Differentiating+Reading

This page is an overview of differentiating reading. It contains links to the strategies that were shared with you on February 10 - Alternate Texts, Embedded Questions, INSERT. If you want to shareyour experiences using any of these strategies or other strategies to differentiate reading, go to the home page and use the tab at the top to access the Discussion Page.

Reading Selection D ifferentiation Ideas **__ Content __** (what we teach) ·  Use different resources to address the same concept (i.e. when studying a theme, use novel, short story, poetry, current events, magazine articles, internet resource, etc. with that theme-different levels of readers will be addressed while meeting the same purpose) ·  Use the expertise of the **literacy specialist** at your school to determine students’ reading levels (SRI lexile score) and text readability. Use the __expertise__ of the **media specialist** to help you locate materials. ·  Activate prior knowledge with anecdote, video clip, real world example ·  Preview text-skim, view pictures, note bold words ·  Review vocabulary before reading ·  Allow note taking with post-its when reading to encourage interaction with text ·  The possibilities are endless… (i.e. design a game, write a poem, present a news report, blog about reading, write a biography, make a video, draw a blue print, make a time line of events…) _ _
 * __ Process __** (activity to make sense of the material)
 * __ Product __** (helps students rethink, use and extend what they learn)