When a child enters your classroom / school at the start of the school year...

DI Fact Sheet

DI Definition

Let’s take a closer look STUDENTS DIFFER IN:  How they learn best  What interests them  Readiness for the content

What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES? Learning Profile MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING ATTRACT ATTENTIONGROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT Interest Readiness

Understanding your students will enable more effective differentiation.

What can be assessed? LEARNING PROFILEINTERESTSREADINESS Social/Emotional Factors Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences Hobbies Likes Dislikes Skills Content Concepts

Learning Profile Social/Emotional Factors:  Language  Culture  Health  Family Circumstances  Special Circumstances

Facts About Learning Styles  We tend to teach according to how we learn best. A teacher who is a strong auditory learner will prefer this modality when teaching— she might lecture more.  Most people do not use sight, hearing, and touch equally during learning. People develop preferences for certain senses as they learn.  Every lesson should be designed to include all three learning modalities: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Think VAK for every lesson.  If a child is not understanding your lesson, you should reteach the concept to that child in his/her preferred learning style.

In a differentiated classroom... The More Ways You Teach, The More Students You Reach! V A K

Multiple Intelligences Verbal-Linguistic Logical-Mathematical Visual-Spatial Musical Bodily-Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalist

What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES? Learning Profile MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING ATTRACT ATTENTION GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT Interest Readiness

What can be assessed? LEARNING PROFILEINTERESTSREADINESS Social/Emotional Factors Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences Hobbies Likes Dislikes Skills Content Concepts

What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES? Learning Profile MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING ATTRACT ATTENTION GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT Interest Readiness

What can be assessed? LEARNING PROFILEINTERESTSREADINESS Social/Emotional Factors Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences Hobbies Likes Dislikes Skills Content Concepts

Differentiated instruction is not something new. Think of the one-room schoolhouse. Teachers faced the challenge of finding different pathways to help a wide range of learners be successful.

What are some of the ways we are already differentiating instruction?

Important to note… Using a strategy off this list or any other does not make a differentiated classroom, rather is it how it is used and with whom.

DI Fact Sheet