Ready to Use
Differentiation
Strategies
Laurie Westphal
Independent GT Consultant
www.giftedconsultant.com
[email protected]
Blackout Bingo
Draw a three square tic tac toe board:
What is
Differentiation?
•“Four different lesson plans, one for modifications,
one for ELL, one for on-level, and one for GT.”
••“Meeting
Meeting the needs of all of your students
students.”
•“Altering content, process, and product.”
“What does that mean?”
“You know, changing the content, process, and
products that you give the students.”
•“This new thing we have to do now.”
(c) Laurie E. Westphal
[email protected]
www.giftedconsultant.com
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Initial Sentences
Guidelines:
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Using the following random letters, write a
sentence about your current unit of study.
These letters should be the initial letter of each
word in the sentence.
You must use the letters in the designated
order.
TBFHRALDAT
3 Facts and a Fib
Guidelines:
• Think about a topic of earth
science.
• Create three facts about the topic
topic.
• Create one fib (which could sound
real!)
• Be prepared to share your facts
and fibs to see if others can spot it!
Go Fish
Guidelines:
• Reach into the bag.
• Pull out a question.
• Share your answer with the group, any response
from the group?
• Return the card to the bag.
• Go around the group as many times as time
allows.
• Be ready to share.
• Discussion Topic – Differentiation in the Science
Classroom.
(c) Laurie E. Westphal
[email protected]
www.giftedconsultant.com
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Of what
has been
discussed so far,
what was most
important?
Give one
example of what
we just talked
about.
How does
this information
apply to you in
your daily life.
Summarize
everything we have
discussed in two
sentences. Share
the sentences.
Explain how this
topic could apply to
another class.
Additional Go Fish! cards are available in: Ready to Use Differentiation Strategies. Available through Prufrock.com
(c) Laurie E. Westphal
The “Blob”
Steps:
• Group of 4 - 5 volunteers (i.e.
victims).
• Your group will be asked a
question.
• You may only say one word so
that, as a group, the question is
answered.
The
Mouth
Is it really my
turn? Well Let’s see . . .
Guidelines:
•
In your groups, stand up and pass the “power object”
from person to person
person.
• As each person receives the object they are to answer:
1. Which strategy would best serve the gifted students
in your classroom?
2. What idea are you most interested in creating
something for?
After everyone has shared, the group sits back down.
(c) Laurie E. Westphal
[email protected]
www.giftedconsultant.com
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