Module 10: Differentiation

The article, Embedded Supports to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Students discusses ways to differentiate lessons in the classroom to support students who are struggling. Building students background knowledge is one way of doing so, by bringing in online referencing materials such as dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, and tools in which students can hear the speech of the text. Other tools used that I would also incorporate into the classroom include spelling and grammar checkers, word prediction software, graphic organizer software, and voice recognition software. It is important to do whatever you can as a teacher because the students who are behind will only get further behind and have a difficult academic future if they are not supported consistently and early on.