Easy Ways to Differentiate Content in your Classroom
“One size does not fit all.”
Make Your School Awesome Staff
April 12, 2022
When teachers take the time to differentiate their instruction they create a unique environment or deliver the lesson in such a way that helps their students learn best. It breaks away from the traditional one-size-fits-all learning style. Today, more than ever, teachers are working to possess a greater understanding of their individual learners and customize their instructional delivery to fit their students' individual needs. It is important to understand their students' learning profile, readiness, and most importantly, to understand their learners' interests and needs. Differentiating instruction helps educators connect with their students’ different learning styles on a much deeper level.
Here are some effective methods for delivering differentiated content: Content is differentiated through complexity and novelty. Check out these helpful ideas on how to differentiate content in your classroom.
Provide students with additional resources to match their level and needs for understanding.
Delivering reading materials by utilizing audio devices.
Offer student choice.
Create learning contracts.
Provide independent study options.
Implement custom-tiered instruction that is engaging to all learners.
Build interest centers in your classroom.
Always model it, show it, and say it - develop a variety of ways to introduce information to your students to ensure their success.
Encourage highlighted text.
Create Flip Books.
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Always scaffold instruction when students experience difficulty learning new skills or concepts.
Create visual menus which offer students freedom of choice. This allows students to choose their own activities based on their individual strengths.
Provide modeling and continuous demonstrations.
Develop a parallel reading with teacher's prompt.
Regularly develop interest-based mini-lessons.
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Important teacher takeaways!
“There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.” - Thomas Jefferson. Successful educators develop classroom environments and learning experiences that best respond to their student's individual needs. Differentiating instruction is for all learners.
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