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IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE WITH DIFFERENTIATION Sponsored by Teachers’ Center Facilitated by Kim Lewis May 12, 2014 Based on the work of Carol Ann Tomlinson Your Students… come from different cultures have different learning styles come to school with varying levels of emotional and social maturity have varying interests in both topic and intensity reflect differing levels of academic readiness in various subjects all of the above can vary over time and depending upon the subject matter SO…CONSIDER THIS….. How does recognizing that kids perceive the world differently help us as practitioners? Does all learning look the same? Does all success look the same? Goals for Today: 1. Review Differentiated Instruction 2. Take away 3 new or “re-newed” strategies to use this month Want more? http://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson What is Differentiated Instruction? • Take the slips of paper out of your envelope. • Sort them into two groups on your table • “What DI is” • “What DI is NOT” • Be ready to share the rationale for your decisions. IS IS NOT What DI is NOT DI • Separate learning goals for each student • Same assignments for all students • Single approach to learning • Allowing students to skip questions • Unstructured or chaotic • Homogeneous grouping that never changes • Using mostly direct instruction all the time • Different grading system for each student What DI IS : ✓Proactive ✓Flexible Grouping ✓Learning Options ✓Assignment Choices based on learning styles or interests ✓On-going Assessment ✓Matching Content to the Learner ✓Multiple Approaches to Instruction ✓Student Directed ◻ It is not the goal of a teacher to differentiate everything all the time. ◻ Try to meet learners where they are in order to further their knowledge, understanding, and skill. ◻ Use student-selected and teacherassigned tasks and working arrangements. ◻ REMEMBER: ◻ Curriculum is WHAT we teach. ◻ Differentiation is HOW we teach. ◻ Fair does NOT mean equal…fair means everyone gets what s/he needs. Keeping a Balance The Goal : “In a differentiated classroom, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches to content, process, and product in anticipation of and response to student differences in readiness, interest, and learning profile.” Carol Ann Tomlinson What Kind of Learner Are YOU? Are you more like a beach ball?, clip board?, microscope?, or a puppy? Differentiation Based on Learning Profiles Far West Teacher Centers Variety of Resources Organization Investigative Learning Comfortable Environment Choice of activities Structure Critical Thinking Encouraging Atmosphere Spontaneity Visual Directions Deep Explorations Supportive Grouping Personal Freedom Sequential Learning Analyzing Concepts Extensions to activities Clear Procedures Discussions & Expectations Various Manipulatives Consistent Routines Respectful Colleagues Empathic Listeners Focus on Details Sensitive Peers Far West Teacher Centers 3 Ways to Differentiate Your Students: ➢ Readiness ➢ Interests ➢ Learning Profiles Far West Teacher Centers Differentiation by Learning Profiles: • Refers to the way we learn BEST • Intelligence preferences • Verbal, auditory, kinesthetic, Strategies: tactile, interpersonal, • VAK modality intrapersonal, right/left brain, survey etc. • Beach Ball activity • Culture-influenced preferences • Learning style • Gender-based preferences inventories • “How I Like to Learn” Questionnaires Far West Teacher Centers Differentiation Based on Students’ Interests can….. • Be a tool to engage students • Demonstrate a connection with them by focusing on something that is personally relevant to them • Can be a motivator for further learning Strategies to Differentiate by Student Interests: • KWL Chart • Rank types of movies/books that student likes best • Show and tell • Interest survey • America’s Got Talent • 6 Hats Self Reflection Far West Teacher Centers Differentiation Based on Readiness Provides teacher with • What do they know? • How can I build on what they know? • How can I support them in the process? • • clarity regarding students’ prior knowledge information about the students’ level of master of the unit’s new content to target instruction Strategies to Differentiate by Student Readiness: Informal • Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down • KWL Charts • Four Corners • Response Cards • Clickers • Geddit , Quizlet, etc. • Teacher Observation Strategies to Differentiate by Student Readiness: Formal • Frayer Diagrams • Graphic Organizer • Journal Entries • Quizzes • Student Self Rating Far West Teacher Centers Readiness: Four Corners Far West Teacher Centers Path to Differentiated Learning • What is a strategy you use in your classroom to gauge your students’ readiness, interest, or learning profiles? • Write your strategy on a post-it. Far West Teacher Centers Place a post-it on the color that best represents your learning so far: Using this method in your classroom •Green – post something valuable you learned or “your” strategy •Yellow – post a question you have still have about DI •Red – post something you don’t understand from first section Survival Guide : Differentiation 12 min Frames for Discussion Secondary Literacy 7 min Lesson/Unit Design with DI: Teachers Can Differentiate by… Through a range of instructional and management strategies Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating CONTENT involves Varying INPUT: How students will gain access to new learning • Readiness differentiation: matching material to student’s capacity to understand it. • Interest differentiation: using materials that build on or extend student interest. • Learning Profile differentiation: using materials/methods that best match students’ preferred way of learning. LETS PLAY! DI STRATEGY BINGO How does Assessment relate to DI? On-going Assessment: A Diagnostic Continuum Pre-assessment (Finding Out) Pre-test Graphing for Greatness Inventory KWL Checklist Observation Self-evaluation Questioning Formative Assessment (Keeping Track & Checking Up) Conference Exit Card GEDDIT Peer Evaluation 3- minute pause Observation Talkaround Questioning Portfolio Check Quiz Journal Entry Self-Evaluation FIST TO FIVE Summative Assessment (Making Sure) Unit Test Performance Task Product Exhibit Demonstration Portfolio Review TIERED Exit Card Letsgeddit.com Hint Cards for Scaffolding Clipboards for Informal Assessment Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating CONTENT Examples: • I-Search • Learning Contracts • Learning Centers • Compacting • Interest Centers/Groups • Flexible Grouping • Tiering Far West Teacher Centers Tiering by Content : giving students pathways aligned with their levels. Great strategy when you are able to use materials which are matched to student needs and readiness. Same content but varying levels ie. reading levels, varied directions, varied materials/resources for task ❑ All students explore same essential content but varied degrees of difficulty ❑ Equally active ❑ Equally engaging and interesting ❑ Fair in terms of expectations (targeted to students’ readiness) and allotted time ❑ Task incorporates key concepts, skills, and/or ideas Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating PROCESS: ⬜Student activities or opportunities for learning, understanding, and application ⬜Students make sense of ideas and information when instruction: 1) Matches their level of readiness 2) Causes them to think at high levels 3) Relates new ideas/skills to previous learning 4) Causes them to use a key skill(s) to understand a key idea(s) 5) Is of interest to them Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating PROCESS Examples: • Learning Logs & • Jigsaw Journals • Six Hats • Graphic Organizers • PMI (pluses, • Think-Pair-Share minuses, interesting points) • Two Sided Debates (Discussion Webs) • Cubing Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating PRODUCT: • Refer to ways students will demonstrate their ability to use, transfer, and extend what they have learned. • Differentiated product assignments can be excellent forms of assessing student knowledge. Far West Teacher Centers Differentiating PRODUCT: • Choice Boards • 4-MAT • Portfolios • Independent Study • Group Investigation • Orbital Studies • RAFTS • Learning Menus • Check out the activities in as many folders as you can • Write your name on the list for any you want • Later ~with your certificate~ you’ll get a personalized (DIFFERNTIATED) folder of documents ! • You can also sign on to computer and check out links on next page and print what you’d like to have Far West Teacher Centers Additional resources: iPad TECHNOLOGY Far West Teacher Centers The PRESENT requires us to remember: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w