They are tools that can be used to explore topics or practice skills. Teachers can adjust the tasks to readiness levels or learning styles of different learners. Pretest - Assessment in which students demonstrate mastery of basic skills that are planned for regular class instruction in order to eliminate some work and allow students to move on to new material. Questioning Strategies - Questions can be used before, during, and after a lesson to engage and challenge students to demonstrate their understanding of the lesson from the knowledge level to evaluation level. By incorporating a variety of questions at different levels of cognition, students are provided with an opportunity to clarify their thinking, increase their knowledge, and deepen their understanding of the content.
Students read at their own pace, reflect and talk about their reading with others.
Tiered Assignments - Teachers match student needs with assignments geared to the level of the learner. Assignments may be given to a particular student or small group instead of the assignment given to the rest of the class. Workshops - Students meet in a small group to participate in specific enrichment activities in their talent areas. Writer's Workshop - A model of instruction which provides students with differentiated activities while participating in all areas of the writing process before the initial idea becomes a finished piece of writing. Students spend time on self-selected writing activities.