You are teaching third grade about Main Ideas and Details, and as you administer your formative assessments, you find that you have five students who are not getting it. In addition, you have three students who already have a strong understanding. They are disengaging (for example, doodling on their paper, not attending to instruction, or bothering others) because they are bored.
How might you differentiate instruction so that the students who are struggling begin to get it?
How might you differentiate instruction so that the advanced students are challenged appropriately?
What accommodations might you provide if you have an additional student who has a moderate learning disability in reading?
How would you have incorporated the instructional strategy (Questioning) in teaching third graders the concept of Main Ideas and Details that address the diverse needs of students?
