Welcome Back

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Welcome Back!

• Differentiated Instruction Institute
• Day 2

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Differentiated Instruction in Language Arts
Social Studies Classrooms

• Dana Kelley Michelle Stimpson
• 972-348-1148 972-348-1756
• kelleyd_at_esc10.ednet10.net stimpsonm_at_esc10.ednet
  10.net

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Get to Know Us!
Michelle Stimpson
Dana Kelley

• Social Studies Consultant
• Humanities Major Chemistry Minor (PA)
• M.Ed. Georgian Court University (NJ)
• Likes to Cook, Dine and Entertain
• Likes the beach
• Has 2 dogs

• Language Arts Consultant
• English Major Math Minor (TX)
• M.Ed. Univ. of Texas at Arlington
• Heats, Reheats, goes out to eat
• Likes to write
• Has a dog

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Lets Get to Know Each Other

• What do we have in common?

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Friendship Chain

• Everyone will be provided with strips of paper
• Write your name on a strip and make a link
• Find a partner
• Find something that you and your partner have in
  common within your current teaching assignment
• Partners go out and find other partners with
  things in common
• Attempt to connect everyone to the chain

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Making Connections

• Social Studies Goals
• Acquire content knowledge
• Concepts vocabulary
• Gather information data
• Critical creative thinking

• Language Arts Goals
• Use text structure to understand content
• Use context to build vocabulary
• Synthesize info data
• Critical creative thinking

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In Language Arts Text . . .

• Characters
• Main supporting details
• Authenticity
• Setting
• Plot and Episodes
• Moral or message
• Genre

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In Social Studies Text . . .

• Cause and Effect
• Definition or explanation
• Chronological or sequential order of events
• Question-and-answer
• pattern

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You have one minute to draw!
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You have one minute to draw!
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Write the number from memory!
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What generalizations can you draw from this
experience?
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Differentiation Strategies
Content
Process
Product
Interests Intelligences
Readiness Reading Level
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Differentiating Content

• We will differentiate based on your reading
  readiness as determined by your number
• Stay where you are, we will put you into small
  study groups to work on our topic for today
  Native Americans
• Iroquois
• Nez Perce
• Pueblos
• Cheyenne

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The Reading Process

• Step 1 Before Reading - Preactive
• Establish a purpose
• Preview
• Plan
• Step 2 During Reading - Interactive
• Read with a purpose
• Connect
• Step 3 After Reading Reflective
• Pause and reflect
• Reread
• Remember

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Process Reading Note Taking Activity

• Preview - CD Cover Play List
• Note Taking Tracks Details
• Conclusion The Dedication

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Before Reading CD Cover Play List

• First you will preview the reading selection
  Look at the title, pictures, subtopic headings,
  etc.
• Title your CD with the title of the chapter
• Fill in the Play List on the back cover with the
  list of subtopic headings
• Draw a draft of a cover for your CD (you can make
  revisions after you read)

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During Reading Note Taking

• For each page in your CD jacket insert the title
  of the subtopic
• (Tracks 1-6)
• Write down important details from each section of
  the reading next to the bullets provided
• Reread your notes to make sure they are complete
  and make sense

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After Reading The Dedication

• Every CD has a dedication or a word of thanks to
  those who inspired and helped produce the works.
• Use the dedication space on the back of the CD
  jacket for a final conclusion and/or reflection
  on the events and details you read.
• You may wish to reference people, places or deeds
  that stood out in the reading.

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Differentiating Product

• Now that you have completed your reading and note
  taking assignment it is time to create your final
  product
• You will now be grouped based on your interests
• Decide if you would like to
• Create a song
• Create a dance
• Create a visual

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Product Options

• Musical/Rhythmic Create a Song
• Body/Kinesthetic Create a Tribal Dance
• Visual/Spatial Create a Visual

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Getting Started

• Go to the appropriate area of the room for your
  intelligence
• The directions and materials for your assignment
  are in the folders provided
• Read through the directions and complete the
  checklist as you work through the assignment with
  your group
• Share info with your group to complete the
  assignment and be prepared to present your work
  to the class

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Time to Share

• Dont be shy!

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Wrap Up Questions

• What aspects of your own classroom did you see in
  our examples today?
• What would you like to modify to better address
  your students needs?
• What steps will you take to implement these
  ideas?
• Discuss with your table and then the group.