Response to Intervention This is a website with information and resources on RTI.
- RtI Review this website at LDOnline for more information about RtI.
- Differentiating Instruction: Teaching Differently to Improve Student Outcomes Attached Files:
- Differentiating instruction.pdf (1.675 MB)
- fairisntalwaysequal.pdf
- DifferentiatedInstruction.pdf
- elda differentiation guide Attached Files:
- DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS Attached Files:
- 65d126e3e018454a962b6601f7d5e04eESL35.pdf (114.909 KB)
- Differentiated Reading Instruction Robert reads well in Spanish but speaks very little English. Marisa has trouble decoding basic stories. And Ms. Johnson, their second grade teacher, must teach them both to read – along with 23 other students. How? She must differentiate classroom instruction.
Differentiated Reading Instruction: Teaching Every Child is a 60-minute webcast that outlines the most effective strategies teachers can use to address the many different needs of each of their students – so that kids capable of learning to read, like Robert and Marisa, won't fall behind.
- Missouri English Language Proficiency Standards and Grade Level Expectations Attached Files:
- elpmissourielpstandardscomplete_03_2008.pdf (2.313 MB)
- 17 Key Strategies for DI Attached Files:
- 17KeyStrategiesDI.pdf (311.794 KB)