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Here is a source that hits theory and actual lessons. http://aim.cast.org/learn/hist...

This school district in MO has a page with loads of links. http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us...

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/... Has resources for you to look at for working with students with disabilities.

This site has differentiated instruction lesson plans from K to 12... http://differentiationcentral....

Want lots of activities for all levels of readers/writers? Go to http://www.scholastic.com/teac... and find wonderful poetry activities for April, or any other month for that matter.

This link gives strategies to use as you define a student's needs. From Grand Island Public Schools. http://204.234.22.9/fmi/iwp/cg...

Here is a site for a general overview of DI. http://www.teach-nology.com/tu...

This site gives the downloads from presentations on differentiated instruction. You need to figure out how the handouts fit with the lecture. Some are self-evident others may have you contacting the presenter for more info (most have the name, phone #, and sometimes the email). Good ideas are in there for you to find. http://www.sde.com/teacher-res...

This site from University of Neb. looks like a good one. http://www.unl.edu/csi/index.s...

I teach 10th grade LA. I have a wide gap of learning abilities in my class. From 3rd grade to 12th grade. How do challenge those that need it and remidate those that need it. I think I am boring the heck out of my advanced students and losing my lower students. My class sizes are small 8-16 students. Any ideas would be wonderful!

This site has loads of links. It might be worth exploring. http://www.uhseport.net/publis...

Take a look at this very short article, much shorter than the lo-o-ong URL!!! http://www2.scholastic.com/bro...

One of the most important parts of differentiating reading instruction is knowing what books are available for each reading level. If you haven't used Book Wizard yet you have to try it. http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/ Let's say you are doing a science lesson on insects and you want books for each child to read. Go to Book Wizard, type "insects" into the quick search box and you will find over 400 books about insects. On the left side of this page you can narrow down the list by lexile, guided reading, DRA, and grade level. Make a list of the books you are interested in and go find them. Now each child will have a rewarding learning experience.

One effective strategy that I have found for my 5th grade math class is to give a pre-test before each unit. This is a quick and simple thing to do to assess where your students are. For example, when teaching a unit on multiplication, I can easily see by the pretest who has mastered their basic facts, who can multiply 2 digit by 1 digit numbers, and so on. What I have done for the students that get 0-1 wrong on the pre-test is give them challenge activities (that are not all worksheet based) to work on instead of going through the unit with the class. The pre-test also helps me to skim over or review briefly items that the class already understands instead of wasting valuable class time re-teaching a concept they have already mastered. Check out the link below for some of activities that I use in my classroom. http://www.teacherspayteachers...

Here are some excellent free resources to differentiate instruction, including 13 diagnostic reading assessments, a comprehensive diagnostic spelling assessment, a grammar and mechanics assessment--all with recording matrices to make DI instruction efficient and effective. Some great articles, too! http://penningtonpublishing.co...

I found a new wiki about differentiated instruction. What do you think: http://differentiate-with-tech... ?

I found a new wiki about differentiated instruction. What do you think: http://differentiate-with-tech... ?

I have been using decoding journals with my students. I segment CVC words with the students and they write the words in their journals. I use CVC words that reflect as many different letter sounds as possible. When done, I have the students choose one of the words they wrote and write a sentence. For my students who have already exceeded this benchmark, they decide what topic that they would like to write about and we work together to brainstorm a sentence for them to write. Any more ideas?

I am a K-2 Title I reading teacher. I work with small groups of students in my room. I have tried using wikki sticks on pocket charts; writing in shaving cream, sand, ect.; using magnetic letters; using markers, pens, pencils when writing; tracing giant words on chart paper; and reading books with sight words we are learning to help my students learn to see the new sight words everywhere. Does anyone have more ideas I can use??? I want to keep my students' learning fun for them!