DI Strategies for Urban Schools

This blog is available to allow its readers to get ideas as to what DI strategies might work for them in their urban classroom. As a teacher in an urban district, we may find that there are certain strategies that might work best for our needs. Come here to read, share, and comment on what works or doesn't work in your classroom.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

THINK-pAIR-sHARE

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Think - pair-share is a strategy that I use with my students when I want them to stop, think about something and then share their thoughts w...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Budgeting for Independence

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A differentiated math activity my students completed this year was our Budget Project where students simulated living on their own and makin...

Multiple Intelligences for Mathematics

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To measure perimeter and area of the classroom, four or five students could be working together in each group. The groups could report thei...

Creative Writing

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I love writing, and my students this year have really enjoyed being able to express themselves through different forms of writing. My stude...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Sun / moon Assessment Project Options

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My most effective differentiation to-date has been providing options from which students can choose to best demonstrate their mastery of the...

Differentiated Vocabulary Projects

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One of the biggest difficulties that my school faces is our students' limited vocabulary knowledge. Across grade levels we see that o...
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Pre-Assessment Activity

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I have used this activity on a few occassions when I would like students to review the unit concepts that we have recently covered. First, I...

Personification

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I am teaching personification/figurative language and poetry to my sixth graders. Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feeling...

Citizenship DI activity

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 Students will brainstorm together as a class and come up with various problems they experience within the community. These problems will be...

Planning with MI in Mind

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The tool/idea I'd like to share serves as an aid in planning with MI in mind. As I choose a topic or idea I would like to teach my st...

Differentiated Literacy Centers

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The most effective method that I have found for differentiating is during centers. I teach first grade and our ultimate goal is to be ...

Hello, my name is "they"

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One of the most important words in the English language for each individual is their own name. For some, their name carries a special signif...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Carousel Walk

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I'm not sure where I first learned this strategy, but it works wonders. I have used it for multiple classes and multiple topics. It star...

Self Reflections

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I have students fill out self reflections every few days - maybe once or twice a week - to have them think about how they are doing in class...

Teaching Strategies for ESL studnets DI

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Use high interest authentic literature in the native language Display a bilingual word wall for every subject area with graphics or illustra...

Product Choices Chart

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This 'Product Choices Chart' gives students many options for showing their understanding of material. Students can choose their pro...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Research Folders from Ruby Payne

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Last year, I went to two days of professional development, entitled "A Framework for Understanding Poverty", based on the research...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Perimeter and Area

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My class was studying area and perimeter. The assignment was to create a map of your neighborhood. Include the blocks and parks in it. Cr...

Differentiating for ELL students

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Over half of my class receives services for English Language assistance. As a result, I do a lot of work to provide differentiation for them...
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Differentiate by interest

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One unit I am teaching is tolerance. There are several readings and videos I want my students to see, but so little time. I give the stude...

Differentiation Strategies

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For my students to show comprehension in understanding a main character's role in our story each week, I have them make a business card ...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Using Google Translate for ELLs

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To make things a little simpler for my ELL students, I have been using Google Translate (www.google.com/translate). You can click on the tit...
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