Amanda Rowland 4/29/14 Professional Development Goal Reflection My original plan to improve my ability to differentiate in t e class room was

to complete online mod!les on differentiation" as# my cooperating teac er for advice on ow to differentiate my lessons eac wee#" and provide at least t ree levels of differentiation to eac of my lesson plans eac wee#$ % was able to do eac of t ese t ings in order to improve my differentiation s#ills t is semester$ % was very s!ccessf!l in meeting my goals$ &irst" as yo! can see in my wee#ly lesson plans % ad m!ltiple levels of differentiation in my lessons in order to meet t e diverse needs of t e st!dents in my classroom$ % also did additional t ings t at were not present in t e lesson plan$ 'ome of t ose t ings incl!ded a creative s!mmary enric ment pro(ect" aving a st!dent teac a lesson for t e day" modifying t e assignments to matc ing items or cartoons$ % also ad t e opport!nity to complete t e %R%' mod!les on differentiation$ ) e mod!les gave me t e idea to !se learning centers and (igsaw activities in my classroom w ic are bot t ings % did in my self*contained reading classes$ % also met wee#ly wit my cooperating teac er and got advice from er$ % also received ot er advice from my s!pervisor and ot er special ed!cation teac ers in t e b!ilding$ +ere are some of t e s!ggestions % received, - ' e s!ggested t at % tell one st!dents t e .!estions % was going to as# er to answer before class started so t at s e wo!ld be mentally prepared to answer t em$ - ' e also s!ggested % let one st!dent pre*read one boo# we are reading for class instead of ma#ing im ave an independent reading boo# li#e t e ot er st!dents$ - ' e also s!ggested adapting .!i//es wit pict!res for some st!dents$

- &or one st!dent s e also s!ggested giving im only a co!ple .!estions on a page and aving lines so t ey st!dent co!ld gage ow m!c t ey are s!pposed to write$ - ) e idea of !sing comic strips to elp one st!dent e0press is ideas - giving st!dents different types of reinforcements based on t eir needs - aving a st!dent lead a lesson for t e class ) ese are (!st some of t e many ama/ing ideas for differentiation t at were s!ggested to me and % !sed s!ccessf!lly$ 1ne problem % enco!ntered w ile doing t is was t e way t at some st!dents wo!ld get mad w en ot er st!dents received assignments t at t ey perceived as easier assignments$ %t was ard to motivate t em to do somet ing t at t ey believed was more diffic!lt$ ) ey t o!g t it was very !nfair$ % tried e0plaining t e concept to t em t at fair doesn2t mean e.!al and instead it means everyone is given w at t ey need in order to be s!ccessf!l$ ) is did not wor# very well$ %n t e f!t!re" % will set !p t is classroom environment and mentality from t e beginning of t e year$ Maybe" w en it is created as part of t e c!lt!re of t e classroom it will be better received by st!dents$ ) is is one way % will try to improve on t is goal$ %n t e f!t!re" % wo!ld li#e to cond!ct some action researc on different forms of differentiation in t e classroom and t eir s!ccess levels so t at % can find t e best way to differentiate my classroom to meet my st!dents2 needs$