2. Differentiation Defined…
“Differentiated Instruction is doing what is fair for
students. It’s a collection of best practices strategically
employed to maximize students’ learning at every
turn, including giving them the tools to handle
anything that is undifferentiated. It requires us to do
different things for different students some or a lot of
the time in order for them to learn when the general
classroom approach does not meet students’ needs. It
is not individualized instruction. It is whatever works to
advance the students. It’s highly effective
teaching.”(Wormli, Rick. Fair Isn’t Always Equal.
Stenhouse, 2006.
3. Differentiated Defined Continued…
When we differentiate instruction, we meet the
student where they are at and work from
there. Students come to us at different levels
or readiness to learn, with varying
interests, and with different learning profiles.
We address these differences by adjusting our
content processes or products.
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29. Some Anchor Activities:
• Brain Busters
• Learning Packets
• Activity Box
• Learning / Interest Centers
• Vocabulary Work
• Accelerated Reader
• Investigations
• Magazine articles with questions or activities
• Listening stations
• Research questions or Projects
• Commercial kits and Materials
• Journals or Learning Logs
• Silent Reading
• Websites
