A Kindergarten Differentiation Plan

Three needs-based groups (1 hour)

Instruction with Teacher Required Follow-up Activity Choice Center

Choice CentersListening Comprehension

Word Work

Writing- for- Sounds

What are your Resources?Curriculum Resources

Core Program Letter Recognition Phonemic Awareness Phonics Writing Vocabulary Listening/Reading Comprehension

Scope & Sequence Letter & Sound Sequence Sight Words Sequence (regular & Irregular)

STEP 1

What are your Resources?Assessments

PPVT-III (Screening)

Phonological Awareness Screener (Diagnostic)

Phonics Screener (Diagnostic)

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/reading/projects/garf/

Sight Word Inventory (Diagnostic)

CBA (Curriculum Based Assessments)

Step 2: Consider Your Children’s Needs

• Give letter name inventory to all students

• Give letter sound inventory to students who know at least half of the letter names

Group Students Based on Data2nd Week:

Use a simple chart to summarize the data

Group children according to: 1. Those with no letter knowledge 2. Those with strong knowledge of letter names & sounds 3. Those with inconsistency of letters and letter sounds

All students who leave K need to have a firm grasp on the alphabetic principle and its application in decoding and spelling unknown words.2

Group Students Based on Data4th Week: Administer inventories created to match

instruction Regroup based on new data Continue this process for each new

segment/theme of instruction

12th Week: Begin including a spelling inventory into the assessment/regrouping process

Simple Repetitive Instructional Strategies

ContentChanges over timeChanges between groupsPhonemic awarenessWord Recognition

Begin the Year with 2 StrategiesPhonemic Awareness (Chapter 3)

Initial sound sortingSay - it – and – move - it

Word recognition (Chapter 4)Letter names and soundsSounding and blendingHigh-frequency words (Elkonin boxes and words, p.66)

What does it look like?

Figure 8.7 page 131

Organize materials Review data/core sequence/plan Deliver instruction As skills are mastered, increase pace and

present more challenging work