Differentiation

Rick Wormelli's intro to his book Differentiation; read this is you want a quick overview of differentiation and want confirmation of what you already know!

Read this chapter if you want to see how differentiation looks as you plan a unit. You'll find an interesting list of ideas for adding choice to a unit on Cortez -- a good model.

The title of this chapter tells it all: "Helpful Structures and Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom." You'll even find a description of a workshop classroom (even though he doesn't call it that). Read this chapter when you have a basic idea of the philosophy underpinning differentiation:

And here's the chapter for you if you need to see some models of differentiated learning. You'll find an example from science, math, p.e., art, and language arts:

A chapter on choice in Clock Watchers:

A 6th grade teacher explains what she learned after returning from a workshop on differentiation. You'll find links to helpful sites and some concrete suggestions: [|Scholastic]

An example of a math lesson (and some of the instructional activities would apply to multiple content areas): [|Math differentiated lesson]

A link to differentiated instruction's website: [|Differentiation Central]

Media presentations: [|Inservice intro] [|Two teachers talking and peek into their room] [|Just for math folks]