Master flexible grouping and differentiation strategies to challenge every learner, every day. Grouping learners purposefully throughout the school day based on their needs and the curriculum remains the single best way to differentiate instruction. This guide will help teachers expertly use flexible grouping and differentiation strategies to respond to students’ diverse learning needs, abilities, and interests. Included are methods for creating groups based on assessment data, planning group lessons and tiered assignments, engaging learners at all levels, supporting personalized learning, grading collaborative work, and communicating with parents about the benefits of groupwork and productive struggle. Digital content contains all forms from the book and a PDF presentation. A free online PLC/Book Study Guide is available at freespirit.com/PLC.
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This fourth edition of the “orange bible” brings fresh updates to the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixedabilities classroom—seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time.
Each page of this quick reference guide is packed with tips, tricks, and diagrams to get you started.Kristina J. Doubet walks through the fundamentals of flexible grouping, including what it is, how it benefits students, strategies to ...
PRAISE FOR CO-TEACHING IN THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM "A must for all teachers who care about meeting the needs of every student; I wish I had had this book when I was a junior high school teacher.
In The Collaborative Classroom, Trevor Muir brings to light the dynamic possibilities that occur when students learn to work together. Muir shares how to teach students to do it effectively so that teachers can actually love group work.
Offers proven ideas for how to match instructional approaches to the readiness, interests, and talents of all students.
In today’s standards-driven era, how can teachers motivate and challenge gifted students and ensure that all students reach their potential? This book provides a compelling answer: the Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model.
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Engagement provides the launchpad for empowering students. I'm sure there are engagement strategies that you and your students like to use. Have you ever considered whether those strategies are effective enough?