DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENTIATION INSTRUCTION
Callie Sloan
I observed a Kindergarten class at Roopville Elementary.
The main subjects I observed was Math and Language
Arts. There were 17 students in the class, 9 boys and 8
girls. All of the students were Caucasian. I observed the
class over three days equaling 21 hours.
This was my first placement and I learned many things
from the supervising teacher. The first thing that she
explained to me was how she handled classroom
management.
-Red Light Clips
-Recess Time Deduction
-Daily Notes Home in Agenda
-Prize Box
The next thing my supervising teacher had taught me was
how she assessed all her students.
-Assessing Low, Medium, and High during Language Arts
-Assessing the class as a whole for Math
I really enjoyed watching my teacher interact with her
students. She makes a point of talking to each student at
least once throughout the school day.
-Personal Life
-Homework
-What the daily leader wants to do
Differentiated instruction is a theory that allows teachers to
face a certain challenge by taking diverse student factors
into account when making lesson plans and exercises for
the class as a whole.
It is also the purpose of Differentiation Instruction for the
teachers to structure the learning environment to address
all learning styles, interests, and abilities.
-How does it work?
WHAT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION MEANS FOR TEACHERS
TEACHERS DO: TEACHERS DON’T:
-provide several learning options, or different paths to learning, which help students take in information and make sense of concepts and skills.
-develop a separate lesson plan for each individual student.
-provide appropriate levels of challenges for all students, including those who lag behind, those who are advanced, and those in the middle.
-”water down” the curriculum for some students.
4 STEPS IN CREATING A DIFFERENTIATED LESSON PLAN
Step 1: Know your students
Step 2: Have a Range of Teaching Strategies
Step 3: Identify a Variety of Instructional Activities
Step 4: Identify Ways to Assess or Evaluate Student Progress
HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT?
It is always a difficult procedure when the lesson unit
comes to an end and it is time to asses the
students and the teacher wants to make it as fair as
possible.
-Different types of assessments
A fun way to implement Differentiated Instruction into the
classroom is to use “exit cards”. This lets you, as the
teacher, to understand which students are grasping the
subject or need a little more help on it.
-Examples
I think that differentiated instruction is a very important part
of education for the students to be able to learn what they
are expected to learn each academic year.
-Why?
REFERENCES
-Willoughby, Jennifer. "Differentiated Insruction." Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. 2005. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <http://www.glencoe.com>.
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-Williams. "Creating a Differentiated Lesson." Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, and Rubrics from TeAch-nology.com. Teachnology, 2008. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <http://www.teach-nology.com/>.
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-Watson, Sue. "Special Education." About.com. About.com, 2010. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <http://specialed.about.com/>.
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REFERENCES CONT’D
-Harris. "Seat Sack Educational School Supply Teaching Organizers." Sack School. 2007. Web. 31 Mar. 2012. <http://www.seatsack.com/>.
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-Snowman, Jack, R. R. McCown, and Robert F. Biehler. Psychology Applied to Teaching. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2012. Print.’’
-Hardin, Carlette Jackson. Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today's Classrooms. Boston: Pearson, 2012. Print.