Differentiated Instruction Websites
http://www.lcandler.web.aplus.net/index.html teacher resources; awesome
site for elementary teachers
http://www.k8accesscenter.org
What’s New > Effective Classroom Strategies Discussion
http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm
Differentiating Instruction ... Effective Strategies to Improve Student
Performance
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiatingstrategies.html
Enhance learning with technology... strategies for differentiating
http://www.dcmoboces.com/dcmoiss/staffdev/oinit/dile/didocs.htm
Differentiating Instruction templates
http://www.mciu.org/mciu23/cwp/view.asp?a=13&q=436971
This link is to a page of Tech related DI resources compiled by our IMS
trainers. It includes united streaming, Marco Polo, Photo Story and more!
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/curriculumdiff/principles.htm principles of
differentiated instruction
http://www.nettrekker.com/di/tour/ netTrekker d.i., the latest version of
netTrekker, is purchased for each PA public school teacher. Consult your
Tech person for login. This award-winning search engine for schools,
supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources,
organized by readability level to help every child achieve.
Tiered Curriculum Project
http://www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html
Developed by DOE from Indiana. Tiered lessons K to 12 with examples for
LA, Math and Science.
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http://www.openc.k12.or.us/reaching/tag/dcsamples.html
Differentiated K to 12 curriculum samples on the Oregon DOE website.
Tiered Curriculum Samples for High-End Learners
http://sddial.org/esa/doc/teachers/differ_instruc_lessons.htm
Site has good examples of differentiated lessons from K-5 linked to
enduring understanding, essential questions, and evidence to standards (not
PA).
http://www.help4teachers.com/samples.htm- Layered Curriculum—Variation
on Tiered Curriculum
http://www.funlessonplans.com/history_lesson_plans/social_studies_lessons
.htm Social Studies lessons using differentiated instruction that encourages
students to choose between different versions, A or B, of Investigations
designed to meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/main/teacher_
resources.html Windows to the Universe
Earth and Space Science activities for beginners, intermediate and advanced
learners.
http://www.learningscience.org
Learning Science uses the National Education Standards (NAS, 1996) as
their framework providing FREE, high quality web interactives that may
support a variety of learners.
Anchor Projects
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/hooverms/technology/anchor.htm
This site from Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools provides anchor
projects for all content areas.
Resources
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htm
I4C has theory, lesson plans, inventories and much more.
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http://www.adifferentplace.org/teachers.htm
This site contains links to differentiated activities in math, science, language
arts, reading, and technology. Many activities are for teachers of the
gifted. Resources are available for students, teachers, and parents.
http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html
Collection of classroom management and discipline websites
The Really Big Classroom Management List
Differentiated Instruction and Technology
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiating.html
This site offers a variety of approaches to differentiate instruction based
on brain research. Links to strategies and other resources are provided.
This site has a gifted focus.
More ESL Help
http://www.colorincolorado.org/
For information in Spanish and English for parents and teachers this is an
excellent site. Teacher resources for all ELLs are highlighted.
ESL Help—Languages of the World
http://www.ethnologue.com/
This site is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the worlds 6,912
known living languages.
Teach-Nology—Four Step Plan
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning/
This site from Teach-Nology is now a subscription site. It provides a fourstep plan for differentiating instruction in the classroom. Additional links
are provided to related sites containing information on inquiry-based
learning, cooperative learning, information processing strategies, lesson
planning, and assessing student learning.
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http://www.wilmette39.org/DI39/iagc05.html
Wilmette 39 County N.C. has developed a page that list tiered resources and
low prep strategy resources. DI Tiering and Resource Page
http://www.weac.org/kids/1998-99/march99/differ2.htm
From Theory to Practice: The Challenges of Heterogeneous Classrooms
http://www.scusd.edu/gate_ext_learning/differentiated.htm
Content differentiation means that the teachers meet the needs of
individuals or groups of students by giving them different material to cover.
Teachers offer students “multiple options for taking in information.”
http://www.cast.org/ncac/index.cfm?I=2876
National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
This resource from the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
provides an overview of differentiated instruction, guidelines for how to
make differentiation possible, indicators of effectiveness, and an annotated
list of additional online resources on differentiated instruction
http://www.learnnc.org/about/guide/
This is a great website developed by the University of North Carolina
School of Education. The website, Learn NC, contain successful practices in
K-12 education...great resource.
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