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Are You Smarter Than a DI Expert?

Are You Smarter Than a DI Expert? 1,000,000 Are You Smarter Than a DI Expert? 500,000 300,000 5th Level Topic 1 5th Level Topic 2 175,000 100,000 4th Level Topic 3 4th Level Topic 4 50,000 3rd Level Topic 5 3rd Level Topic 6 25,000 10,000 2nd Level Topic 7 2nd Level Topic 8 5,000 2,000 1st Level Topic 9 1st Level Topic 10 1,000

5th Level Topic 1 Question What do we need to assess before beginning a new unit or topic of study in our classrooms?

5th Level Topic 1 Answer READINESS!

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5th Level Topic 2 Question What does this symbol represent?

5th Level Topic 2 Answer TEACHING & LEARNING CYCLE!

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4th Level Topic 3 Question What is evident when students understand and apply important concepts, processes, and ideas? Hint: It begins with an “R”!

4th Level Topic 3 Answer RIGOR!

Why Rigor? Teaching for rigor is helping students develop the capacity to understand complex content, processes, and ideas.

Research tells us that teaching with Rigor benefits… high and low performers educationally disadvantaged advanced learners even special education students

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4th Level Topic 4 Question What is evident when students make meaningful connections that extend beyond the school into the outside world? Hint: It is the other “R” word!

4th Level Topic 4 Answer Relevance, of course!

Why Relevance? Research indicates that higher levels of engagement, learning and retention occur when teaching is relevant to students’ lives.

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3rd Level Topic 5 Question What does a “Quality Learning Environment” look like?

3rd Level Topic 5 Answer It is a place where ALL students are valued and positive relationships are developed. Students and teachers work productively and are focused on learning.

What does it look like? Students are engaged in meaningful learning. Clear expectations are understood. Students aren’t afraid to take risks or make mistakes because…

They know that their teacher genuinely cares about them and their learning!

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3rd Level Topic 6 Question What “process” demands deep knowledge of the learner and instructional practices and content? Hint: Rigor, Relevance, & Quality Learning Environment are considered when we do this!

3rd Level Topic 6 Answer Planning For Learning!

Student achievement increases! Research recognizes that when teachers engage in quality collaboration in order to focus on kids… Student achievement increases!

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2nd Level Topic 7 Question What is the single-most influential factor on student achievement in a school?

2nd Level Topic 7 Answer The Teacher!

Teaching for Learning with Differentiated Instruction List the strategies you plan to use within these lessons – make sure they have been adjusted for your students’ background knowledge and skill level. Plan your formative assessments – make sure the format does not impact student performance.

Tier the content (objective), process (thinking verbs, questions, etc Tier the content (objective), process (thinking verbs, questions, etc.), and/or product (assessments) Challenge students at THEIR “just right” level Apply the gradual release of responsibility: I, We, You Scaffold appropriately based on your observations of student performance.

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2nd Level Topic 8 Question What is “Assessment for Learning”?

2nd Level Topic 8 Answer Assessments for learning are valuable tools for gathering data of student understanding. We use them to make informed, diagnostic decisions about our students.

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1st Level Topic 9 Question What do we call… “Using the knowledge we know about our students to make decisions of how best to teach them”?

Differentiated Instruction! 1st Level Topic 9 Answer Differentiated Instruction!

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1st Level Topic 10 Question Does differentiating instruction mean I have to make two to three versions of every assignment?

Absolutely Not! 1st Level Topic 10 Answer It can mean simply changing the process, product, or content. DI can be painless. Remember to be standard focused not just curriculum guide focused.

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Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 Where can I find more resources to help me in the classroom?

1,000,000 Answer DI Team Fellow Colleagues DI Blackboard Site

Do something with the information provided by formative assessment. Assessment is a process and not an event. Provide students with feedback that is descriptive & not judgmental to keep them motivated. Begin with the end in mind.

Where do you fall now on the DI Continuum? Thanks for Playing Where do you fall now on the DI Continuum? What new DI strategies will you implement this year?

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DI Self-Assessment Activity- 4 Corners Game

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DI Sorting Activity

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DI Blackboard Site