Differentiated Instruction

There are many ways to differentiate - by ability or by gender or by choice.

For one part of this I gave a pretest and then sorted the students into

Got It - the group that aced the pretest and didn't require any further instruction

Review It - the group that did well, but needed a review of the information

Learn It - the group that needed to learn it - had no foundational knowledge

For other assignments, I just gave students choices - like the speech/presentations

I also differentiate between gender - offering boys/girls assignments - but they are welcome to do the assignment of the other gender if it's a topic that interests them.

I have saved all of the files in Adobe Reader because many of them were created in Microsoft Publisher - if there are any that you want for your own to modify for your classroom, just email me and I'll send the original file.

Boys/Girls Open Response (pdf file)

Choice assignment for that last two weeks of school (pdf file)

A Group Assignment (pdf file)

Diff Inst Review It Group Assignment (pdf file)

Got It Group Assignment 1 (pdf file)

Got It Group Assignment 2 (pdf file)

One mid-session quiz to assess progress (pdf file)

Learn It Group Assignment 1 (pdf file)

Learn It Group Flash Card Packet (pdf file)

Another Quiz (pdf file)

Another Quiz (pdf file)

Choices for Speech (pdf file)

Textbook work that everyone completed during diff groups (pdf file)

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