differentiating in the classroom
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- What does differentiating in the classroom mean? Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Carol Ann Thomlinson
- There are many ways to differentiate learning.
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- To begin, teachers must get to know their individual students. They can do this by using a parent survey at the beginning of the year. Formal and informal assessments throughout the year can also help teachers track student learning.
- One way is to differentiate content. In a writing lesson you can let the students write a fiction story about a topic or character of their choice.
- Another way is to differentiate process. In a math lesson students can draw pictures to represent amounts, use manipulatives, or a number line.
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- A fourth way is to differentiate product. In a social studies unit about maps, students can show their learning by making a map of a real or fantasy location or writing the directions to find a treasure.
- Teachers can differentiate the learning environment. In a science unit about insects, students can use a magnifying glass to study insects outside, or they can read books about insects in the school library.
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