Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas (Multimedia Kit): A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development

Deepen teachers’ understanding of how differentiated reading strategies can boost students’ literacy and content mastery!

Providing actual classroom examples across grade levels and content areas, this comprehensive multimedia kit allows staff developers to demonstrate the most effective ways of using differentiated reading instruction to increase students’ comprehension and vocabulary skills in any content area. Facilitators can illustrate the basics of differentiation and lead discussions about:

• Establishing a nurturing learning environment
• Motivating students to achieve reading potential
• Using informal assessments to identify students’ skills and diverse needs
• Understanding affective realms of learning such as rapport, empathy, respect, choice, and more

Includes: DVD (72 min.), Facilitator’s Guide, CD-ROM, Companion Book