Ms. Differentiation

Do you need a new and exciting way to teach comparing fractions to your students? Well, the Fractions Clothesline is the way to go! It gets the students actively involved in comparing, ordering, and analyzing fractions. This activity can be used as early as 2nd grade!

This is a great activity to do after you have introduced China to your class. It contains a pre-assessment as well as a cool group activity that will give students a different method of showing what they know. The lesson also includes extension ideas for gifted/high ability students. There is one activity sheet that goes with it, and it is included.

This menu is designed to provide anchor activities following a class project on Life Cycles. One of the easiest class projects to conduct is one on the life cycle of a beetle. You can buy about 100 mealworms from your local pet store for under $2.00. They feed on oatmeal. The students can watch them go through the same stages that a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly. This menu is set up by Bloom's Taxonomy. In each activity box, you will see one of the following letters: E (Ev

Kids love the book, so why not give them fun activities to do that goes with the book and that meets their unique needs. This menu has nine different activities that are leveled. The entire class will be working on the same skills but on their level. What a great and easy way to differentiate!!

Do you ever have difficulty creating independent activities for your students to do while you are conducting guided reading groups? Here is an independent communications skills menu that not only includes other subjects such as math, science, and technology, but it also is differentiated according to Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. You will be able to provide independent learning activities while meeting the diverse needs of your students, all on one sheet!

Do you ever have difficulty finding independent communication skills activities for your students to do while you are conducting guided reading groups? Well, here is a menu for the Trophies story Off and Running that is differentiated by Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. It will address the varying needs of all your students on one simple sheet! This menu can be a week long independent center time activity.

Do you ever have difficulty coming up with ideas for your students to do independently while you are meeting with a guided reading group? Here is an independent communication skills menu that is differentiated by interests and Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. You have everything you need to meet the diverse needs of your students all on one sheet!