Blog 9

I have already used a differentiation strategy in feild. I have been teaching students about Authors purpose which also incompasses comprehension. I passed out a graphic organizer and had the students fill it out as we read a story as a class. I grouped students together, a higher level student and a lower level student, so that they could help each other. It worked really well because nobody felt like they were being paired up because they couldn't do it on their own or anything. I think it's because the teacher has them working together a lot and so the class is pretty close and just loves to help each other when in need.

I'll also be teaching a unit on Native Americans and I plan to use the Menu Idea after I teach the unit so that I can see what the students have learned. I'm not sure I'll go into the extent of giving each one a price or point value but I am excited to give each student the menu and have them present about the native american tribe of their choice according to the menu- main dish, two side dishes, and an optional dessert.