The Differentiated Instruction Book Of Lists

The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists is the definitive reference for DI for teachers in grades K-12. Ready for immediate use, it offers over 150 up-to-date lists for developing instructional materials, lesson planning, and assessment. Organized into 12 convenient sections, the book is full of practical examples, teaching ideas, and activities that can be used or adapted to meet students' diverse needs. Coverage includes curriculum design, lesson planning, instructional strategies, assessment, classroom management, strategies by subject area (from Language Arts to Math to Physical Education), new media, etc.

• Offers an easy-to-use guide that gives quick tips and methods to plan effectively for delivering truly differentiated lessons
• Filled with helpful DI lists, lesson plans, strategies, assessments, and more
• Jennifer Fox is the author of the bestselling book Your Child's Strengths

The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists is a hands-on guide for meeting the instructional needs of all students so that they can reach their full potential.

Jenifer Fox, MEd, has worked for more than twenty-five years as a public and private school teacher and administrator. She is a school consultant and creator of Strong Planet, a media-driven interactive curriculum to help all kinds of learners discover their strengths. Fox authored the best-selling book Your Child's Strengths and is an acclaimed international speaker.

Whitney Hoffman is CEO and director of Hoffman Digital Media and creator of the successful LD Podcast (www.ldpodcast.com), where she has interviewed many of the leading voices in the special education field. Hoffman speaks regularly before education and business audiences on the use of social media platforms to create communities of learning.

The Authors.

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

Introduction.

Section One Understanding Differentiated Instruction.

List 1.1. A Vision for the Differentiated Instruction Classroom.

List 1.2. One-Size-Fits-All Teaching Versus Differentiated Teaching.

List 1.3. Small Things That Make a Big Difference.

List 1.4. Common Misconceptions.

List 1.5. Differentiate the Materials.

List 1.6. Differentiate the Task.

List 1.7. Differentiate the Homework.

List 1.8. Differentiate Checking for Understanding.

List 1.9. Differentiate the Outcome

List 1.10. Are You Ready for Differentiated Instruction? A Few More Examples of What Is Expected.

List 1.11. Definitions of Concepts Commonly Associated with Differentiated Instruction.

Section Two Teaching with the Individual in Mind.

List 2.1. Building Relationships.

List 2.2. Strategies to Determine Individual Strengths.

List 2.3. Interest Inventories.

List 2.4. Planning with Learning Styles in Mind.

List 2.5. Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction.

List 2.6. Tips for Raising Students' Comfort Level.

List 2.7. Tips to Help Struggling Students.

List 2.8. Tips for Motivating All Students.

List 2.9. Class Discussion Strategies.

Section Three Planning the Differentiated Curriculum.

List 3.1. Where to Begin and What to Do.

List 3.2. Tips for Keeping Records for Differentiated Lesson Plans

List 3.3. How to Create Differentiated Lesson Plans with Bloom’s Taxonomy.

List 3.4. Differentiated Assessments.

List 3.5. Curriculum Compacting: Why and How.

List 3.6. What Are Authentic Choices? How to Plan with Them.

List 3.7. General Planning Tips for the Differentiated Classroom

Section Four Most Commonly Used Differentiated Instruction Techniques and How to Use Them.

List 4.1. Tiered Lessons.

List 4.2. Scaffolding Tools.

List 4.3. Project-Based Learning.

List 4.4. Learning Contracts.

List 4.5. Graphic Organizers.

List 4.6. Flexible Grouping.

List 4.7. Learning Stations.

List 4.8. Rubrics.

Section Five Differentiated Classroom Management

List 5.1. Arranging the Classroom for Optimal Differentiated Instruction Management

List 5.2. Strategies for Differentiated Classroom Management

List 5.3. Why Students Misbehave

List 5.4. Discipline Strategies

List 5.5. Strength-Based Discipline: An Individualized Approach

List 5.6. Examples of Strength-Based Versus Deficit-Based Labels

List 5.7. Classroom Management and Parental Communication Tips

Section Six Roles and Responsibilities.

