Differentiating Instruction Differentiating Instruction Using Lexile MeasuresUsing Lexile Measuresand OSLISand OSLIS

Developing Targets for Student Developing Targets for Student SuccessSuccess

Module IIModule II

Developed by an Developed by an ESD /OEMA /OSL /ODE ESD /OEMA /OSL /ODE Collaborative Collaborative

• Oregon Education Service DistrictsOregon Education Service Districts• Oregon Educational Media Oregon Educational Media AssociationAssociation• Oregon State LibraryOregon State Library• Oregon Department of Education Oregon Department of Education

Workshop Workshop Goals/ObjectivesGoals/Objectives

1.1. Understand the basic components of Understand the basic components of differentiated instructiondifferentiated instruction

2.2. Use OSLIS to locate resources that Use OSLIS to locate resources that support Oregon’s Content Standards and support Oregon’s Content Standards and meet the Lexile range of students in their meet the Lexile range of students in their classroom classroom

3.3. Use content standards’ documents on Use content standards’ documents on the ODE website and the “Selecting the ODE website and the “Selecting Materials for a Standards-Based Lesson” Materials for a Standards-Based Lesson” template to begin lesson design template to begin lesson design incorporating differentiated textsincorporating differentiated texts

Helping Struggling Helping Struggling ReadersReaders

Provide text in the student’s Lexile Provide text in the student’s Lexile rangerange Lexile Book DatabaseLexile Book Database OSLIS Lexiled research databasesOSLIS Lexiled research databases

Use front-loading techniquesUse front-loading techniques Activate relevant prior knowledgeActivate relevant prior knowledge Pre-teach vocabularyPre-teach vocabulary Provide specific information on text Provide specific information on text

structure and facts in the textstructure and facts in the text

The Basics ofThe Basics ofDifferentiated InstructionDifferentiated Instruction

Engage students in instruction Engage students in instruction through differentthrough different learning learning modalities,modalities, by appealing to differing by appealing to differing interests,interests, and by using varied and by using varied rates rates of instructionof instruction along with varied along with varied degrees of complexitydegrees of complexity..

---Carol Ann Tomlinson---Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiated ClassroomsDifferentiated Classrooms

Each student consistently Each student consistently experiences the reality that experiences the reality that successsuccess is likely to follow is likely to follow hard workhard work

Teachers have a clear and solid Teachers have a clear and solid sense of what constitutes sense of what constitutes powerful powerful curriculumcurriculum and and engaging instructionengaging instruction

---Carol Ann Tomlinson---Carol Ann Tomlinson

Teachers CanTeachers CanDifferentiate or ModifyDifferentiate or Modify

Five Classroom Elements:Five Classroom Elements:1.1. ContentContent

2.2. ProcessProcess

3.3. ProductProduct

4.4. AffectAffect

5.5. Learning EnvironmentLearning Environment

(Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum Grades 5-9 by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham Eidson)

Differentiate in Response Differentiate in Response to…to…

Three Student Characteristics:Three Student Characteristics:1.1. ReadinessReadiness

2.2. InterestInterest

3.3. Learning ProfileLearning Profile

When teachers use Lexiles When teachers use Lexiles to match readers to text…to match readers to text…

Why are they differentiating?

How are they differentiating?

Using Lexiles in the Using Lexiles in the ClassroomClassroom

Selecting Materials that Target Your Selecting Materials that Target Your StudentsStudents

Selecting Materials for a Standards-Based LessonLesson Title ______________

Grade ____

LEXILE RANGE OF CLASS: _________________________

TEACHING MATERIALS/TEXT:TEACHING MATERIALS/TEXT: LEXILELEXILE

RESOURCES FROM OSLIS:RESOURCES FROM OSLIS: DATABASDATABASEE

LEXILELEXILE

CONTENT-AREA STANDARDS:CONTENT-AREA STANDARDS:

READING STANDARDS:READING STANDARDS:

WRITING STANDARDS:WRITING STANDARDS:

RESEARCH STANDARDS:RESEARCH STANDARDS:

SPEAKING STANDARDS:SPEAKING STANDARDS:

CAREER-RELATED LEARNING STANDARDS:CAREER-RELATED LEARNING STANDARDS:

ODE Main Page:ODE Main Page:www.ode.state.or.uswww.ode.state.or.us

Click Teachers

Teacher PageTeacher PageAccess Searchable Access Searchable StandardsStandards

Click here

Access Searchable Access Searchable StandardsStandards

1. Select a Subject

2. Choose a Strand

3. Select a Grade and click Search

Locate the StandardLocate the Standard

1. Scroll down to view standards

2. Highlight and copy appropriate standard(s)

Filling In the TemplateFilling In the Template

4. Customize the template (title, grade, specific content area)

3. Paste standard(s) into template

Teacher PageTeacher PageAccess SubjectsAccess Subjects

Click Subjects

Go to English Language Go to English Language ArtsArts

Click here

Select English/Language Select English/Language Arts Grade-Level Arts Grade-Level StandardsStandards

Click here

Select Your Grade-LevelSelect Your Grade-Level

Choose Word or RTF only

Locate Appropriate Locate Appropriate StandardsStandards

1. Scroll to find standard

2. Highlight and copy standard

Paste Standard into Paste Standard into TemplateTemplate

3. Paste into template

To Remove ShadingTo Remove ShadingGo to Format, Borders and Shading, click on the Shading tab

Select No Fill and click OK

TemplateTemplate

The shading has been removed

Repeat this ProcessRepeat this Process

Continue to paste standards

Enter the Lexile range for your class

Enter Your TextbookEnter Your Textbook

Enter text you currently use

Finding Lexiled ArticlesFinding Lexiled Articles

Now let’s search OSLIS for Lexiled

articles

Select Database(s) and Select Database(s) and Conduct SearchConduct Search

Search ResultsSearch Results

Select Resource and CopySelect Resource and Copy

Highlight selected resource and copy

Insert Resource into Insert Resource into TemplateTemplate

Paste resource into template and remove

extra wording

Insert Database(s) and Lexile measure

Conduct a New SearchConduct a New Search

Try different key words and Click

Search

Search ResultsSearch Results

Highlight selected resource and copy

Repeat the ProcessRepeat the Process

Paste information into template

Did We Meet Our Goals?Did We Meet Our Goals?

1.1. What are the basic components of What are the basic components of differentiated instruction?differentiated instruction?

2.2. Are you able to use OSLIS to locate resources Are you able to use OSLIS to locate resources that support Oregon’s content standards and that support Oregon’s content standards and meet the Lexile range of students in your meet the Lexile range of students in your classroom?classroom?

3.3. Are you able to use content standards’ Are you able to use content standards’ documents on the ODE website and the documents on the ODE website and the “Selecting Materials for a Standards-based “Selecting Materials for a Standards-based Lesson” template to begin lesson design Lesson” template to begin lesson design incorporating differentiated texts?incorporating differentiated texts?