1. Follow-Up Table Talk :
Differentiated Instruction
Lyons Township High School
October 17, 2012

2. Please Share…

3. Today’s Purpose:
•To answer participant questions concerning
Differentiated Instruction
•To share and build upon participant ideas
•To provide several strategies for differentiating
instruction in the classroom

4. THE KUD
 Essential for
Effective
Differentiated
Instruction because it
ensures the same
learning goal and
expectations are in
place for all students
(Strickland, 2011, p.15)

5. Ideas for Differentiating:
Rather than Provide 1 Assessment, Provide 3
To Differentiate Questioning:
1) Identify your KUD
2) Provide students 3 questions/tasks in the midst
of a lecture, as part of an activity, or on an
entrance/exit slip that arrive at the same KUD
3) Students should answer one of the three
questions or complete one of the three tasks
* Questions can be differentiated by interest,
learning profile, or readiness

6. SAMPLE ASSESSMENT TASK:
Select one of the following tasks to
complete in your class notes:
A) Draw a flow chart that depicts the
water cycle.
B) Write a narrative explaining the
steps of the water cycle from the
perspective of a water droplet.
C) Draw a picture that clearly articulates
the water cycle. Label the picture
appropriately.

7. Ideas for Differentiating:
Use Tic-Tac-Toe
to Differentiate by Interest
To Create Tic-Tac-Toe:
1) Write 9
commands, questions, or
tasks on the Tic-Tac-Toe
board.
2) Have students choose
three options to complete
creating a row
vertically, horizontally, or
diagonally
http://foridahoteachers.org/strategies.htm#ThinkTacToe

8. SAMPLE TIC TAC TOE

9. Ideas for Differentiating:
Use RAFT
to Differentiate by Learning Style
To Create a RAFT:
1) Develop a KUD
◦ Please note: When assigning a
RAFT, you may have to rely upon
student presentations or sharing
to achieve all aspects of the KUD.
2) Design a writing assignment
with a minimum of 4 columns:
◦ Roles
◦ Audiences
◦ Formats
◦ Topics
(Strickland- Social Studies, 2012, p. 15) (Strickland- Social Studies, 2012, p. 26)

10. Ideas for Differentiating:
Use RAFT
to Differentiate by Learning Style
To Create a RAFT:
3) Have each student select one
horizontal row to complete
4) Make time for students to share
their work (so all aspects of
the KUD are achieved)
* To differentiate by Learning
Style, make sure there are
several options that appeal to
different learning styles in the
FORMAT column
(Strickland- Social Studies, 2012, p. 15) (Strickland- Social Studies, 2012, p. 26)

11. SAMPLE RAFT: SOCIAL STUDIES
(Strickland- Social Studies, 2012, p. 16)

12. Ideas for Differentiating:
Use Tiering
to Differentiate by Readiness
“Tiering is a process
of adjusting the
degree of difficulty
of a question, task,
or product to
match a student’s
current
readiness level.”
 Strickland, A Strategy for
Readiness Differentiation

13. Ideas for Differentiating:
Use Tiering
to Differentiate by Readiness
To Tier an Assignment:
1) Determine the KUD statement
2) Identify the readiness ranges relative to the KUD goals
3) Create an activity that is engaging & rigorous
4) Replicate the activity to address differences in readiness
◦ Use similar knowledge & skills
◦ Yields the same understanding
5) Use assessment data to match the task to the student
(Strickland- Math, 2012, p. 16)

14. SAMPLE TIERED LESSON: MATH
(Strickland- Math, 2012, p. 19)

15. References:
Resources for Idaho Teachers: Differentiation Framework. DesCartes
Curriculum: NWEA Map. Retrieved from
http://foridahoteachers.org/strategies.htm#ThinkTacToe.
Strickland, C.A. (2011). Differentiation of instruction at the high school level. ASCD:
Alexandria, Virginia.
Strickland, C.A. (2012). Strategies for respectful differentiation: Music. ASCD:
Alexandria, Virginia.
Strickland, C.A. (2012). Strategies for respectful differentiation: Math. ASCD:
Alexandria, Virginia.
Strickland, C.A. (2012). Strategies for respectful differentiation: Social Studies. ASCD:
Alexandria, Virginia.
Tomlinson, C.A. & Strickland, C. A. (2005). Differentiation in practice: A resource
guide for differentiating curriculum – Grades 9-12. ASCD: Alexandria, Virginia.