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A Look at the OGTMore Resources on Differentiating
Instruction in Secondary Classrooms
Here are some resources from the ORC collection*
related to this month's theme, Differentiating Instruction in Secondary Classrooms.
| Differentiated Instruction in the English Classroom [excerpt]: Chapter 4, "How Do Teachers Manage a Differentiated Classroom?" |   | ORC# 4442 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00577/chapter... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Differentiated instruction is a recognition that students vary in their needs, interests, abilities, and prior knowledge. It is a springboard from which students work toward the same ends, but they use different content, processes, and products to get there.... | | CAREER FIELDS: Education & Training, General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS, Standards First | | MORE... |
| Critical Issue: Addressing Literacy Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms | | ORC# 4184 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 1 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This article addresses problems confronted by children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have not experienced high levels of academic success. Their literacy needs are often not addressed as they are encouraged to assimilate into the mainstream.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT | | MORE... |
| Helping the Kids to "Get It" | | ORC# 4577 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective_content.aspx?parentID... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 7 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Diana Carr describes the varied approaches used in her middle school to meet the literacy needs of students. Teachers use informal methods, including student surveys, journals, and mentoring sessions.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT | | MORE... |
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| Fair Isn't Always Easy: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "The Differentiated Instruction Mind-set: Rationale and Definition" | | ORC# 6625 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/0424%20pp1-9.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource is the first chapter of Rick Wormeli's book, Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom. In this chapter, Wormeli provides a definition of differentiated instruction; in addition, he uses examples from classroom differentiation and from adult life.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, Standards First | | MORE... |
| An Adapted Language Experience Approach: Helping Secondary Students with Content Area Reading | | ORC# 4724 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://ohiorc.org/articles/default.aspx?id=hoffner | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 9 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Students with reading difficulties often face additional learning challenges in content area classrooms. This article describes an adaptation of the Language Experience Approach (LEA) that has been successful in helping struggling readers master content area material and improve their reading skills.... | | MORE... |
| Student Contracting | | ORC# 3819 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=141 | | RESOURCE TYPE: Content Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 6 - 8 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Student contracts provide a practical way to differentiate instruction in the classroom. By giving students the opportunity to develop a contract, they are able to become more responsible for their schoolwork and more enthusiastic about their education.... | | CAREER FIELDS: General Career Skills | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS, Standards First | | MORE... |
| What Do I Do About the Kid Who....? 50 Ways to Turn Teaching into Learning | | ORC# 6025 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=81... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts, General Education | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 3 - 10 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource is the online, pdf chapter version of Kathleen Gould Lundy's book, What Do I Do About the Kid Who. .... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT | | MORE... |
| Differentiating Instruction: A Modified Concerto in Four Movements | | ORC# 6333 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/5679 | | RESOURCE TYPE: General Education Resource | | DISCIPLINE: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grades 5 - 12 | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: In order to be able to differentiate instruction for the many needs of today's diverse learners, professional educators must be experts in four areas: students, curriculum, cognitive theory, and differentiated instruction practices. This demanding "concerto" with four distinct movements is one which teachers can compose, and one that is worth performing with each new group of students.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT | | MORE... |
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