BLAST Presentation: Using Data to Group Students and Drive Instruction, 7/25!

Do Now (10 mins):
Please open your laptop and go to PDinstructionalstrategies.blogspot.com
Click on this link for your Do Now

Collaborative Station (30 mins):
Teachers will learn strategies for grouping students and how to differentiate within those groups.

Differentiation definition and example
4 curriculum elements: content, process, product, and affect
3 categories of student need and variance: readiness, interest, and learning profile

Group Roles:

• Facilitator
• Advanced, Proficient, or Basic Student
• Spokesperson
• Basic/ELL
• Quality Control
• Advanced or Proficient Student
• Process Analyst
• FBB/BB/ELL

Group based on:
-Misconceptions/Readiness (Homogeneous)
-High/low pairs (Heterogeneous)
-Interest
-Learning modality
-Mindset

Data Analysis Activity-Use the data provided to group students into 2 BLAST stations, with differentiation strategies for each table group at Collaborative Station by making a COPY and using this template.


Independent Station (30 mins):
Teachers will watch videos and answer questions on using data to differentiate in the classroom.

Instructions:
Watch each video using your headphones, then choose one assessment option from below:

1. New Teacher Survival Guide: Differentiating Instruction

This video gives practical tips on incorporating differentiated instruction into your instruction, some that you can use the first week of school and some that you can develop over the school year.

Assessment Options (choose 1):

• Reflect on the video by answering these questions
• Make a differentiation plan for your classroom by making a copy of this document

2.  Differentiated Instruction: Using Data Walls to Guide Instruction

This video gives information about how school leadership and grade level teams can use data to guide instruction and close learning gaps.

Assessment Options (choose 1)

• Reflect of the video by answering these questions
• Make a data wall plan for your classroom, grade-level, or school by making a copy of this document

Exit Slip (10 mins):

Click here to evaluate the session

Additional Resources:
25 Formative Assessments, middle school click here
How to Differentiate Instruction click here
Digital Agenda Blog with Differentiation click here
Resources on Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles click here
Differentiating Process, Content, Product, and Affect click here
Differentiating for Different Learning Styles click here
Differentiating in the High School English Classroom click here
Annotated List of Differentiation Strategies click here
Email me at khansen@laalliance.org for a digital copy of the Role Cards