Last week at the Teacher Leadership Institute, teacher leaders from all 4 elementary schools shared ideas about how they are currently differentiating for students in their classrooms. There were so many great ideas, we just had to share! Differentiation allows us to respond to student learning needs, and deliver responsive instruction based on information gathered through formative assessment.
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| We used a strategy called "Give One, Get One" to share strategies for differentiation |
Differentiation Strategies generated by teachers:
- Visual and verbal modeling
- Level 4 tutors (students who are at a level 4 become tutors)
- Reader's workshop
- 1:1 reading conferences and goal setting
- Guided math groups based on unit pre assessments
- Math center rotations
- Differentiated reflections
- Math daily 4
- Small group reteaching
- Small group preteaching
- Creating individualized student goals
- Use of manipulatives
- Conferring
- Snap and read in writing
- Google Docs
- Anchor Sets
- Teaching multiple strategies to solve a problem
- Use of partners and peer to peer instruction
- Guided reading
- Giving students feedback
- Tiered lessons
An important thing to keep in mind is that in order for differentiation to be effective, assessment for learning must be an ongoing part of teaching and learning. Monitoring of student progress should always happen before, during and after learning in order to guide instruction.
Here are several strategies for differentiation by content area:
As always, please let us know how we can help!
Kristin, Nicole and Shelly
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