List 6.1. Classroom Teacher

List 6.2. Students

List 6.3. Administrators

List 6.4. Parents

List 6.5. Support Staff

Section Seven Using Differentiated Instruction Techniques at Different Grade Levels.

List 7.1. Kindergarten.

List 7.2. Grades 1–5.

List 7.3. Middle School.

List 7.4. High School.

Section Eight Strategies for Differentiating Language Arts.

List 8.1. What Exemplary Reading Teachers Do to Differentiate Reading Instruction.

List 8.2. Strategies to Improve Reading.

List 8.3. Tips for Differentiating Small-Group Reading Instruction.

List 8.4. Assigned Reading, Dealing with Low Interest.

List 8.5. Differentiated Writing Assignments and Strategies.

List 8.6. Examples of Exciting Differentiated Language Arts Assignments.

List 8.7. Tips for Differentiating Instruction for English Language Learners.

List 8.8. Tips for Differentiating Writing Assignments.

Section Nine Strategies for Differentiating Math.

List 9.1. Using Reading and Writing to Differentiate Math Instruction.

List 9.2. Five Specific Ways to Integrate Writing in the Math Curriculum.

List 9.3. Group Work as a Way to Differentiate the Math Class.

List 9.4. Ways to Integrate Group Work in the Math Curriculum.

List 9.5. Math Manipulatives.

List 9.6. Project-Based Learning Ideas and the Math Class.

List 9.7. Beyond Traditional Quizzes and Tests: Differentiated Assessments in Math.

List 9.8. Math Anxiety and Differentiated Instruction.

Section Ten Strategies for Differentiating Science.

List 10.1. General Differentiated Strategies for Science.

List 10.2. Inquiry-Based Instruction and Science.

List 10.3. Multimedia Projects, Science, and Differentiated Instruction.

List 10.4. Practical Advice for the Laboratory.

List 10.5. Technology, Differentiated Instruction, and Science Class.

Section Eleven Strategies for Differentiating Social Studies.

List 11.1. Gallery Walks.

List 11.2. Time Lines.

List 11.3. Political Cartoons.

List 11.4. Authentic Civic Projects.

List 11.5. Multimedia Presentations.

List 11.6. Research Methods.

List 11.7. Class Discussion.

Section Twelve Strategies for Differentiating the Arts.

List 12.1. Group Work in the Arts.

List 12.2. Ways to Help All Students Feel Successful in Art.

List 12.3. Technology, Differentiated Instruction, and Visual Arts.

List 12.4. Technology, Differentiated Instruction, and Performing Arts.

Section Thirteen Strategies for Physical Education and Health.

List 13.1. Tips on Using Differentiated Instruction in Physical Education.

List 13.2. Strategies for Differentiating Skill Training.

List 13.3. How to Encourage Everyone’s Participation

List 13.4. Ideas for Coaches

List 13.5. Physical Education and the Unhealthy Student

Section Fourteen New Media Strategies That Naturally Differentiate Instruction.

List 14.1. How Online Tools Can Help Organize and Differentiate Instruction.

List 14.2. Ways to Use Facebook in the Classroom.

List 14.3. Using Twitter in the Classroom.

List 14.4. Using Ning in the Classroom.

List 14.5. Blogging in the Classroom.

List 14.6. Wikis in the Classroom.

List 14.7. Cultivating a Positive Digital Footprint.

List 14.8. Administrative Considerations and the Use of New Media in the Classroom.

List 14.9. New Media Uses That Are Not OK.

Section Fifteen Special Considerations.

List 15.1. Differentiated Instruction and the Gifted Student.

List 15.2. Differentiated Instruction and the Advanced Placement Curriculum.

List 15.3. Differentiated Instruction and the at-Risk Student.

List 15.4. Differentiated Instruction and Diversity Inclusion.

References.

Index.