NMSA Conference Outline for “101 Strategies to Help Struggling Students Succeed”

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Linda Tilton

Breakout session NMSA November 5, 2009

Do you have students who are struggling every day in your classroom? Students on IEPs? 504 plans? Students falling through the cracks? This highly practical session is filled with “take back and use” ideas especially for them! Activities in this fast-paced session will include demonstration of a wide variety of tools for reinforcing vocabulary, teaching note taking skills, improving reading comprehension as well as tools to help your students get organized and work independently.

Part One: Taming the Paper Monster

• Accordion Folder
• Page Protector Organizer
• Human Billboard
• No Loose Papers
• Flexible Folder
• Near point Map
• Cornell Notes

Part Two: Responsibility and Accountability

• Student Number
• Buddy System
• Assignment Notebooks
• Managing Assignments

Part Three: Summarization and Checking for Understanding

• Flipbook
• Fold a book
• Stop Draw
• Key Ring Learning
• Ticket out the door
• T book
• If I say…
• On a Stick
• Whiteboards
• Under my chin
• Hit the buzzer
• Simon says

Part Four: Compensating Strategies

• Multiplication grid tool
• Microphones
• Tips and Tools for Figeters

Part Five: Vocabulary Tools and Technique

• Vocabulary fringe
• Flexible folder
• Paper plate review
• Key rings
• Act it out
• Picture cues
• Fold a book
• W Vocabulary
• Matchbook words
• Peripheral learning
• Address book vocabulary
• T Books

Most Topics and Strategies are from: The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction

NMSA Outline for “Ideas!Ideas! Ideas! The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction

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Session name: Ideas! Ideas! Ideas! The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction

by Linda Tilton

Outline for Breakout NMSA Nov 5, 2009

How can we differentiate instruction to maximize student learning?

Part One: Building Relationships

To engage our students, we first have to get to know them, build trust and acceptance.

• Class quilt
• Photo bulletin Board
• Labels
• Tickets
• On a Roll Round
• Round of Applause
• Student card

Part Two: Engagement

Differentiation by Style

• V
• A
• K

Varying group size based on purpose and assessment

• L
• F
• P
• I

Review and Reinforcement Activities for use as a Warm Up, Do Now, Anchor, Bell Ringer or Summarization Tool

• Bluff
• What’s Missing
• Zap
• Slam It
• Grab it
• Innie and Outie
• I Have Who Has
• Pass the white board

Part Three: Choice Boards

Choice Board and Choice Folders

Reasons to offer choices

Considerations

• Purpose
• Plan
• Procedure

Format Options

• Limited choices to multiple choices
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Points
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Row by Row
• V-A-K
• Complexity
• Open Choice
• Create Your Own
• Folders

It is important to use only familiar activities or options when providing choices

Identify the rubric for each possible task see:  www.rubistar4teachers.org

Post a rubric board for common choices

Start Small

Collaborate

Remember: The objective drives the activity

Most Topics and strategies from: The Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction