Differentiating Products

Long-term endeavor

Makes students think, apply, and expand

Assess students knowledge, understanding, and skill

Helps students individually or in groups

Extensive understanding and application

Identify what you want students to know, understand, and apply.

Identify the format that the product will be in.

Develop a rubric or a way that the students will be able to understand what quality of work you are expecting.

Scaffold

Differentiate the assignment

Coach for success

Use a product to apply to a real life situation

Build critical and creative thinking in your prduct

Use multiple sources for your children to use

Provide a check list

Stress time management skills

Support students to use their own materials

Provide clear guidance

Communicate your product with parents/gardians

Except multiple product possibilities

Use formative, summative, and self-evaluation

Peer review

Presentations can be whole-class, exhibits, or group

Example: Social Studies Unit

Reasearch, design, and build a portion of their town

Build on students strengths

Self-selected tasks

Teacher-selected tasks

Work collegially

Independent work

Common Goal for All Students

Example: Spanish II Class

Understand how elements of given culture interrelate and form distinct personality of people

Differentiated Products

Writing travel guidess

making videos

Filming documentaries

Subtopic

Presenting dramas

Students whose first language is Spanish

Will have differentiated assignments

Same focus but will use different languages

Content Focus

Hostory

Religion

Economics

Celebrations

Geography

Education

Climate

Literature

Subtopic

Subtopic

Art

Language Structure

Key: Challenging Products and Support Systems

All product assignments require them to apply and extend essential understandings

Allow students to express themselves in ways other than writing

Are product assignments in smaller increments

Consider putting directions on audio or video so students can revisit as needed

Prepare timelines for due dates to help studnents manage

Implement mini-workshops on product skills

Help students find appropriate resources

Provide templates or organizers

Periodically review big picture of product

Provide support for areas of difficulty--advisory groups or "specialists" for coaching

Help students focus on targeted portions of rubrics

Provide exemplars from previous years' products

Assist students with resource support if they are unable to attain outside of school

Provide assistance for ESL students