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Handbook on differentiated instruction for middle and high schools

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This book has an abundance of time-saving, practical strategies for teachers in grades 6-12. A treasury of activities and resources, this book explains, demonstrates, and helps you select among a wide variety of differentiation processes, such as whole class differentiation, tiered lessons, learning centers, flexible grouping, literature circles, individualized instruction, independent study, and learning contracts.

Title Handbook on differentiated instruction for middle and high schools / Sheryn Spencer Northey.
Publisher New York
London : Routledge
Creation Date 2005, 2013
Notes First published 2005 by Eye On Education.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Meet the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is Differentiation?
Why Differentiate?
How to Use This Book
1 Getting to Know Your Students
Step 1-Know Your Own Learning Styles
Step 2-Believe You Can Know All of Your Students
Strategy 1-Encourage Self-Discovery
Strategy 2-Documentation
Step 3-Obtain Reading Information
Strategy 1-Assessing the Readability of Your Major Text
Assessment
Strategy 2-Use Other Readability Assessments
Fry's Readability Graph
Lexiled Test
Cloze Test
Strategy 3-Use Standardized Test Assessments of Student Reading LevelsStep 4-What Are Your Students' Learning Styles or Preferences?
Strategy 1-Left-Brain/Right-Brain?
Strategy 2-Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic/Haptic Learners?
Strategy 3-The 4Mat System
Strategy 4-The Four Learning Styles
Strategy 5-What Kind of Fruit Are You?
Step 5-Know Your Students Interests
Strategy 1-Assign an Interests Essay
Strategy 2-Distribute the Interest Inventory
Step 6-Find out about Students' Multiple Intelligences
Step 7-Know Under What Conditions Students Learn Best
Step 8-Know Where Your Students Are DevelopmentallyEmotional Development
Step 9-Know If Your Students Have "Exceptionalities"
Step 10-If Your Students Are Impoverished, You Need to Understand Them
Step 11-Documenting What You Know
Summary
2 Gathering Resources (Content Differentiation)
Textbooks
Scaffolding Activities
Prereading Activities
Strategy 1-Teach Students to Access Prior Knowledge
The KWL Chart
Strategy 2-Teach Students to Use the Patterns of Informational Text
Strategy 3-Teach Students Key Vocabulary Words
Word Cards
Concept Mapping
Hilda Taba's Model of Concept DevelopmentFrayer Model
Other Ideas
Strategy 4-Teach Students How to Read Informational Text
Anticipation Guide/Prediction Guide
Direct Reading/Thinking Activity
Strategy 5-Engage the Affective Domain (i.e., the Emotions)
Philosophical Chairs
What If? Questions
Strategy 6-Engage All Learners: Experiential Activities
Strategy 7-Use Brain Gym: A Resource for Kinesthetic Learners
"During Reading" Strategies
Strategy 1-Teach Students to Identify Vocabulary Words as They Read
Quadruple-Entry Word Journal
Strategy 2-Choose from among Eight Oral Reading Strategies (Wood, 1992): A Resource for Auditory LearnersStrategy 3-Use Teacher Modeling
"Think-Aloud"
Strategy 4-Create Study Guides for Difficult Texts
Strategy 5-Use a Levels Guide
Strategy 6-Assign Double Entry or Two Column Note-Taking and Journaling
Strategy 7-For Visual/Spatial Learners
Idea 1: Use Graphic Organizers
Idea 2: Use Thinking Maps
Idea 3: Use Mind Maps for Organizing as You Read
"After Reading" Strategies
Before, During, and After Reading
SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
REAP (Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder)
Series An eye on education book
Extent 1 online resource (208 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010719277205171
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