"Do Tomorrow" Differentiation Resources

Use these depth of knowledge question stems to differentiate questioning techniques to meet students where they’re at and push student thinking.

Graphic organizers are visual note-taking templates that depict the relationship between facts, patterns, or ideas. These can be used to help support all learners, particularly visual learners, in taking notes, connecting ideas or concepts, and visually representing what they are thinking.

Use a timer at the start of small group or independent learning tasks to promote student self-regulation.

This article from ASCD explains how student choice can be used to overcome challenges related to student engagement and intrinsic motivation.

This article features a tutorial demonstrating how to turn on and use text-to-speech features on Chromebooks. Use this feature to help support struggling readers’ decoding.

Keep a set of these flashcards handy to support students that may benefit from utilizing accessibility features on Google applications.

Use a slideshow template to create a lesson that makes concepts visual and facilitates student engagement through hands-on activities.

This article details how you can easily insert images directly from Google into your Google Slides presentations. Use visual aids like pictures, videos, and charts to support student comprehension of concepts and new vocabulary.

This Edutopia article explains the importance of using Wait Time to differentiate instruction and provide processing time for all students.

Newsela offers ELA, Social Studies, Science, and SEL passages at multiple Lexile levels to increase student access. It also offers a read aloud option for both English and Spanish texts.

This article from the Conscious Kid lists inclusive book titles by grade, as well as resources for creating a culturally responsive classroom that respects and engages all students.

Use time-bound competitions (e.g., students racing to accurately answer a set of math problems), individual competitions, group-based competitions (especially for small-group work), and whole-class competitions.

You can create your own competition on Kahoot, or you can use premade open content on these sites to easily incorporate competitions into your classroom.

You can create your own competition on Gooru, or you can use premade open content on these sites to easily incorporate competitions into your classroom.