Chapter 5 illustrates the concept of practicing differentiated instruction by giving the reader a glimpse into five very different classrooms. Having practical examples of what other teachers do is helpful when designing lessons that integrate new skills.
Which one of the classrooms did you feel gave you an example of DI that will help you in your classroom?
Explain how one strategies used by one of the teachers can be applied to your classroom?
Of all the examples provided, which do you feel would be the most challenging strategy?
Obviously I am leaning towards the 8th grade history class. I like how she links both past and present to give her students an idea of even though times are different common themes stay the same.
ReplyDeleteThe third grade class seems to be most challenging. For one I could not deal with a ton of younger students in many different groups at once. It seems this is the most structured and must be kept on top of things for it to maintain. Also It seems discipline and keeping track of everyone would be a challenge because so much is going on at once.
I agree with the 3rd grade! In the elementary level, when I subbed, the kids do station work for an uninterupted block of 90 minutes. I am jealous because those kids would go right to work, knew what to do, and did it! I'd be happy if one class period in particular would just do their bellringer without being reminded several times.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm most like Mr. Blackstone's 6th grade science class. A science class - who knew my English class is like a science class, but it is: I often start with whole class discussion and then they break off and learn independently or in small groups. Then we return for whole discussion throughout and test on it at the end. I just finished teaching two novels at a time in one classroom which required me to discuss whole-group on themes that appeared in both novels (which was kind of neat) and then in small groups for understanding of each book.
ReplyDeleteApril- It sounds like you have been working hard at meeting the needs of your learners. How did you select the books for your class?
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