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Layered Curriculum ™
How to teach if there’s more than
one student in your class
What is Layered Curriculum™
Every Child deserves a Special Education
• Tasks arranged in levels of understanding
• Individualized expression and assessment
• Curriculum tailored to the variety of
students you serve
Levels of Understanding
C Level—basic skills, facts, and
understanding
B Level—able to manipulate their
knowledge, problem-solve, brainstorm
A Layer—requires the most complex,
critical thinking.
C Layer
Maximum “C” grade—basic skills,
knowledge, and understanding
Vocabulary, basic mechanics
Do project with detailed directions
Do experiment someone else has designed
Wide variety of choices—other languages,
music, poetry, art, hands-on projects,
listening, reading at a variety of levels
Something for EVERYONE in your class
B Layer
Maximum
“B” grade—able to apply
knowledge and skills to practical situations
Design
Do
their own experiment
projects with just basic directions
Interdisciplinary
Creative
studies
displays of compare & contrast
A Layer
“A”
grade—independent research
and/or advanced/complicated project
Mix
traditional research with other
things like values, morality and personal
opinion
Literature
research and written
response—report, persuasive essay,
letter to Congress
Sometimes
outside of class time
Why Layered Curriculum™
Allows for more individualized program
Lets students decide their grade
Gives teacher more time for each student
Allows for more “intelligences” to be used
Provides variety in the period
Easily adjusts to a variety of period lengths
Allows resources to be shared
Reduces at-home grading time
Allows a variety of students to succeed
How to create a unit
List all the objectives
List a variety of ways students could
learn the basic material
List a variety of ways to reinforce the
material
Organize them into basic, intermediate,
and advanced levels of understanding
Decide the point values for each activity
Suggestions for Activities
Provide a variety of levels of reading
material—hit the library!
Record the chapter - post files to Edline
Print out, list URLs, or bookmark pertinent
sites/articles on the Internet
Use a WebQuest
Assessment
Oral defense of the students'
assignments.
As students finish each assignment they
spend a couple of minutes, on a one-onone basis, discussing what they learned
Oral reports and presentations—privately
or to the whole class or a group
Variety of written papers, art projects,
experiments
More Ideas
Set up learning centers or stations
Provide art material for making posters or
other creative works
Allow students to “perform” songs or skits
privately or publicly
Allow students to answer verbally or in writing
Let students help each other by working
together—adjust points
Getting Started
Start slowly!!
Make sure students and parents (send a
letter home) understand the concept
Explain time limits
Explain how points work
Give out all assignments at the start
Be sure they understand the rubric
Must do work at all three levels to get an “A”
150 points can still be a “C”
Doing an “A” project does not guarantee an “A”
FAQs
Yes, you can still do whole class work
Yes, you can still do lectures, discussions
make it short—20-30 min.
points for notes, participation, record on tape
Yes, you can still give tests
Use multiple, preferably self-grading, quizzes
Yes, you can still require writing, reading,
anything you want
Yes you can still have homework
Allow parents to sign off some work
Think of other means of assessment
Helpful Websites
Help4teachers.com
Brain.org
Diatbfhs.wikispaces.com
Tigertown.wikispaces.com
Thinkfinity.org