- What skills and concepts are your students expected to learn?
- What should students know or be able to do at the end of this lesson or unit?
- What skills and concepts do students need as prerequisites to what they are expected to learn?
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Where to Look:
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| Are all students expected to learn the same skills/concepts at the same level of difficulty/complexity?
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- Do you have assessment data or other information that can help identify the level at which each student is currently working?
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Resources:
- Curriculum Scope and Sequence
- State coherence maps
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- Can students work in small groups with others at a similar skill level?
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For More Information:
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- Are there individual students whose skill level is significantly above or below the rest of the class?
- Consider developing independent projects or assignments at an appropriately level of difficulty
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- How will the students show what skills and concepts they’ve learned?
- In what authentic, relevant ways will students show how to apply the skills and concepts they’ve learned?
- Projects, demonstrations
- Application in other classes and subjects
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Resources:
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Consider: Use rubrics…
- To make project/assignment criteria and learning targets clear to students
- To assess multiple skills within a single project
- To monitor student growth and progress from one project to another
- To individualize project requirements, as needed
- What activities, lessons and assignments are included in the instructional plan?
Would any of these be logical choices for differentiation?
- Could a lesson be easily made more simple or more complex?
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Adapting Directions:
Adapting the Complexity of the Assignment:
Consider: Not every lesson can be (or should be) differentiated. There are times when whole group instruction is more effective or simply more manageable.
- What learning materials will be used (ie. textbooks, manipulatives, tools, etc.)?Would any of these be logical choices for differentiation?
- Are there reading materials being used?
Consider using various measures of reading comprehension to match students to text at an appropriate level of difficulty
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