Differentiation Card
Please fill out the following card for the lesson activity you will be doing and keep with your lesson plans. Refer back to the card during your lesson as needed.
Lesson Activity Objective: Please provide a description of the lesson activity objective here. The students will identify how individuals have contributed to the development of our community and/or society through a research based project on famous African Americans. SS.2.A.1.In.b: Use technology and other informational sources to find answers to questions about a historical topic. SS.2.A.1.2: Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic. EP Goals: #3 Research, #5 Leadership, & #7 Product Development
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Lesson Activity Description: Please describe the lesson activity here. Include materials, instructions, resources, etc. as necessary.
The students will… 1) Complete a goals target for this lesson. (Pre-assessment using rubric) 2) Research a famous African American by completing a prepared webquest. 3) Organize their research using a prepared graphic organizer. 4) Use discovery education’s Board Builder to complete a scrapbook page on one of the famous African Americans from the webquest. 5) Share their scrapbook page with a peer and have them complete a peer evaluation. 6) Make modifications to their scrapbook page as needed. 7) Share final product with class. 8) Compile all the scrapbook pages into a classbook and have students share with parents and/or other classes. 9) Compare your targeted goals for this lesson with your final rubric scores. Identify strengths and needs for next time. (save in your data notebook)
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Gifted Students/Students Who Finish Early | Describe differentiated activity here. Include description of any extra materials, activities, groups, strategies, etc.
Gifted students will be given a project menu for this lesson. Included in the menu will be a continuum for their project. It will begin with the lesson and what technology they chose and then it will have 3 tiers that the students can choose from beyond that initial lesson. This will allow the gifted students to delve deeper into the content and work on this project at their own pace. Although the directions will be explicit, the gifted students will be expected to organize their research with minimal use of templates and teacher generated questions. The gifted students will be expected to generate their guiding questions for this research and then the teacher will conference with the independently to review them.
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Lower 25% Students/Students Who Need More Time | Describe differentiated activity here. Include description of any extra materials, activities, groups, strategies, etc.
For the research they will be given a template with guiding questions along with links to websites and videos. The directions will be explicit, easy to follow and not too complex. They will have a template to follow and the links to the websites will be included in the template. They will also be given a research graphic organizer to help guide them through the research process as well as, the product development process.
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ELL Students | Describe differentiated activity here. Include description of any extra materials, activities, groups, strategies, etc.
The ELL students will…
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Students with Disabilities | Describe differentiated activity here. Include description of any extra materials, activities, groups, strategies, etc.
To differentiate this lesson for students with disabilities I would…
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Differentiation Card created by Ariana L. Leonard, 2012 |