Best Practices at Tier 1: Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction, Secondary

by Gayle Gregory, Martha Kaufeldt, Mike Mattos

Improve core instruction to ensure learning for all. Created specifically for grades 6-12, this book provides proven response to intervention strategies to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional interventions. Discover how to identify essential power standards to include in Tier 1 instruction, create a brain-friendly learning environment, shift instructional processes to support collaboration, and more. Understand the power of RTI to enhance core instruction and provide timely, targeted, and systematic interventions for students in
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Shifting to Collaborative Core Instruction
Chapter 2: Creating Brain-Friendly Learning Environments
Chapter 3: Finding Each Student's Learning Sweet Spot
Chapter 4: Developing a Powerful Core Curriculum
Chapter 5: Differentiating Instruction Through Pluralized Teaching Strategies
Chapter 6: Using Data to Inform Instruction
Chapter 7: Building Cognitive Rigor, Depth, and Complexity
Embracing the Journey
References and Resources

Genres: Education

248 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published November 6, 2015

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this for a book study through my school and I truly hated it. There was nothing new in this and if your school has any sort of RTI program in it, you’ve heard this all a million times (also true if you’ve ever read anything published by Solution Tree).

The best thing I can say about this book is at least I got paid to read it.

[Ayn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, so I'd give this probably a 4.5.

This book provides teachers with a basis for creating lesson plans and a classroom setting that will enhance student engagement, learning and concept mastery. It provides teachers with resources to develop a strong common core for their class by incorporating essential standards, evidence based practices, meaningful/relevant/student centered instructions, important skills and promote concept mastery. It addresses how to use pluralized teaching strategies; incorporating technology and multimodal approaches can help student engagement and promote learning. It discusses how to collect and use data to tweak instruction and how to build lessons to create depth, rigor and complexity. Essentially it helps teachers by giving examples and resources to build a solid lesson plan that helps all students learn based on principles that benefit those with disabilities and to build on where students are at that gets them to become masters of the content.