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Teaching all Teaching all Learners! Learners! Differentiating Differentiating Instruction Instruction Date: February 5 Date: February 5 th th , 2007 , 2007 Facilitator: Cheryl Taylor Facilitator: Cheryl Taylor

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Teaching all Learners!Teaching all Learners!

Differentiating InstructionDifferentiating Instruction

Date: February 5Date: February 5thth, 2007, 2007

Facilitator: Cheryl TaylorFacilitator: Cheryl Taylor

Diagnosing & RecordingDiagnosing & RecordingStrengths and WeaknessesStrengths and Weaknesses

Error Analysis Error Analysis

Ongoing Assessment Tool Ongoing Assessment Tool

Math Calculation DifficultiesMath Calculation Difficulties

AdjustmentsAdjustments

- Use easier numbers- Use easier numbers - Place Value- color code- Place Value- color code - Manipulatives- counters- Manipulatives- counters - Visuals- charts- Visuals- charts

Math Reasoning DifficultiesMath Reasoning Difficulties

AdjustmentsAdjustments

Number sense- Number sense- ““121/2 students in the chorus” 121/2 students in the chorus”

Language- Language- “What’s the story?”“What’s the story?”

Auditory Perception Difficulties!Auditory Perception Difficulties!Auditory Memory Difficulties!Auditory Memory Difficulties!

AdjustmentsAdjustments

- Speak slowly- Speak slowly

- Keep eye contact- Keep eye contact

- Repeat what’s said- Repeat what’s said

Visual Perception DifficultiesVisual Perception DifficultiesVisual Motor DifficultiesVisual Motor Difficulties

Visual Memory DifficultiesVisual Memory Difficulties

AdjustmentsAdjustments

- charts- charts

Oral Expression Difficulties!Oral Expression Difficulties!

AdjustmentsAdjustments

Encourage use of word wallEncourage use of word wall

-word wall should have visuals-word wall should have visuals

Word Wall

Fine Motor DifficultiesFine Motor Difficulties

AdjustmentsAdjustments

More time on taskMore time on task

Increased practice with toolsIncreased practice with tools

ie. ruler, protractorie. ruler, protractor

Attention Difficulties!Attention Difficulties!

AdjustmentsAdjustments

Focusing activitiesFocusing activities- count to 100- count to 100

- “Simon Says”- “Simon Says”

Organizational Skill Difficulties!Organizational Skill Difficulties!

AdjustmentsAdjustments

- Model organization skills- Model organization skills

- Color code items- Color code items

- Insist on a clean work space- Insist on a clean work space

High Achieving StudentsHigh Achieving Students

Gaps need to be filledGaps need to be filled

Students with Special NeedsStudents with Special Needs

Layer lessonsLayer lessons Multiple strategies- “We must enhance our Multiple strategies- “We must enhance our

repertoire”repertoire” Hands onHands on LiteratureLiterature MotivateMotivate Cyclical lessons and repetitionCyclical lessons and repetition