Resource Highlight!

Every now and then, I am going to highlight a product that I think is essential for differentiation in the classroom. Here is the first! Please let me know what you use in your classroom!

Successful Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom is a great resource by Carolyn Coil. Every teacher should own this book! Its a comprehensive guide, to do just that, GUIDE you through implementing and perfecting differentiation in your classroom.
 

Successful Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom

From the website description:

Coil presents the most comprehensive, practical resource you will need to successfully implement the concept of differentiation in your classroom. Following a brief overview of the components and a teacher self - assessment awareness checklist, are chapters with reproducibles, forms, and practical examples for administrators, teachers, students, and parents:

• Flexible Grouping
• Curriculum Compacting
• Independent/Individualized Work - learning centers, resident experts, contracting, anchoring activities
• Learning Profiles
• Product Differentiation
• Strategies: ILP™, Tic-Tac-Toe, Tiering, Encounter Lessons, Technology, Mentors, Mini-classes, Literature circles, Questivities™
• Differentiated Assessment - rubrics, criteria cards, tiering
• Special Groups
• Special Needs
• District and Schoolwide Planning

Use this resource in the school and college classroom, with professional learning communities, as a study group resource, and in staff development workshops. The CD includes customizable WORD files of forms and handouts for teacher and student. Written by Carolyn Coil.

You can purchase the book at www.piecesoflearning.com.