What are the ways to differentiate according to the student?
100
Differentiation by process.
What is differentiating by allowing students to use different methods to learn the same concept (taking different roads to reach the same destination)?
100
R.A.F.T.S.
What is a method used in creating performance tasks (Role, Audience, Format, Topic, Strong Verb)?
100
Teaching students to question information that is presented to them.
What is critical literacy?
200
Unit/Lesson plans that are created using a hierarchy of tasks.
What are tiered or layered unit/lesson plans?
200
Arranging students in the class in a variety of group sizes. They can also move between groups as the needs of the students change.
What is flexible grouping?
200
Differentiating by meeting the emotional needs of students. For example, some individuals may need regular affirmation and praise to stay motivated.
What is differentiating using affect?
200
Literature/Reading Circles.
What strategy provides a group of student with the same text but allows them to perform different roles?
200
SWOT Analysis.
Which strategy encourages students to organize an idea by its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats?
300
The opposite of "busy work".
What are respectful tasks?
300
By providing students with choices.
How can you differentiate using student interests?
300
Allowing students to have choices in how the demonstrate their learning.
What is differentiation by product?
300
It looks like a popular game that children and adults like to play. It is also a way to present choices to students for assessment.
What is a "Tic-Tac-Toe" assessment grid?
300
Graphic organizers that help students learn to take notes efficiently.
What are note-making frameworks?
400
Providing studentes with multiple options for taking in information, making sense of ideas, and expressing what they learn.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
400
One of the first things a teacher can do to learn about his/her students.
What are learning profiles used for?
400
Arranging your classrooms in ways that best facilitate learning.
How can we create positive learning environments?
400
To determine the readiness level of the students in the class to help guide instruction.
What is a diagnostic assessment used for?
400
The idea that all subject areas are impacted by reading and therefore, all subject teachers should teach literacy that is specific to their discipline.
What is the underlying philosophy of Stepping Out?
500
The mother of all DI.
Who is Carol-Ann Tomlinson?
500
Whether or not a student has the background knowledge or foundational skills to access new learning.