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Amy and I recently completed a reading activity that was modified from something that Margaret shared at the last meeting. We created 4 tasks for each of the 3 tiers for students to complete after reading a section from our resource book. After students read, we provided them with color-coded cards for each task and they were asked to choose one activity from either tier 2 or 3. We were able to go around the room and encourage our TAG kids to choose from the tier 3 cards as well as encouraging our struggling learners to choose from tier 1 cards. It was a pretty simple activity that was easy to implement. I was gone the day my class did it so my students were a little more confused (although my sub confused them on many things that day) but I think that with practice it could prove to be a pretty easy differentiation activity to use.
Amy was able to articulate effective differentiation of a learning target for the district service delviery team last Friday! The group was nodding... especially when she explained that the assessment didn't have to be IN the student's disability (that is, if he has a learning disability in reading / writing, don't make him prove proficiency in science by reading and writing. The word is spreading!
Amy and I recently completed a reading activity that was modified from something that Margaret shared at the last meeting. We created 4 tasks for each of the 3 tiers for students to complete after reading a section from our resource book. After students read, we provided them with color-coded cards for each task and they were asked to choose one activity from either tier 2 or 3. We were able to go around the room and encourage our TAG kids to choose from the tier 3 cards as well as encouraging our struggling learners to choose from tier 1 cards. It was a pretty simple activity that was easy to implement. I was gone the day my class did it so my students were a little more confused (although my sub confused them on many things that day) but I think that with practice it could prove to be a pretty easy differentiation activity to use.
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