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Dare to Differentiate: Responding to the Needs of All Students



Workshop Objectives: Participants will...

 * build on background knowledge about differentiated instruction
 * reflect on their practice and apply learnings to their classroom practice
 * create differentiated products for use in their classrooms
 * give and receive feedback from colleagues.

Workshop Resources
Fuel gauges

Knowing the Learner & Supportive Learning Environment
Webspiration Other brainstorming tools

Learner Profile Card

Knowing Your Learners resources

@Supportive Learning Environment

Foldables resources

Schlechty website

Respectful Tasks
Respectful tasks do's and don'ts

Balanced Assessment Self-Assessment

Examples of Integrated Performance Assessments: CARLA

Examples of Integrated Performance Assessments: FLENJ

Continuous Assessment resources

Responding to Formative Data

Flexible Grouping
Grouping cards

Clock buddies

Flexible Grouping and Cooperative Learning Strategies

Differentiation Strategies:
Choice Boards

Learning Centers

RAFT Assignments

Tiered Assignments

Cubing & Think Dots

DI & Lesson Planning
Differentiation Checklist

Sample Lesson Plans
Latin: Roman Living

French: Le Temps

Spanish: Los refugiados y la immigración

Spanish: Going Places

Chinese: Personal Description

Italian: Weather

Differentiation Cube

Planning and Managing DI

Hurricane Resources
French

Spanish (http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us)



Italian weather lesson (@http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/resources/italian/lesson-plans/)



Chinese

Legend of the Hurricane Dragons

Latin: Greek mythology- Hecatoncheires

Materials in English that can be adapted