This class session will focus on the many ideas and differentiated lesson plans that are available on the Internet. Participants will receive a list of recommended sites and be able to spend time in class visiting sites and examining the resources they offer. The amount of material available on the net in the area of differentiation is staggering. Resources will be used to create a differentiated lesson or unit that will be implemented in your classroom.

Research on Differentiation	Other School Districts and Differentiation	Resources and Ideas for Differentiation
Math Differentiation Resources	Reading Differentiation Resources

Site of the Week: Planning for Differentiated Instruction (Wilmette District 39)

*Differentiation Top 5 Web Sites*

Differentiated instruction: Success for Every Student (FLASH Required)

A Source for Information	Differentiation, Research, Evidence, and Implications for Practice	Differentiated Instruction
ASCD Differentiation	Curriculum Differentiation	Gifted and Talented, Learning Disabled
One Size Doesn't Fit All … Effective Strategies to Differentiate Your Curriculum!	Differentiating Instruction For Advanced Learners In the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom	Differentiating Instruction Video Series
Dimensions of Differentiation	What Research Tells Us About Differentiating Instruction	Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades LD Online
Differentiating Curriculum	Gifted and Talented Differentiation	What is Accelerating and Compacting the Curriculum?
	From Theory to Practice: The Challenges of Heterogeneous Classrooms

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Curriculum Differentiation in Wilmette 39	District 21 Technological Differentiation Ideas
Manteno School District Differentiation	Grosse Point Public Schools

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Instruction and Management Strategies that Support Differentiation	Tiered Instruction	Differentiating the Language Arts for High Ability Learners
Enrichment and Extension for Talented Students	Differentiated Instruction	Anchoring Activities
Differentiated Instruction Resources from ASCD	Curriculum Compacting	Teaching Ideas and Activities
University of Virginia Carol Ann Tomlinson	Characteristics of Highly Able Students	Instructional Strategies that Support Differentiation

Everyday Math Anchoring Activities	Math Stations
K-5 Everyday Math Resources Lesson Logic	Everyday Math Games K-3 Math Games K-3
Everyday Math Games 4-6 Math Games 4-6	Designing a District Framework for Math Differentiation
Everyday Math Challenging Students	Differentiation Suggestions for Everyday Math and Connected Math
Math Journaling for the Primary Grades	Differentiated Instruction for Math
Sixth Grade Math Tiered Assignments	Reading a Math Textbook
Improving Measurement and Geometry in Elementary Schools (IMAGES)	The Socratic Method: Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling

Differentiated Instruction for Reading	Five Days in the Life of a Basal: Adapting a Basal   to Fit Your Students’ Needs
CyberGuides K-3	Cyber Guides 4-5
CyberGuides 6-8	Reading Instruction for the Primary Gifted Learner
Tiered Assignment Elements of a Story	Exemplary Reading Programs in Illinois Public Schools

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