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Using Differentiated Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Learners
Presented by Liz Legere
SRBI Coordinator Canton Public Schools
and
Sonya KunkelTrainer Extraordinaire
CREC
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TRADITIONAL & REVISED INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENT MODEL
PRETEST TEACH TEACH TEACH POSTTESTASSIGN GRADES
PRETESTANALYZE
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MONITORADJUST
TEACH POSTTEST
Ainsworth, L & Viegt, D. (2006). Common formative assessments: How to connect standards-based instruction and assessments. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
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THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
How can I MODIFY one or more of the 10 curriculum components to address the ONE
targeted learning difference?
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Pre-Assessments:• Sample the key content in the unit• Mirror the post assessment• Contain a low baseline• Align with CCSS• Are closely tied to the content
learning objectives• Can be efficiently scored• Support decision making• Inform students of the purpose
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Selecting a Preassessment Tool
• Nature of the content?• Nature of the feedback: Individual vs
small group vs. whole group• Time/Efficiency?
Directions: Complete the chart to show what you know about ???????????
Write as much as you can.
Description
Fractions
Description of Parts of a Fractions
Useful For Place to Them in the Real World
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Making Sense of Preassessment Data
• Think like a qualitative researcher: What does all this mean?
• Sort the data into 1 to 4 groups, based on a common, powerful difference
• Identify the learning difference: interest, prior knowledge, etc.
• Decide how to address the difference through differentiated teaching/learning activities.
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What is TIERING?
• Tiering is a strategy teachers use to increase the match between students’ various levels of learning readiness to the content and instruction of particular lessons
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Tiering for Advanced Learners: INCREASING the Cognitive Load
• What is the representative topic?– Make the RT less familiar– Make the RT more abstract– Use the “big idea” in the RT to require students
“bridge” across time periods, cultures, disciplines– Require comparison/contrast among two examples of
the RT– Require increasingly more difficult thinking skills (e.g.,
inference-making, synthesis (Learning activity)– Use more challenging reading materials (Resources)
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CT SS Grade 7: World Regional Studies
• Standard 1: Content Knowledge 1.3 (Significant events and themes in world history/international studies– (5) Explain how a civilizations/nation’s arts, architecture, music and
literature reflect its culture and history
• Standard 1: Content Knowledge 1.4 (Geographical space and place)– (9) Identify selected countries and determine the advantages and
challenges created by their geography– (10) Examine historical events and factors that help explain historical
events and contemporary issues.
• Standard 1: Content Knowledge 1.10 (How limited resources influence economic decisions)– (21) Analyze how resources or lack of resources influenced a
nation/region’s development
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Curr.Comp.
Novice Apprentice Practitioner
ContentGoal
Research the internet for information about Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua. Specifically, look for information about each culture’s literature, music, textiles, folklore, religious traditions, dance and cuisine. Create a Gallery Walk that showcases, in pictures with captions, the similarities and differences among the cultures of these two (4) Latin American cultureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_culture#Central_America
Given a variety or resources on one Latin American culture (maps political and resource maps, pictures of art work, early civilizations, literary selections), students will propose a theory about why the culture evolved the way it did.
Given a variety or resources on two different Latin American cultures (maps political and resource maps, pictures of art work, early civilizations, literary selections), students will compare and contrast the cultures and propose a theory about why the two cultures evolved differently.
Designing a Tiered
Lesson Plan: Grade 7
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Curr.Comp.
Novice Apprentice Practitioner
ContentGoal
Research on two cultures (DECREASE cognitive load)
Use of Internet (Resources) Gallery Walk (Different
product)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Latin_American_culture#Central_America
Research on ONE culture PLUS develop theory (INCREASE cognitive load) (Learning activity)
Primary sources (Resources)
Theory (Different product)
Research two cultures; compare and contrast, propose theory about why cultures evolved differently (INCREASE cognitive load through content and learning activity)
Primary sources (resources)
Theory (Different product)
Peeling Back the
Tiered Lesson Plan
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A RAFT is…• … an engaging, high level strategy that
encourages writing across the curriculum• … a way to encourage students to…
– …assume a role– …consider their audience – …write in a particular format– …examine a topic from a relevant
perspective
• All of the above can serve as motivators by giving students choice, appealing to their interests and learning profiles, and adapting to student readiness levels.
Carol Tomlinson
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The RAFT strategy…
• Forces students to process information, rather than just writing out answers to questions.
• Students are more motivated to undertake the writing assignment because it involves them personally and allows for more creative responses to learning the materials, as well as choice!
American Revolution (AR): What’s Worth Fighting For? Grade 8
• Know:– Terms used in the American
Revolution• Understand:
– That the American Revolution was the result of a series of events linked together through cause and effect
– That the leaders of the AR played important roles in the outcome of the war
– That there are different perspectives about the AR, depending upon the side you were on
• Do:– Analyze the events leading up to the
AR; determine the causes and effects– Explain the role of leaders in the AR
• Work independently• Work collaboratively• Draw conclusions
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What’s Worth Fighting For?
ROLE AUDIENCE FORMAT TOPIC
Patriot Town Folks Speech “Get on my side!”
Loyalist English Relative Post Card What is happening in the
colonies
G. Washington Patriot Soldier News Letter Why join the fight
Soldier Wife, Martha Letter or Poem What a great leader GW is
King George His Subjects Political Cartoon Making fun of the AR
References• Elementary RAFT Examples Handout: http://
casdudl.wikispaces.com/file/view/Elementary_RAFT_CARDS%5B1%5D.pdf
• State of Connecticut Department of Education website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=333594
• Cash, R. M. (2011). Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and
Learning for the 21st Century. Free Spirit Publishing: Minneapolis. • Fitzell, S. (2011). Response to Intervention: Powerful and Practical
Interventions and Strategies for Classroom Teachers Using a Problem Solving Tiered Approach to Support Struggling Learners. BER: Bellevue.
Contact Information
Liz Legere, SRBI CoordinatorCanton Public [email protected]/~elegere