Differentiated Instruction consists of the efforts of teachers to respond to variance among learners in the classroom. Whenever a teacher reaches out to an individual or small group to vary his or her teaching in order to create the best learning experience possible, that teacher is differentiating instruction.
Content – what the student needs to learn or how the student will get access to the information;
Process – activities in which the student engages in order to make sense of or master the content;
Products – culminating projects that ask the student to rehearse, apply, and extend what he or she has learned in a unit;
Learning environment – the way the classroom works and feels.
Scaffolding in teaching refers to providing teacher support as needed to help the student reach mastery and independent application of what is learned. Scaffolding is provided for those students that need extra support to understand and apply a new concept.
Effective Scaffolding
Meeting Student Needs Through Scaffolding
BEST PRACTICES: Instructional Scaffolding
Scaffolding Strategies
Scaffolding Instruction for ELL Students
Scaffolding Learning fro Multilingual Students in Math
Scaffolding in Math
Scaffolding Learning with Questions
Sentence Stems to Reflect Student Learning
Scaffolding Academic Language Paragraph Frames
Scaffolding Academic Language Paragraph Frames
Scaffolding Strategies for ELA Students
Sentence Stems and Signal Word Reference Sheet: Integrating Academic Language Functions in Content Areas
Sheltered content instruction utilizes distinct instructional techniques to provide support to help English learners understand demanding lesson content. Not only do teachers plan for objectives that correspond to grade-level standards but they also provide the language objectives necessary for their English learners to express their ideas. Teachers need to be cognizant of their students’ language levels and plan the language objectives accordingly.
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