Differentiated Instruction Resources
Differentiation, or tailoring classroom instruction, can help meet your students' diverse needs when delivered effectively. There are many reasons students might learn at a different pace, including socioeconomics, home life, physical and mental development, or other factors that impact learning. Finding new strategies to reach all of your students will help them to make progress in their learning goals.
Differentiation allows for you to give an individualized approach in the classroom despite classroom size and there are many ways to make it engaging, fun, and successful. Read the differentiated instruction articles below to find new strategies to implement in your classroom.
What is differentiated instruction in the classroom? The answer is key to ensuring all learners get the support they need. Here, we break down the process.
Find out the answer to the question, “Why is differentiated instruction important?” Plus, receive tips on differentiation from an educator.
Learn the benefits of differentiated instruction to meet the learning needs of all students.
Explore the challenges of differentiated instruction and how technology can help. Using technology to differentiate instruction assists in automating the process.
Learn how to write a differentiated lesson plan and find helpful resources, including a lesson plan template.
Teachers are all too familiar with the challenge of adapting to the needs of every student in the classroom. Knowing when and how to use differentiation vs. scaffolding in instruction can help.
Check out the latest differentiated reading strategies to help you meet your students' diverse needs.
Get tips from JillE Literacy authors and literacy expert Jill Eggleton on small-group reading instruction, which enables teachers to observe students more closely and customize instruction based on their individual needs.
The most productive literacy block schedules include various reading and writing activities and instruction to help build foundational skills.
Writing conferences are one-to-one conversations and give teachers a crucial opportunity to meet each student’s individual needs.
Reading instruction that meets the individual needs of students should be the focus in each and every one of our classrooms.
These strategies provide differentiated math instruction to K-12 teachers looking for ways to personalize their mathematics teaching.
This list of differentiation instructional strategies for middle school math teachers gives ideas for students of all backgrounds to engage in math.
Scaffolding learning comprises many techniques that allow you to provide extra support to your students and help them bridge learning gaps.
These small group instructional strategies for the math classroom will help ensure your small groups in math class are effective for you and beneficial for students.
Learn about and use math choice boards for elementary school, with templates for kindergarten through 5th grade
Timothy D. Kanold highlights the importance of small-group student discourse in the math classroom, with details on formative and differentiated student learning.
Learn how to write a differentiated lesson plan and find helpful resources, including a lesson plan template.
Help prepare ELL students with support resources that benefit your multilingual learners.
Discover six strategies to deliver differentiated instruction for gifted students.
Dr. Suzanne Jimenez, HMH's director of academic planning and data analytics, shares insights on differentiated instruction for special education students.
This article delves into the question, “What is differentiation in science?” Plus, discover differentiated instruction examples and strategies for the science classroom.
Try creating choice boards for students. These activity menus are a great way to differentiate learning, which can increase student engagement and improve academic outcomes.
Understand UDL vs. differentiated instruction and how to use each to instruct and assess students in the classroom
Learn how Peak Charter Academy in North Carolina prioritized differentiation in the classroom, even when the pandemic hit the U.S.
Photo: Interventionist Becky Walker
Interventionist Becky Walker discusses how she leverages technology to differentiate instruction for her diverse student population.
Photo: Fourth-grade teacher Toney Jackson
New Jersey teacher MC and poet Toney Jackson shares how he uses rhymes and raps to differentiate instruction to help meet the needs of all his students.
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