Carol A. Tomlinson

Lane Narvaez

Kay Brimijoin

The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and Learning.

Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and Learning

The Differentiated School

Based on research and the authors' experiences over the past seven years at one elementary school, Differentiation at Work, K-5 describes what schoolwide differentiation looks like in real classrooms. Lane Narvaez and Kay R. Brimijoin go beyond the "easy" definition of differentiation and describe why administrators and teachers need to receive training and ongoing support in order to achieve differentiated instruction that is responsive to students' readiness, learning styles, and interests. Their model is based on several core elements, including student feedback, the use of anchor activities, peer (teacher) collaboration, pre-assessment, and curriculum alignment. The book includes sample lesson designs that include supplemental materials, and lessons are categorized by readiness, interest, and learning style differentiation. The authors also address the topic of management and share a set of tools that have proven highly effective for facilitating and enhancing differentiation. Finally, they discuss the challenge of sustaining second order change, the role parents play in nurturing and sustaining such change, and the future possibilities for any school involved in a similar journey.

Principles, Lessons, and Strategies

Differentiation at Work, K-5

Watch what happens when educators put differentiation to work in real classrooms! Based on research and the authors’ experiences at one remarkable elementary school, this book describes what schoolwide differentiation looks like in practice. The authors show school administrators how differentiated instruction can be successfully implemented schoolwide and provide teachers with authentic tools for the classroom. Readers will find: Nine sample lesson plans from various disciplines and grade levels Teacher and student voices describing their experiences with differentiation A chapter on supporting schoolwide implementation through coaching Sample preassessments Strategies for designing and refining lessons

Lane Narvaez

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