What we have learned so far in this course is that students come to
us from diverse backgrounds and have their own unique learning needs. We
have also learned that the systems of the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS) are grounded in differentiated instructional practices to form
the basis of quality curriculum.
As noted in Week Two, you participate in your school’s Professional
Learning Community (PLC) as developing experts in implementing
differentiated instruction. For this assignment, you will create the
content for a blog (not actually creating the blog at this time) that
identifies differentiated assessment and teaching strategies. These
strategies can be used to assess student mastery of the new Common Core
State Standards while providing engaging and rigorous classroom
instruction.
For the purpose of this assignment, you will be using a Word
document (two to three pages) to create a prospective blog that can be
designed online at another time.
Within your blog, you must:
- Describe (in general) the standards for mathematics.
- Describe (in general) the standards for English language arts.
- Summarize the Common Core State Standards initiative including their purpose (i.e., the expectations of the CCSS) and academic impact.
- Discuss how differentiated instruction is an essential strategy for the CCSS.
- Explain five or more differentiated strategies, tools, or activities that will support teachers’ implementation of the CCSS for mathematics.
- Explain five or more differentiated strategies, tools, or activities that will support teachers’ implementation of the CCSS for English language arts.