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afternoon this presentation is what
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spirits should know about differentiated
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instruction my name is most of heights
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and Robertson I am an EIP teacher at
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flat shoals elementary in rockdale
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county children
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let's begin with a working definition
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for differentiated instruction and the
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definition that's given here on the
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screen is by dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson she
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is the leading expert on differentiated
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instruction and she has laid the
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groundwork through her research-based
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practices and the definition that she
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gives here is an approach to teaching
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that advocates at this planning for
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inattention to student differences in
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classrooms in the context of high
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quality curriculum and dr. Carol Ann
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Tomlinson's work forms the basis for
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this presentation that i will be sharing
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with you today so why is differentiated
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instruction important for teachers
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classrooms are filled with students who
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have different needs there are students
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who have who are digital learners who
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are auditory learners who are
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kinesthetic learners and we must be able
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to meet those needs students come with
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different educational backgrounds and
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ability levels students have different
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attention spans and interest the day of
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sitting yet has long passed students
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must have engaging opportunities to
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learn within the classroom and students
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there are some students who come to the
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classroom where English is their second
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language we must have opportunities for
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them to learn as well and then we have
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students with different cultural
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backgrounds
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so before we move too deeply into
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differentiated instruction we must
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establish a framework for differentiated
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instruction that we do this by
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understanding since the concept that
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Carol Anne Tomlinson and make ties call
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understanding by design and
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understanding by design quite simply is
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when we look at identifying what
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students will be able to know understand
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and do first before we begin instruction
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it's important to establish goals based
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on the beat big ideas of the curriculum
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and then the enduring understandings on
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which students should focus we must
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align instruction with desired learning
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results we must communicate knowledge
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and skills that students must have to
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accomplish those goals we must plan
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opportunities to explore interpret apply
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and for students to self-assess we must
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clearly communicate acceptable evidence
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of understanding through rubrics for
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example and then we must regularly
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review the curriculum and the assessment
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design so let's take a look at this
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chart that dr. Carol Ann Thomason
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created a differentiation I want to
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begin with the general principles of
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differentiation and the very first
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principle is that it must occur in an
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environment that encourages and supports
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all learning styles whether it is
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auditory visual or kinesthetic isma
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support all learning styles must begin
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with a quality curriculum assessments
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must inform teaching and learning
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instruction must respond to student
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variance so when students don't
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understand instruction must respond to
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that and then leading students and
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managing the routines and then teachers
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can be differentiated differentiate
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through four methods they can
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differentiate my content the information
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and ideas grappled with
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to reach the learning goals by process
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how students take in and make sense of
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the continent by product how students
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show what they know understand and can
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do and then by environment the climate
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or tone of the classroom must respect
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all learning styles and then
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differentiation we can differentiate
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according to students readiness of
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students proximity to specify learning
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goals that's where those tiered
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assignments would come in because all
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students don't reach the same goal at
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the same time according to students
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interest that's their passion or
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affinities or according to their
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learning profile and we can also
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differentiate through a variety of
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instructional strategies that are shown
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here we have scaffolding reading and
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writing graphic organizers menus
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tic-tac-toe and etc
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now let's take a look at an example we
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had Shelly she is a student and she is
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primarily a kinesthetic visual learner
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can affect me the bit she learned with
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by movement or by use of her hands and
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then visually seeing the concepts she's
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an introvert does not like to speak in a
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larger study that she tends to learn
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floor than her peers so what is the
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ideal learning environment how can we
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differentiate instruction for Shelly we
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can begin by modeling with the use of
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manipulatives and then allowing Shelley
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to demonstrate her understanding with
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some intuitive she can work in the small
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group or work with the partners that she
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does not like to speak in a large group
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setting she can use math manipulatives
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as she's progressing through the
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learning and then also worked with a
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whiteboard tiered assignments would be
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very beneficial for her that she'd want
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to explore than others if she won't feel
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the pressure to try to keep up and then
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I'll austintx summative assessments can
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be designed around Shelly's learning
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styles
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take a look at differentiation within my
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classroom the very first thing that I do
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is to begin with a learning South
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inventory to get an understanding of how
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my students learned then I'll move on to
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the guys noticing what my students know
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to make sure they have a prerequisite
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standards will use multiple texts to
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teach students interest I use computer
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software programs things such as achieve
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3000 Khan Academy learn billions of
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assortment of computer software programs
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that are available we'll use audio
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visuals the Promethean Board recording
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text very time allotment based on
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student need well you steer the
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assignment to students where they are
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multiple strategies such as models
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algorithms read aloud close reading
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learning centers so that students can
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explore learning based on their
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individual interest graphic organizers
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students able to work individually or
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partner or work in a group and they will
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have varied assignments in choice
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product
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engagement equity incentives are
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important within my classroom in
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reference to engagement I'll begin to
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lesson with a hook and an essential
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question that will be through an
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illustration or a model or sometimes a
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question will have learning centers with
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a variety of activities based on
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standards to engage students and those
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will be computer-based will have
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learning games we have practice
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assignments for students and check their
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work period assignments and students are
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able to choose from among these centers
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also with the classroom is a
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goal-oriented classroom where students
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established monitor and revise their
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goals and they're able to track their
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progress towards those visibly in the
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classroom
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in relation to equity impairment
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fairness I encourage an environment of
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respect of all learning styles i use
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popsicle sticks for students for each
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student response to ensure equity and
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that every tech student have an
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opportunity to participate or use
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multiple assessment formats and then
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students are praised for growth no
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matter how large and small all growth is
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celebrated and then finally all students
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are my favorite all students are
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respected and appreciated within my
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classroom
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greatly since I am an EIP teacher my
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great informative and in nature and then
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it's based on specified learning goals
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based on George descendants of
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excellence homework is not great it is
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to reinforce the skills and the
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standards taught so that for additional
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practice at home all assessments are
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based on established Christ here by
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rockdale county public school system and
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as I mentioned earlier it is formative
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in nature and I give multiple
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opportunities for students to
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demonstrate mastery of the cylinder
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so in summary differentiated instruction
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it's important to meet the needs of
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every student quality different shaded
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instruction must begin with a quality
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curriculum instruction student practice
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assessment should be differentiated
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based on interest abilities in the
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learning profile of the students within
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the classroom and equitable and fairness
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practices should be implemented to
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ensure every student has optimal
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learning opportunities I hope you
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enjoyed this presentation I hope you
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have a better understanding of
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differentiated instruction these
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references form the basis of this
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presentation for additional information
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you can refer to these references or any
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other books by dr. Carolyn Palmerston