Differentiated+Instruction

Teachers can differentiate instruction in many ways. Differentiation is simply to provide varied learning options in a classroom to make curriculum and instruction the best fit for learners. Teachers can differentiate content, process, and product, according to the students’ readiness, interest, and learning profile (multiple intelligence style). __**Books**__ Tomlinson, C.A. 1999.//The Differentiated Classroom:// //Responding to the needs of all learners.// ASCD, Alexandria, VA. Tomlinson, C.A. 2001. How To Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms


 * Differentiated Instruction Websites **

[] teacher resources; awesome site for elementary teachers

[] A site I created on Differentiation

http://www.k8accesscenter.org What’s New > Effective Classroom Strategies Discussion [] Differentiating Instruction ... Effective Strategies to Improve Student Performance [] Enhance learning with technology... strategies for differentiating [] Differentiating Instruction templates [] This link is to a page of Tech related DI resources compiled by our IMS trainers. It includes united streaming, Marco Polo, Photo Story and more!

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[] netTrekker d.i., the latest version of netTrekker, is purchased for each PA public school teacher. Consult your Tech person for login. This award-winning search engine for schools, supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources, organized by readability level to help every child achieve.

Tiered Curriculum Project [] Developed by DOE from Indiana. Tiered lessons K to 12 with examples for LA, Math and Science.

[] Differentiated K to 12 curriculum samples on the Oregon DOE website. Tiered Curriculum Samples for High-End Learners

[] Site has good examples of differentiated lessons from K-5 linked to enduring understanding, essential questions, and evidence to standards (not PA). [] - Layered Curriculum—Variation on Tiered Curriculum

[] Social Studies lessons using differentiated instruction that encourages students to choose between different versions, A or B, of Investigations designed to meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles.

[] Windows to the Universe Earth and Space Science activities for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners.

[|http://www.learningscience.org] Learning Science uses the National Education Standards (NAS, 1996) as their framework providing FREE, high quality web interactives that may support a variety of learners.

Anchor Projects [] This site from Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools provides anchor projects for all content areas.

**Resources** [] I4C has theory, lesson plans, inventories and much more. [] This site contains links to differentiated activities in math, science, language arts, reading, and technology. Many activities are for teachers of the gifted. Resources are available for students, teachers, and parents. [] Collection of classroom management and discipline websites The Really Big Classroom Management List Differentiated Instruction and Technology [] This site offers a variety of approaches to differentiate instruction based on brain research. Links to strategies and other resources are provided. This site has a //gifted// focus.

More ESL Help [] For information in Spanish and English for parents and teachers this is an excellent site. Teacher resources for all ELLs are highlighted.

ESL Help—Languages of the World [] This site is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the worlds 6,912 known living languages.

Teach-Nology—Four Step Plan [] This site from Teach-Nology is now a subscription site. It provides a four-step plan for differentiating instruction in the classroom. Additional links are provided to related sites containing information on inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning, information processing strategies, lesson planning, and assessing student learning. [] Wilmette 39 County N.C. has developed a page that list tiered resources and low prep strategy resources. DI Tiering and Resource Page

[] From Theory to Practice: The Challenges of Heterogeneous Classrooms [] // Content // differentiation means that the teachers meet the needs of individuals or groups of students by giving them different material to cover. Teachers offer students “multiple options for taking in information.”  [] National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum This resource from the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum provides an overview of differentiated instruction, guidelines for how to make differentiation possible, indicators of effectiveness, and an annotated list of additional online resources on differentiated instruction [] This is a great website developed by the University of North Carolina School of Education. The website, Learn NC, contain successful practices in K-12 education...great resource.