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1) //8 Lessons Learned on Differentiating Instruction// by Kechia Williams []
 * **Krista**

This is an article in which a middle school teacher that took a week long workshop on DI has provided 8 essential lessons to help other teachers.

Krista- This is a great resource for reminding teachers what DI is all about. It is not overwhelming and the language is easily digestible! I like how there are 8 lessons.. it makes differentiating instruction very manageable! (connie)

2) Learner's Link for Differentiating http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm

This website has tons of information and resources. Scroll down past the testimonials to find links for the categories of readiness, interest, learning styles, content, process, and product. There are templates available, too, as well as links to almost anything related to DI and using DI in the different subject areas. Resources and activities for students are also available (in red).

3) Lee Summitt http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/different.htm

This website was previously mentioned but I wanted to say that I, too, think it has plenty of good information. There are several sample lessons using DI, including multiple intelligences and technology. I have used this for my application this week. Excellent graphic organizers to use! Also, the sample lessons give ideas of how to modify them to fit my content area.

4) Leon Country Teachers' Lesson Plans http://www.tandl.leon.k12.fl.us/lang/Ellessonspage.html

This site has a variety of lessons plans (many are elementary but can be adapted) worth looking at.

I have to agree with you that many of the strategies seem a little easy for middle and high school students, however, as you mentioned many of them can be adapted quite easily. I'm looking forward to seeing if I can bring the middles ages writing journals into my class next year. This sounds like it could be interesting. - Randy

5) This book by Tomlinson came up repeatedly in my searches. If you go to Amazon and search her name, there are several books that look like good resources. Some have the theory, some give lessons and objectives, etc. Since she is the "guru" her books would have good information.
 * [|How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms (2nd Edition)]** - Carol Ann Tomlinson;

I found that many of the resources I found were directly from her books, and the the chapters were often found online in their entirety. Very helpful. - Randy

6) //Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom// by Rick Wormeli ﻿Stenhouse Publishers

I remembered seeing this book on the NMSA site (National Middle School Assoc.) and used it for our discussion in week 6. It discusses the fair vs equal debate. If you go to amazon.com, you can preview the 1st 6 pages of the text that gives really good information about providing students with the tools they need to be successful. (4/6/11)

7) http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Planning+for+and+Managing+Differentiation

This is a great place to look for resources concerning differentiated instruction. It has templates, lesson plans, etc. (4/7/11) Krista

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=**Wesley** =

This resourse is a pretty handy guide I found for developing tiered assignments and tiered lesson plans. It does have some examples in it as well as the guide on how to tier for differentiation. [|www.scsd.us/~fforword/tiered%20handouts-%207-28.doc]

// This site, teAchnology.com, has some pretty good ideas and helpful information. I found some of it to be a bit elementary for my high school classes, but many of those plans or ideas could be adapted for older students. // //A good lesson for creating movie trailer ads after reading novels -// [] A lesson plan for younger students but could be easliy adapted for older students - [] On this site, I found this outline for the three elements of differentiated instruction. Stuff we read in our resources this week, but simplified. I found it handy to quickly look back at as I researched and wrote my application. - [] ﻿This table is really useful. I like having specific strategies listed for each type of differentiation....makes it easier! (Krista 4/6/11)