Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plans For First Grade. This packet contains three differentiated social studies lesson plans over creating and using maps identifying major landforms and bodies of water and locating important places. It means starting where the kids are rather than adopting a standardized approach to teaching that seems to presume that all learners of a given age or grade are essentially alike.
The lesson plans include ideas for read alouds songs shared writing and differentiated choices for each learner. Research on the effectiveness of differentiation shows this method benefits a wide range of students from those with learning disabilities to those who are considered high ability. This is a differentiated lesson plan for akiak which is the first story from houghton mifflin 4th grade reading series.
I created this for my university of florida differentiation class and earned a 100 on it.
On a simple level differentiated instruction is teaching with student variance in mind. I use differentiated instruction in my classroom. Research on the effectiveness of differentiation shows this method benefits a wide range of students from those with learning disabilities to those who are considered high ability. The lesson plans include ideas for read alouds songs shared writing and differentiated choices for each learner.
