According to Tomlinson, teachers can differentiate instruction through four ways: 1) content, 2) process, 3) product, and 4) learning environment.

Examples of differentiating content at the elementary level include the following:

• Using reading materials at varying readability levels;
• Putting text materials on tape;
• Using spelling or vocabulary lists at readiness levels of students;
• Presenting ideas through both auditory and visual means;
• Using reading buddies; and.

[Personalized Learning] 5 Steps to Differentiated Instruction

• Benchmark your students.
• Align to standards in a new way.
• Create individualized learning paths.
• Monitor progress and formatively assess learners.
• Rinse, Wash, and Repeat.

How to Implement Differentiated Instruction

1. Offer students options to choose from in assignments or lesson plans.
2. Provide multiple texts and types of learning materials.
3. Utilize a variety of personalized learning methods and student assessments.
4. Customize teaching to suit multiple forms of intelligence.

Differentiated instruction in the classroom can be done several ways. Grouping, varying amounts of time, or changing the task are the most common types of differentiation. As far as grouping goes, students can be grouped by ability level, interests, or intermingled levels of understanding.

8 Differentiated Instruction Techniques to Reach Diverse Learners

1. Key Vocabulary.
2. Prior Knowledge Links.
3. Paired and Cooperative Learning.
4. Nonlinguistic Representations.
5. Realia and Hands-on Learning.
6. Curricular and Personal Connections.
7. Oral, Reading, and Writing Skills.
8. Higher Order Thinking.

What are the 4 parts of the PASS model for differentiating instruction?

• Differentiated instruction is based on modification of four elements: content, process,
• product, and affect/learning environment.
• teacher‟s understanding of student needs—the students‟ readiness, interests, and.
• learning profile.

The Role of the Teacher in a Differentiated Classroom The teacher is the organizer of learning opportunities in a classroom, and must capture the attention of the students. This approach to teaching is student centered, as it focuses on reading your students and preparing lessons to fit their needs.

There are different types of teaching methods which can be categorised into three broad types. These are teacher-centred methods, learner-centred methods, content-focused methods and interactive/participative methods. Here the teacher casts himself/herself in the role of being a master of the subject matter.

Differentiated instruction is not the same as individualized instruction. That type of teaching changes the pace of how students learn. It also requires an individual approach for each student, which isn’t the case with differentiation. Differentiated instruction is also different from personalized learning.

Manage the classroom to create a safe and supportive environment. Continually assess and adjust lesson content to meet students’ needs. The roots of differentiated instruction go all the way back to the days of the one-room schoolhouse, where one teacher had students of all ages in one classroom.

Carol Ann Tomlinson is a leader in the area of differentiated learning and professor of educational leadership, foundations, and policy at the University of Virginia. Tomlinson describes differentiated instruction as factoring students’ individual learning styles and levels of readiness first before designing a lesson plan.

Examples of differentiating process or activities at the elementary level include the following: Using tiered activities through which all learners work with the same important understandings and skills, but proceed with different levels of support, challenge, or complexity;