Making a Difference

Part 2—Making a Difference
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Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction
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Tool 1: Differentiated Learning and Teaching Strategies
 
for Students Who are Gifted
 
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Mathematics
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
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Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting
Create opportunities for demonstrating mastery early
Incorporate student self-assessment including re
fl
ection on 
progress, achievements and challenges
Create performance-based assessments
Schedule regular student–teacher conferencing
Incorporate student-developed criteria and standards
Develop assessment based on application of skills to real 
problems
Incorporate creativity as important criteria component
Develop criteria for assessing critical thinking, evaluating 
and decision making
Develop criteria for assessing decision-making skills
Arrange for a real audience for student work
Arrange for expert review of student work

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English Language Arts
Contents of this chapter
Differentiating instruction in reading
Promote frequent and varied reading
Read-alouds
Independent 
reading
 
 
Read-alongs or shared readings
Teach skills for reading
Teach strategies for reading
Emphasize textual details
Split page
Graphic 
organizers
Offer varied options to extend text
Oral interpretation of text
 
 
Written extension of text
 
 
Visual extension of text
 
 
Artistic extension of text
Differentiating instruction in writing
Promote writing to learn and communicate
Learning logs
 
 
Personal responses to literature
Journals
Engage students with writing variables and planning strategies
Create opportunities for students to learn and use a range of drafting and
revision 
strategies
Language arts assessment