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Differentiated Instruction
Your students are different. They wear different clothes. They like different TV shows. Some of them have had their growth spurt, and others are still shrimpy. And that's the idea behind differenti...
Differentiation Diva: Carol Ann Tomlinson
Every teacher is a special snowflake. And each one deserves a mountain of appreciation and a whole article with a catchy alliterative name to him- or herself. But let's be real: Carol Ann Tomlinson...
9 Easy Steps to Differentiation
You know what differentiated instruction is. (And if you don't, that's why we're handily linking to our article on that very topic). Next step: how to implement it? There are a number of tactics yo...
Methods of Differentiation for Teaching Reading
The awesome thing about differentiated instruction is that it's so doggone versatile. You've already got the general approaches to get you differentiating across the board; to really shake things u...
Methods of Differentiation for Teaching Writing
Grammar. Spelling. Syntax. Go.It's as simple as that, right?We know, what a knee-slapper. Writing varies by as many degrees as you have students in your class. Not to mention what sort of mood they...
Methods of Differentiation for Teaching Math
How could we teach subtraction if we couldn't talk about differences? Heh. But here's the real deal. Students learn in different ways. Some of them look at a formula and it's memorized. Others need...
Methods of Differentiation for Teaching Science
Sure, you use the chemistry textbook for chem and the bio textbook for bio. But differentiated instruction is about more than remembering which period you teach which subject.It's about how to teac...
Methods of Differentiation for Teaching Art
Isn't differentiation what art is all about? Like, you'd never try to force a Monet to paint like a Magritte…and the same self-expression-y stuff goes for kids, right?Right.But as far as incorpor...
Differentiation for Special Education
From our physical appearance to our mental capacities to our favorite card in Pokémon, everyone's a unique snowflake…or something.It's especially important to keep that in mind when preparing cu...
Differentiation for Advanced Students
We're not talking gifted with a sixth sense or just getting a lot of presents. These are the kids who are quick, think outside the box, and seem to have already read everything you assigned—not t...