Differentiated+Instruction

Handouts and Ideas

A **CHOICE BOARD/Menu** offers students a way to make decisions about what they will do in order to meet class requirements. A choice board could be for a single lesson, a week-long lesson, or even a month-long period of study. In order to create a choice board: from //Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom// by Rick Wormeli
 * Identify the most important elements of a lesson or unit.
 * Create a required assignment or project that reflects the minimum understanding you expect all students to achieve.
 * Create negotiables which expand upon the minimum understands. These negotiables often require students to go beyond the basic levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
 * Create a final optional section that requires students the opportunity for enrichment. The optional section often reflects activities that students can use for extra credit.

**Tic-Tac-Toe** is a simple way to give students alternative ways of exploring and expressing key ideas and using key skills. Typically, the Tic-Tac-Toe board has 9 cells in it, like that of the game. This can, of course, be adjusted. Adaptations From //Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom// by Carol-Ann Tomlinson
 * Allow students to complete any 3 tasks--even if the completed tasksdon't make a Tic-Tac-Toe.
 * Assign student tasks based on readiness.
 * Create different Tic-Tac-Toe boards based on readiness.
 * Create Tic-Tac-Toe boards based on learning styles or learning preferences.
 * Create Tic-Tac-Toe boards based on Multiple Intelligences.

Best Practices in Differentiating Instruction

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Differentiated Strategy, Interest, Description of Strategy, and Things to Consider Photosynthesis Diner Menu Simple Book Report For grades 4-6 Writing a Persuasive Essay This contract is to be done by the student who will explain what he selected and why. The teacher reviews it before the student begins. Resources on Differentiated Instruction