Differentiated+Instruction

“Even though students may learn in many ways, the essential skills and content they learn can remain steady. Students can take different roads to the same destination.” ~Carol Ann Tomlinson

Tips for Managing Differentiated Activities

 * 1) Remember that you will not use DI everyday. Sometimes you must have whole-group instruction.
 * 2) Use anchor activities to free you up to circulate to the groups, giving attention to those who need it.
 * 3) Create and deliver instructions carefully. Provide students with written directions as well as oral ones.
 * 4) Teach students to make smooth transitions into different seating arrangements.
 * 5) Have a “home base” for students at the beginning and ending of each class.
 * 6) Teach students how they can get help when you are working with another group.
 * 7) Make a plan for students to turn in work.
 * 8) Minimize stray movement by designating a “gofer” for each group or an “Expert of the Day” who can answer questions one person at a
 * 9) time.
 * 10) Have a plan for quick finishers. Refer to anchor activities.
 * 11) Make a plan for bringing closure to a lesson.
 * 12) Remember that DI can happen at outside of the classroom. Consider differentiated homework assignments.

**Click on a link below to open files and resources from the FCHS "Putting Differentiated Instruction In Practice" Professional Development Workshop for FCHS Teachers.**

 * "Welcome to the Big Top" - Differentiated Instruction Workshop Presentation:**


 * "Building Tiered Tasks":**


 * Learning Profiles and Interest Inventories for Assessment:**

Web Resources:
Videos for differentiating at the secondary level and in different curricular areas - []

Examples of Choice Boards and Tic-Tac-Toe Boards - http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choice+Boards

Dare to Differentiate Wiki with resources for implementing and designing differentiated instruction - http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Background+information+on+differentiation