Individual Task
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Individual Task• Read your next chapter. • Record additional connections in your journal.• Prepare for sharing. • Remember that others have not read your text.• Continue reading in your book.• Read other resources about frontier life.
Maximum Direct Support• Review any frontloading activities• Address additional needs• Support the reading of the text
– Summarize– Read Aloud– Chorally Read– Readers Theater– Partner Reading– At least some Independent Reading
• Support response to the text• Build confidence, competence and comfort to contribute to
large group
Do-able Differentiation p. 56
FRONTLOADINGAll students involved in a variety of activities in
large group, mixed small groups, pairs and
individually
READING THE TEXTDivide students into homogeneous small groups. Strategically
assign specific parts of texts to small groups.
Provide support to groups who need it to
read and respondLet other groups
operate more independently
SUPPORT GROUP
Teacher works with
homogeneous small group in
need of support
What Do I Do with the Rest of the Kids?Students are engaged in
reading and responding to different parts of the
text in teams.
FOLLOW UPBring all students together
so different circles can report out to one another in the large group or as individuals in remixed
small groups
Option ThreeSame “Topic” for All StudentsDifferent Texts for Different StudentsConnected Literature Circles
Extending -- Talking Across Texts
Title 1Sarah
Title 2Laura
Title 3Wannigan
Title 4Caddie
Idea 1
Idea 2
Idea 3
Idea 4Do-able Differentiation p. 87
New directions in published materials
Connected Text Set
Strategic
TRANSFORMD I F F E R E N T I A T I O N
Intensive Benchmark Advanced
Better Text Sets
Text One (Level 1)Thematic LinkSame format/structureSimilar content/conceptsCommon vocabulary
Text Two (Level 2)Thematic LinkSame format/structureSimilar content/conceptsCommon vocabulary
Text Three (Level 3)Thematic LinkSame format/structureSimilar content/conceptsCommon vocabulary
Text Four (Level 4)Thematic LinkSame format/structureSimilar content/conceptsCommon vocabulary