Differentiated+Instruction

= ﻿ Differentiated Instruction ﻿ ﻿﻿=

__ ﻿What is differentiated Instruction? __
==**Differentiated Instruction (DI) involves planning instruction which meets the needs of diverse learners. It requires educators to understand the learners which they are teaching. Differentiated instruction focuses on honoring students prior knowledge, interests and learning styles. DI incorporates ongoing assessments of students understanding and acquisituion of content and performance standards. Through Di teachers are able to close skill and knowledge gaps and provide accomodations for individual students.**==

[|Research Supporting Differentiated Instruction]
= **﻿ Resources to Help you Implement Differentiation Strategies in your Classroom:** =
 * [|Strategies for Classroom Use]
 * [|Differentiating Instruction]
 * [|Differentiation with Blooms Taxonomy (video)]
 * [|Assessment Strategies for Differentiation]
 * Tiered curriculum Project [|__feat﻿ures grade level lesson plans for tiers 1-3 for all content areas__]

= Useful Handouts/Articles for Classroom Teachers: = = Resources for a variety of learners:﻿ = = Differentiation activities by content area: = __English Language Arts (reading and writing)__ __Math__ __Science__ __Social Studies__ __Foreign Langauge__ __**Technological Resources**__
 * 1) [|Differentiation of Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment (handout)]
 * 2) [|Multiple Intelligences Quiz-Which areas are your strength?] ( For Teachers/Adults)
 * 3) [|﻿Learning Styles test for adolescents/teenagers]
 * 4) [|Differentiated Wait time (handout)]
 * 5) [|The 7 Building Blocks of Differentiated Instruction]
 * 6) [|What is 21st Century Learning]
 * 7) [|21st Century Learning Environments]
 * 1) [|Left Handed Students]
 * 2)  ﻿﻿ [|Over Active Students]
 * 3) [|Blooms Taxonomy Question stem- (good for all content areas)]
 * [|Editors Checklist]
 * [|Post-It Note checklist (cool resource)]
 * [|Vocabulary in context]
 * [|Word Map]
 * [|Reading in the Content Areas]
 * [|Reading Comprehension Skills]
 * [|Literacy Skill Strategies]
 * [|Comprehension Strategies]
 * Differentiated Instruction
 * [|Good Luck with your Division (division worksheet)]
 * [|Exit Cards]
 * __[|Differentiated Science Instruction strategies]__
 * __[|Social Studies Strategies]__
 * __[|9 simple strategies for History]__
 * [|Foreign Language Strategies]
 * [|Links page to technology websites, portals and resources for differentiation]
 * [|Technology strategies for multiple intelligences]
 * (Handout)[|Tips for using technology for differentiatied instruction]
 * [|Using a Wiki in the clasroom]

= Differentiated Instruction for ESL students =
 * [|Math Strategies]
 * [|Scaffolding Writing]
 * [|Scaffolding Reading Comprehension]