Week 6 Assignment
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defferentiated_instruction.pptxDifferentiated instruction
Student:
Institution:
Running head: DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 1
Demographics
This differentiated instruction is meant to serve students in a fifth grade classroom. An ideal classroom is composed of
Maximum capacity of 40 students
Approximately 22 male students
Approximately 18 female students
Different races in the classroom (commonly, white, black, Hispanic, and Arabs)
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 2
40 students is estimated to be the maximum capacity that any teacher can handle efficiently with minimal assistance. The percentage representation of male and female students has been developed from the average class in most American grade five classes. The aim of this differentiated instruction is to have optimization in teacher performance while at the same time there is maximum comprehension on the part of the students (Gregory, 2008).
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Demographics continued…
The arrangement in the classroom shall be aimed at appreciating the diversity in gender and race and seeking cohesion
Where possible arrangement shall not include more than two persons of same gender sitting adjacent
Also not more than two persons from one race shall sit adjacent to one another
Class has four columns each with two sub columns.
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 3
The differentiated instruction is aimed at ensuring that some of the interpersonal skills that are not necessarily taught have been acquired. One of this is the appreciation of the equality and equity in gender and race (Gregory, 2008). While the students at this age may not necessarily understand the importance of such appreciation, they shall develop a good background. The setting shall lead to interdependency in all the students and thus present the external environment with a tolerant citizen. Scant information is also available in their tutorials in history (Westphal, 2007).
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Grade Level/ Subject Area
This differentiated instruction is meant for fifth grade students
The instruction can be used in all subjects in this grade for group work and class work
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 4
while this differentiated instruction is applicable to all subjects, it can be used by tutors to develop specific differentiated instruction for their subjects. Teachers for grades that are adjacent (grade four and grade six) may also borrow some features since there is great relationship between the specific learning needs at these three grades (Gregory, 2008).
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Classroom Environment
Shall include furniture
Wall hangings
Well ventilated rooms
Students facing teacher for classroom setup
Students in round table for group work set up
Rooms have warmth regulators and tiled floor
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 5
Furniture arrangement and molls is important this is further explained in other sections of this paper. On the other hand, the teachers shall use wall hangings to explain some of the applications that are common across various subjects in this grade (Gregory, 2008). The teachers in grade five shall collaborate in developing such wall hangings. The rooms shall be well ventilated while at the same time installations of room warmth regulators shall be done. This shall cater for extreme temperatures. Tiled floors produce minimum noise thus increasing concentration (Westphal, 2007).
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Furniture arrangement
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 6
Classroom set up
Group work set up
The first picture shows the arrangement in a classroom set up. This set up gives attention to the teacher since all the desks are facing the teacher. Also, the teacher can be able to monitor any movements in any part of the body including facial expression. This helps in gaining intrinsic judgment for the students (Westphal, 2007). This kind of judgment is especially important if the subject being taught is technical and few students are willing to raise questions. The group work set up ensures that each student can attend fully to any student who is contributing to the topics. Also, illustrations are with minimal movement since once a material has been placed on the discussion table, every student can view it (Gregory, 2008).
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Furniture arrangement continued…
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 7
Book shelves
desk
Wall hangings
The book shelve shall have a drawer for each student. This shall ensure security for all the items since each drawer shall have a key held by the student. This shall help in ensuring concentration by confirming security of personal items (Westphal, 2007). Also, this age is important in teaching personal development in accountability. Having a key that the student is responsible of is a good measure of accountability. The desk shall have a sitting space and writing space. It also has a rack fro placing other items beneath the sitting space (Gregory, 2008). Such a desk gives enough space per student while it also maximizes the usable space in the classroom. The wall hangings are placed at a height where they are visible by all students from any position in class.
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References
Gregory, G. (2008). Differentiated instructional strategies in practice: Training, implementation, and supervision. GA: Sage.
Westphal, L. E. (2007). Differentiating instruction with menus: Science. Indiana, IN: Prufrock Press Inc.
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION 8
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