By:Anna Papst
Content,
process, and product. Start with one student and differentiate only the content
– take baby steps. Make activities and avoid just duplicating the same ones. The
best way to meet the needs of a gifted student is to raise the bar for
everyone. Discovering what makes your students tick is going to be of so much
value in the classroom.
“Objective:
to offer students individualized learning experiences during an independent
study unit so that the students might sustain or create an interest, showcase
their interests, and develop their skills in language arts”
Different
projects, even though they seem weird, offer a wide range for student learning.
Like creating a poster about mythology that is based off of a fairy tale, might
seem a little nontraditional, but it offers for a wide range of learning to
occur. I think that the way to make differentiated instruction a reality is that
we need to continue to learn about what is out there and what is available. We
need to not close our minds to the world that is changing around us right and
left. We need to adapt those skills and tactics into our classrooms. We also
should not be afraid of change. Change will only make us better teachers.
Students
want to be challenged. Instead of finding something easier, challenge each one
with variations of the same assignment, if you have an over achieving student.
This allows for the class to keep on the same track, but gives permission to
that one student to not worry about moving ahead of the class because he/she
has a special task that they are working on that will challenge them just as
much as everyone else in the classroom.
We
need to get energized and we need to step out of our comfort zones and be the
teachers that our students need and want. We need to appeal to them and to the
world that they live in.
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