Presentation given by Dr. Godfrey at our 5th MSL Senior Student Teaching Seminar session.

1. DifferentiationMSL Senior Seminar – March 31, 2011 For the resolute and determined there is time and opportunity. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. WHAT?

3. Bloom’s taxonomy Adapting Modifying Extending Takes advantage of strengths Supports weaknesses What?

4. WHY?

7. WHO? Special needs students At-risk students Above average students Unmotivated students Students with special interests

8. DECISIONS, PLANNING Focus on learning What do you want students to learn? How will you know when they have learned it?

9. Required versus choice IEP Testing Everyday

10. INDIVIDUAL FOLD PAPER CUT APART CIRCLE, STAR, OR CHECK ODD, EVEN CHOOSE ONE

11. Differentiation strategies Theoretical framework based on Bloom’s and brain research Content – what is taught Process – how students make sense of what is taught Product - – how students express their understanding of what is taught

12. Differentiating Content -knowledge and access to knowledge All –most – some Curriculum compacting Flexible grouping Scaffolding Provide partially completed notes for students with attention difficulties Website use for advanced students ELL – summarize key ideas before they begin

13. Differentiating process -owning knowledge, understanding, and doing 1-2-4 Present! Clock Partners Cubing Tiered Assignments

14. Differentiating Product –summative doing and sharing Choice Boards Tic tac toe Anchor activities Choice as motivator Learning contracts

15. Tests, assessments Extended time Chunking Read aloud Dictation to scribe Small group or separate seating Extended or extra questions Higher level wording

16. He who dares to teach must never cease to learn. --John Cotton Dana