2. What is Differentiated
Instruction?
5 Classroom Elements
Content
What we teach
Access to information & ideas
Process
How students arrive at understanding
Products
How students demonstrate knowledge
Affect
How students link thought and feelings
Learning Environment
How the classroom feelings and functions
4. Differentiating Content
What students should know
Typically derived from multiple sources
In the classroom defined by standards and local
curriculum
For teachers defined by self-interest and school
improvement needs
5. Strategies for Differentiating
Content
Readiness
Content at varied levels
Supplementary materials
Re-teach
Demonstrate ideas or skills
Use multi-media to support explanations
Use highlighted text
7. Strategies for Differentiating
Content
Learning Profile
Present in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modes
Use applications, examples, and illustrations from a
wide range of intelligences