Below are some pics shared from Melinda North. Looks like these are some teacher made instructional material that Melinda is using in her class. Thanks for sharing Melinda!

Differentiated Instruction

After converstations and completing first evaluations there are still some gray areas in some of your lessons plans related to differentiated instructions. I have added some resources to this blog related to that topic. Please let me know if you have any questions. Differentiated Programming What it is... • Providing multiple assignments within each unit, tailored for students of different levels of achievement. • Allowing students to choose, with the teacher's guidance, ways to learn and how to demonstrate what they have learned. • Permitting students to opt out of material they already know and progress at their own pace through new material. • Structuring class assignments so they require high levels of critical thinking but permit a range of responses. • Having high expectations for all students. • Creating learning centers with activities geared to different learning styles, readiness and levels of interest. • Providing students with opportunities to explore topics in which they have strong interest and find personal meaning. What it isn't • Assigning more work at the same level to high-achieving students. • Requiring students to teach material they have mastered to others who have not mastered it. • Giving all students the same work most of the time. • Grouping students into cooperative learning groups that do not provide for individual accountability or do not focus on work that is new to all students. • Focusing on student weaknesses and ignoring student strengths. • Using only the differences in student responses to the same class assignment to provide differentiation Copyright of Dr. Susan Allan Links