Differentiating Instruction at Project Child Stations

Lindsey NewmanKeevie Dixon

Intermediate ReadingSouth Heights Elementary

Getting to Know you…

Our point is…

• Every necklace in this room is different because of our various teaching and personal

experiences, just as every student in our classrooms are different because of their

educational experiences. • We must meet the needs of every learner, not

just the ones that are on the same academic level.

What is Differentiated Instruction?

• Differentiated instruction is when teachers maximize the learning potential of a classroom by modifying curriculum, teaching methods, learning resources and activities to address the needs of the students, as individuals or small groups gathered by learning level.

• The teacher adjusts the pace of the teaching according to the needs of the students as well as their interests and learning styles.

Why Differentiate?

• Students are more responsive and successful learners if instruction is provided at their readiness level and takes their interests into consideration.

Who Benefits From the Differentiated Stations?

Challenging• A learner who is bored and not

engaged in learning in the classroom becomes bored. Bored and frustrated learners typically act out, disrupting learning for those students who were engaged in the instruction. Examples: On grade level students that want a challenge or students that have been identified as Gifted and above grade level.

Basic• A learner who is lost, or

overwhelmed in the classroom becomes frustrated. Examples: A student that has fallen behind or a special education student.

How to Differentiate Project Child StationsFollow the Rigor/Relevance Framework

• Hard: Begin with a basic skill and focus on words in Quadrant A; name, label, define, select, identify. ..

• Harder: Quadrant B/C; apply, sequence, solve, analyze, compare…

• Hardest: Quadrant C/D: contrast, explain, conclude, evaluate, justify…

• each level builds in each other

Rigor and Relevance Framework

• You do the same skill, just on three different skill levels.

• For example,Hard: Label each as a cause or an effect.Harder: Match or Sequence the cause with the

effect.Hardest: Create a cause for each effect AND an

effect for each cause. Justify why it is the cause or the effect.

Project Child Station Ideas

ResourcesThe Mailbox: For Every

Learner Reading and Vocabulary.

3 different levels to practice the same skill.

Available in all grade levels

Lakeshore Reading Comprehension:

• Various Grade Levels and Focus Skills. Example: Main Idea, Drawing Conclusions, Cause and Effect, etc.

• Differentiated by teacher.

Lakeshore Fact Opinion Teaching Center: various grade levels/ skills

The Florida Center for Reading Research

• http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/GK-1/C_Final.pdf

Website Resources

1. http://www.ifsi.org/projectchild/2. http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/home/ho

me.jsp?f=ga&adword=educational_resources_v2&gclid=COyIu8fhq6gCFQmt7Qod8VmFHA (will send you a free catalog)

3. http://www.themailbox.com 4. http://www.fcrr.org/

Other Goodies!

Project Child Station Check Out

•Connects students with real-world experiences of college.•Example; (Reading) Information brochure on UK, then answer questions about the college.

Nooks at Reading and Listening Station

• NOOK's best-in-class E Ink® display is easy on the eyes, with text as crisp and clear as a printed page. The 16-level gray scale display offers great contrast with no glare or backlight so you can read with ease, even in bright sunlight.

Nooks at Reading and Listening Station

• Download multiple books to e-reader prior to setting them up at station.

• Student chooses a book on their own level.

• Reads the book or a chapter.• Student then fills out a

graphic organizer relating to the skill being assessed at the end of that station week.

The kids love Nooks!

Graphic Organizers Resources • Scholastic: TEACHING

READING THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION WITH LEVELED GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS.

• The Mailbox: GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

• http://www.sanchezclass.com/reading-graphic-organizers.htm

• http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

For example…