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Studentcenteredand/ordifferentiatedinstruction

VictoriaEdwards
RegentUniversity

InpartialfulfillmentofUED495FieldExperienceePortfolio,Spring2015

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Introduction
According to Ronald L. Partin (2003), One of the earliest lessons
most teachers learn is that one show does not fit all (p.104).
Differentiation is key for the success of students. Not every student
learns the same way and not every student has the same abilities.
Throughout my student teaching, I have learned to make sure my
lessons can reach multiple types of learners. My artifacts for my
differentiation competency are videos from an inferring lesson I did
with the students, pictures of a word surgery activity I did with my
students, and lesson plans from the lessons I did with my students.
Rationale for Selected Artifacts
The first artifact I choose were videos from an inferring activity I
did with my students. In this activity the students had to make up a
character for the shoe. Their only clue for the person was the shoe.
They had to do this with their group. The students had to write the
characters traits, draw a picture and present their character and show
it to the class. The video shows the students presenting. This lesson
was good for multiple types of learners. Multiple types of learners
benefitted from this activity: interpersonal learners, verbal learners,
visual learners, auditory learners all benefitted from this lesson and
activity.

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The second artifact, pictures of the word surgery, is a great

example of an activity I did to benefit my kinesthetic learners. The
students had to make contractions not just write them or say them.
Then the students had to share with their group, because everyone at
the table had different words and contractions, so this activity
benefitted kinesthetic learners, verbal learners, interpersonal and
intrapersonal learners. The students had a chance to work
independently, but the interpersonal learners got to discuss and share
their contractions with their groups.
My Third artifact was lesson plans. The first one I am including is
my guided reading groups lessons. This is a good example of
differentiation, because differentiation is also about ability too, not jut
learning types. These groups are arranged based off reading ability and
therefore show differentiated planning. In addition, I am including two
weeks of guided reading because it shows how my reading groups
changed because of the students running records results I was able to
move students into higher reading groups. I am also including others
lessons that layout the differentiation within each lesson. Each lesson I
tried to have something for as many types of learners as possible.