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Going over these last pages in the book was very helpful to me. It was fun to see all of the different activity ideas that they have in the book. I liked the evaluation checklist that they had about how the student does working with their peers. I thought it gives students a good opportunity to see what they do well in a group and also what they could work on to do better as well. Doing this evaluation can also help students with social skills. I also liked the different ideas they had for literature. There are many different ideas on how to break down the ideas while reading a book This would help students with comprehension. I also liked how the book talked about having different tiers while teaching. Helping the students go from learning the basics of a concept to something really concrete. I have seen this method used throughout my life with my parents and my teachers. I also liked the journal ideas at the end. I did a few journals in school and I loved it. I know when I am a teacher I will have my class do a daily journal on different subjects. IT helps solidify what they are learning.
I have enjoyed taking the time to go through this book I think it was well worth buying. It had a lot of great thoughts and ideas. It will be nice to refer to. Learning about differentiation has been a wonderful thing for me. I was talking to my mom about this class the other day. She was an elementary teacher and never had the chance to take a course like this. She thought it would be very helpful in my future classroom. It is another part of learning what we can better do to help our students learn. Not only must we have the knowledge to do so but the concern and love to do so for each student individually. I am excited to see how applying what I have learned in our differentiation class while influence the experience I will have in field and student teaching.