Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

1. One-Size-Fits-All? You’ve Got to Be Kidding! 2. Multiple Ways to Define Academic Success: What Resonates With You? 3. Climate: Creating a Comfort Zone 4. Content: Complex, Engaging, and Relevant 5. Preassessment: An Absolute Necessity 6. Tiering to Facilitate Continuous Progress 7. Tiering Learning Experiences With Bloom’s Taxonomy 8. Tiering With Venn Diagrams 9. Think-Tac-Toe: An Effective Tool for Tiering 10. Managing the Differentiated Classroom 11. Taming the Assessment Beast 12. Reflection: An Essential Practice for Lifelong Learning 13. A Differentiation Fable Appendix A: What a Child Doesn’t Learn . . . By Tracy Inman Appendix B: Directions for Activity: How Do You Learn It? Appendix C: My Way…An Expression Style Inventory Appendix D: Interest Inventory Appendix E: Bloom Chart Template Appendix F: Venn Diagrams Appendix G: Letters and Boxes Appendix H: Think-Tac-Toe Template Appendix I: Developing and Assessing Product (DAP) Tools Appendix J: Building Support for Differentiation: Hard But Not Impossible to Do Alone