Tiered lessons

Teachers were constantly told to differentiate and give examples of differentiated instruction (such as tiered assignments, flexible grouping, and student choice) but I don’t remember ever being told exactly what differentiation was. It was not until years later (after taking a professional development course outside of my school district) that things clicked: Differentiation is when we modify our lesson plans and instruction to meet students where they are.

This year we are working on expanding our RtI efforts to upper elementary. Reading First so nicely laid out the expectations for quality core instruction for K-3, but we are finding that we are having to dig a little deeper into the research to find what effective literacy instruction looks like at the upper elementary […]

Students tend to struggle for various different reasons. Regardless of any reasons we as teachers must step in and perform Response to Intervention to help.

Entire RTI MTSS Documentation System• Simple classroom based implementation system. Outlines a complete tiered intervention process for RTI/MTSS or your classroom/school program! • Works with any universal screening tools, intervention methods, or progress monitoring assessments you already have in...

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You don't have to create a whole bunch of separate assignments.

I use a variety of resources to help me in my journey towards a differentiated classroom, and I've had so many readers ask which resources I find most useful so I thought I would share a few of the things that have been helpful for me. I decided to separate this into two different posts. This post will focus on actual printed resources or guides that I use and later I will show you specific items and tools that I use in my class (including some items I wish I had but haven't acquired yet)…

Yea! An editable tiered lesson plan template - word, pdf and Google doc versions. #differentiation #teaching #giftedguru

I use a variety of resources to help me in my journey towards a differentiated classroom, and I've had so many readers ask which resources I find most useful so I thought I would share a few of the things that have been helpful for me. I decided to separate this into two different posts. This post will focus on actual printed resources or guides that I use and later I will show you specific items and tools that I use in my class (including some items I wish I had but haven't acquired yet)…

Getting Started with Tier 3 Math Intervention - The Math Spot

I'm going to share a differentiated lesson plan from start to finish. In the article Begin with the Highest Level Learner in Mind I promised that I would share the process, and here it is.

Aug 20, 2015 - Response to Intervention and the 3-Tiered Model. Free printable.

Tiering rule of thumb: *Interventions Tier 1= every one to 80% proficiency (i.e. School wide) *Interventions Tier 2= groups to 80% proficiency in addition to Tier 1 (i.e. SSAP, ESE, At-risk group) *Interventions Tier 3= individual to 80% proficiency in addition to Tier 2 and 1 (i.e. individual, one- on- one)

Here is a great list of Tier 1 Strategies that you might find helpful for students who don’t learn in our classrooms. Many of these Ideas are strategies that you already leverage. However, …

Double dosing is not the best use of time in small-group intervention and it is problematic for students with dyslexia. On the podcast, we are sharing why you shouldn't use double dosing in your dyslexia intervention and three alternatives to try instead. It is important to plan diagnostic lessons, to observe students within a lesson, and to be mastery steadfast. Try these reading intervention tips today!

Last summer I attended a GT training and was introduced to choice boards! I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I think that students are more engaged and even challenge themselves more when they are given choices. The great thing is....they aren't just for GT students. Choice boards work similar to tic-tac-toe; the student completes 3 activities in a row {up, down, diagonal} They can be adapted for ALL students and actually lend themselves well to differentiated instruction. On Tuesday, I will be attending…

Today’s post features a response from Kimberly Kappler Hewitt and a number of suggestions from readers on differentiation strategies.

Self-Management Learners - KSD Multi-Tiered System of Support

How do you differentiate reading lessons when your students are so dramatically different? Read about how I use pictures and simple question prompts to help students of all levels and abilities to think deeply and develop reading skills at their own pace and level. #readinglesson #RTI #differentiation