How Effective Teachers
Differentiate Literacy Instruction
1. Teachers differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students, including struggling students.
2. Teachers understand that struggling readers have difficulties in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and/or comprehension.
3. Teachers understand that struggling writers lack knowledge about the qualities of good writing and the process that writers use.
4. Teachers use a balanced approach to teach struggling students that incorporates explicit instruction, materials at students’ reading levels, and more time for reading and writing.
5. Teachers understand that interventions are additional instructional programs to remedy students’ reading and writing difficulties.
2. Teachers understand that struggling readers have difficulties in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and/or comprehension.
3. Teachers understand that struggling writers lack knowledge about the qualities of good writing and the process that writers use.
4. Teachers use a balanced approach to teach struggling students that incorporates explicit instruction, materials at students’ reading levels, and more time for reading and writing.
5. Teachers understand that interventions are additional instructional programs to remedy students’ reading and writing difficulties.
Resources
Differentiating Instruction for ESL Students
Provides information about ways to differentiate.
DifferentiationCentral
Website includes information about how to reach all learners in the classroom.
Fair Isn't Always Equal
Article discussing grading with differentiated instruction.
Missouri English Language Proficiency Standards and Grade Level Expectations
Includes ideas for helping students at different levels reach their full potential.
Provides information about ways to differentiate.
DifferentiationCentral
Website includes information about how to reach all learners in the classroom.
Fair Isn't Always Equal
Article discussing grading with differentiated instruction.
Missouri English Language Proficiency Standards and Grade Level Expectations
Includes ideas for helping students at different levels reach their full potential.