1. DIFFERENTIATION BY
CONTENT

2. Everybody is a genius. But,
if you judge a fish by its
ability to climb a tree, it’ll
spend it’s whole life
believing that it is stupid.
- Einstein

8. WHAT IS DIFFERENTIATING BY
CONTENT?
 Delivery of and access to material
CONTENT
 Learning outcomes
 Learning objectives
 Standards

9. VARIABLES TO CONSIDER
Learning styles
Skill level
Learning rates
Special Education
ELL learners
Background knowledge
Student motivation
Student interests
Student social/emotional development
Multiple intelligences

14. DISCOVERY EDUCATION
o http://app.discoveryeducation.com/explore
o Steps:
o 1) curriculum standards search (under
search bar at the top)
o 2) enter criteria for MN
o 3) Click on the standard you want
o Videos, clips, lesson plans and blackline
masters
o Don’t forget about the teacher center and the
lesson plans available there!

15. BRAINPOP
 http://www.brainpop.com/user/loginDo.weml
 Click on “standards” on the left hand side
 Choose your subject, grade level, etc…

16. TRUEFLIX
http://tfx.grolier.com/

17. IXL MATH
www.ixl.com
• Click on “reports”
• Click on “state standards”
• Standards performance
• Standards performance by student
• Standards trouble spots
• Improvement by strand

18. READ WRITE THINK
http://www.readwritethink.org/about/standards.html
• Click on “classroom resources”
• Click on “lesson plans”
• Enter a phrase from the standard under “search by keyword”
• There is a standards tab for each lesson
• ** check out the “student interactives” section for interactive
graphic organizers, writing organizers and other activities!

19. SMART EXCHANGE
https://exchange.smarttech.com/account/login?continue=http%253A%2
52F%252Fexchange.smarttech.com%252Findex.html

20. THINKFINITIY
http://www.thinkfinity.org/welcome
• Click on “state standards”
• Enter state, grade and subject

21. ELM LIBRARY
http://www.elm4you.org/standards

22. MN LEARNING LOOP
http://learningloop.informns.k12.mn.us/resources
Filter by grade and by content area

23. THINK QUEST
http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library
• Browse by age and content
• Variety of websites, lesson plans, interactives, etc

24. HOW DO I DO THAT?
 Teach the same content
 Questions to ask yourself
 What do I want my students to:
 know?
 understand?
 do?
 How do I want them to learn it?
 How will they show what they know?
http://www.slideshare.net/jjmorris/differentiation-basics

25. CONTENT IS DIFFERENTIATED WHEN…
(a) when you preassess students’ skill and
knowledge, then match learners with appropriate
activities according to readiness;
(b) when you give students choices about topics
to explore in greater depth;
(c) when you provide students with basic and
advanced resources that match their current levels of
understanding.
(Diane Heacox)

26. WEBSITES I

27. YOUR TURN TO DIFFERENTIATE BY
CONTENT
• Choose a unit/lesson/concept you need to teach or
reteach
• Choose one of the resources you just learned about
• Search for lesson plans, activities, interactives, etc.
that will help you
• Be ready to share out what you are doing at the end