References+and+Resources

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

[|Six Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning] This website provides ways to differentiate when giving assessments and projects. It is important to know that not all students need to be assessed in the same way, and that all students can show their understanding and what they have learned when they are given an assignment that matches their ability and strength.

[|Various Differentiated Activities] This website has a wide variety of activities and ways to reach each type of learner; based on Bloom's Taxonomy. It also provides printable worksheets and activities that are already to be used int he classroom.

[|TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION] Another website providing a list, and explanation, of various instructional strategies to use to meet the needs of each student. A chart is provided to show which strategies are appropriate to be used at each grade level.

[|Culturally Responsive Differentiated Instructional Strategies] This website provides a great article that gives the basis of what differentiated instruction is along with the 7 "building blocks" to understanding differentiated instruction. It also compares and contrasts, by using a chart, the traditional classroom and the differentiated classroom to help educators think about which classroom they are teaching and ways to change their teaching if necessary. Linked to the article are also sample lesson plans to help with differentiation along with many other resources.

__**DO's and DON'TS**__
 * **What Differentiated Instruction Means for Teachers** ||
 * **Teachers DO** || **Teachers DON'T** ||
 * * provide several learning options, or different paths to learning, which help students take in information and make sense of concepts and skills. || * develop a separate lesson plan for each student in a classroom. ||
 * * provide appropriate levels of challenge for all students, including those who lag behind, those who are advanced, and those right in the middle. || * "water down" the curriculum for some students. ||