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DIFFERENTIATION

Differentiation is a philosophy in which the teachers and school communities work to support the learning of all students through strategic assessment, thoughtful planning, and targeted, flexible instruction (Alberta Education, 2010). With the current diversity within classrooms students are coming to school with variety of backgrounds, wide range of interests, and increasingly varying learning preferences, strengths, and needs. This unit plan hopes to incorporate inclusion and differentiation strategies to support the learning of all students.

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Mixed Race Down Syndrome Class

Learning Disabilities

“Differentiated instruction benefits students with disabilities because it creates and promotes an environment in which learning differences are not just tolerated, they are expected and valued” (Alberta Education, 2010). Students will be supported through

  • Break down of smaller tasks

  • Assistive technology

  • Formative Feedback

  • Flexible Groupings

  • Audio Books in the place of large novels

  • Cumulative review of important concepts

  • Explicit language tailored instruction

  • Modelling

  • Graphic Organizers  

  • Multisensory memory cues

 

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Gifted Learners

Many gifted students require challenging material to keep them engaged and further their learning. This means “creating opportunities within specific learning outcomes to explore a concept  or skill in greater depth or breadth”(Alberta Education, 2010). Students will be supported through

  • Flexible Pacing

  • Challenging prompts

  • Providing constraints

  • Encouraging abstract thinking

  • Interdisciplinary work

  • Reasonable Goals

  • Leadership opportunities

EDUC 520 Interdisciplinary Learning

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