Playlist: Math Differentiation
When to Go Deeper? When to Just Move On?
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersWhen should teachers take the time to build an advanced version of something? And when should they just let students move along?
Differentiate with Low Floors and High Ceilings
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersStop starting at grade level and stretching up. Start high and scaffold down. It’s simpler, and it actually works.
Lesson Makeovers: 3 Big Ideas
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersAfter looking at dozens of lessons folks sent in, I came up with three big ideas to address.
Writing Differentiated Lesson Objectives
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersMy early lessons didn’t even have objectives, let alone good objectives! Here’s how to build four-part, differentiated lesson objectives.
Developing Questions that Prompt Thinking in Math
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersMath is a particularly tricky subject for asking higher-level questions. Here are a couple of techniques I’ve used to prompt students to think, not merely calculate.
Depth and Complexity – An Introduction for Teachers
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersDepth and Complexity is the most powerful framework most teachers have never heard of. Here’s what it actually is — and isn’t.
Asking Questions That Make Students Think
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersMost classroom questions test memory. These questions test thinking. There’s a difference — and your students will feel it.
Depth and Complexity: 🌻 Details
Get kids focusing on the small, but essential, details of a topic.
Curriculum Acceleration: Step by Step
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersYour advanced students already know half the material. Here’s how to move them forward instead of making them wait.
Curriculum Compacting
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersShrink the curriculum down to what students actually need to learn. Then use the freed-up time for something better.
Add Layers To Direct Instruction
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersTake direction instruction beyond a monotonous practice of the same skill over and over.