Transcript Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated
Instruction
Projects and Activities
Cooperative Learning Projects
Teach a Lesson
Method of Instruction/ Retention Rates
• 90 % by teaching others
• 75 % by practicing skills
• 50% w/ Discussion Groups
• 30% with Demonstrations
• 20% with A-V
• 10% through reading
• 5% through lecture
Teach a Lesson(Do’s & Taboo’s)
Teacher should pre-select topics
Specified Roles for Team Members
Ex. Power Point Lesson Creator,
Instructor, Peer-editor,
Worksheet Creator /Assessor
Teacher Selected Heterogenous Groups
(By MI strengths, Gender etc. )
Cooperative Learning
Team Projects
• German 2 Travel Project: Modal Verbs
• German 1 Project: Verb Conjugation
• Each student organizes a 7 day Euro Trip
• For each day students will write 5
sentences describing their daytime
activities using the desired learning skill
(combines theory with real-life practice)
Cooperative Learning
Team Projects
• German 2 Clothing/Color
Commercial or Fashion Show
• German 2 News Broadcast
• German 2 Class Newspaper
• German Real Life Role Plays
• (Ex. Restaurant etc.)
Individual MI Projects
(Students present using their MI Strengths)
German 2 “Dream House” Project
(15 word picture label / 50 word essay)
German 1“Family Tree/Personal Adj” Project
(30 word family member description)
Inspiration Software Program (Mapping)
Cooperative Learning
Activities
• Student-centered instructional approach that
integrates social skills objectives with academic
content objectives
• Produces higher-level reasoning, greater transfer
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learning and more frequent generation of new
solutions
Slavin found in a four week study that 63% of
students found greater achievement with
cooperative learning and 33% found no change.
Only 3 of the 52 studies had lower achievement
Numbered Heads Together
Teammates work together to ensure all members
understand; one is randomly selected to answer
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Improves Mastery and Thinking Skills
(Higher Order Bloom’s: Compare/Contrast)
Ex. Compare and Contrast School Systems
(Topic:Culture, Summarizing Reading Comp)
Social Skills: Patience, Respect, Active Listening,
Asking for Help
Borba’s 7 Core Principals of Moral Intelligence
Empathy,Conscience,Self-control,Respect,
Kindness, Tolerance, Fairness
McDevitt:80% of knowledge /active listening
Showdown
• Students answer questions without
help. Teams then check and coach.
• (Mini-Dry Erase Boards/Power Point are great !)
• Topics: Verb Conjugation, Geography,
Vocabulary (Time Expressions/Family)
• Power Point Topic: Question Words
• ____wohnst du ? (____ do you live ?)
• Teams check, coach, give answer
Spend-A-Buck
• Students select one alternative from many
using imaginary dollars or coins
• Great with Power Point /Grammar Topics
(adjective endings, verb conjugation, definite
articles, indefinite articles)
• Ex. Modal Verb Conjugation
• Du ________________ gut spielen !
German Class Notes
(Bell Ringer and Exit Visas)
• Bell Ringer (Open Activity) assesses a
student’s prior knowledge
• Exit Visa: (Closure Activity) assesses in
student’s own words what was learned
• Benefits: Keeps students focused on
lesson/ organized (Marzano High Yield
Strategy: Note-taking and Summarizing)
• Organized German Class Notes help level
the playing field for IEP students etc. and
give all students the opportunity to be
successful