Blog #6

I am a strong believer in always differientating. There are so many reasons to differentiate. I feel that as some situations may be differentiating for students interest the same activities can be differentiating for student's readiness. Every student needs something different and as teachers we need to make sure we anaylze what our students need and run with it. Not differentiating is because selfish. differentiating is not something that is difficult but can be something that you have to think outside the box about. I feel that differentiation can be a tool for many different categories of teaching and readiness and interest are two of the important ones that go hand in hand.

Blog #5

Classroom Routines

Remember clear and predictable classrom routines are probably the different between productivity and chaos for classrooms where teachers attempt to address variations among learners.

Develop a high degree of successful autonomy

Set out to deal proactively with students as individuals, we must be more adept at helping students help themselves

Become skilled at building routines that take us out of the business of pulling puppet strings on a moment-by-moment basis in the classroom

Use Visual Cues-students need help to remember where to put work, steps to follow, how to record completed work, there they are in the day, etc. They also need a reminder to speak soft

Designate several group formations at the outset of units rather than stopping to form groups.

Use goal cards-have students write their goals or stps they will follow for the activity on index cards and keep them on their desk as a reminder and helps teacehrs to see what the students goals are

Teach for smooth transitions-have a process for cleaning up. Remember to recap and analyze, along with having a discussion leading to tomorrow's lesson