Resources
Differentiation
Differentiation
- Dare to Differentiate - A website that has lesson plan templates and ideas.
- Strategies defined
- Top ten strategies
- How to differentiate - 3 education experts weigh in on the question: How do you differentiate instruction?
- Differentiation for high-ability learners - A 45-slide presentation with ideas for differentiating to meet the needs of high-fliers.
- Differentiation backwards planning template - A lesson planning tool
- Myth-busting differentiated instruction - As educators, we know that learning is not one size fits all. Yet differentiated instruction (DI) remains elusive as a major part of formal planning. What follows are prominent misperceptions expressed about DI, presented here so that we can separate myth from truth.
- Carol Tomlinson homepage - The home page of Carol Tomlinson, an advocate of differentiated instruction.
- Dr. Imbeau's powerpoint presentation
- VIDEO: Dr. Sharon Kramer's BPN interview
Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment
- 56 ways to gather evidence of student achievement - There may be some fresh Formative Assessment ideas for you here.
- Pear Deck - Yet another formative assessment tool, suitable for classrooms where each student has a device of some sort. It's an EXCELLENT site, and a tool we pay for. Use it!
Standards
Standards
- Minnesota Department of Education standards site
- SciMath Teacher Framework - This is the site for teachers to review the standards and resources.
ELOs
ELOs
- ELO Spreadsheet template - make a copy of this spreadsheet and use it for mapping out Essential Learner Outcomes
Instruction
Instruction
Other
Other
- World's Best Workforce - the goals of the WBW initiative.