Innovative differentiation strategy

Students take a pre-assessment,
then the teacher grades the test and divides the students into 3 groups on the basis of their score.

Medium performing students

Low performing students

High performing students

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The pre-assessment can be formal or informal.
For example:
⭐ 1.KWL chart.

  1. ⭐ Yes/No card
  2. ⭐ Think-Pair-Share
  3. ⭐ Checklist (Self-evaluations)
  4. ⭐ Quiz

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Create a flow-chart/cycle on where the topic came from/where going

Learning stations linked to their interests

M5 U4 A1
Yi-An Huang(Miranda)

Self-reflection - ex. Less marking of students work and allow them to go back and revise

Have them teach other students; giving them a leadership role

Incorporate what they already wrote in the KWL

Self-driven projects/study/enrichment

Mind mapping

Have them investigate connections between what they know and what another group knows

Grouping for assessments - talking about understanding of the work

The teacher adds lines of inquiry to stimulate higher order thinking.

The teacher re-teach with more explanation and connect new material to known material.

Assign a peer coach

Incorporate more videos or pictures

Keep formative assessments very on-going