Reading- Oct 21st Pgs. 120-129

The last part of the reading for this class goes over what I reflected about last week. I definately have a better understanding about what tiering is after class. My main confusion was cleared up. I didnt understand that teachers have to select the goups. I thought that maybe students could, but I can see now why it is important for the teachers to carefully select them based on their readiness levels. I thought all these graphs and worksheets are great tools to use for differentiation. As I was looking over them, I was asking myself how some of these could be tiered and if they were using differentitaion effectively. I liked these examples too because they seem pretty clear. It is something that students know exactly what is expected of them to complete and they can do these at their own pace. I like how the science menu on dinosaurs and adaption gives you choices of a proejct to do so that students can do something they are interested in. I can see how this has potential to be tiered if needed. I like the evaluation checklist too because I think it is important to have students assess their own progress and how they are working. They will be honest with themselves most the time. I think its a great tool to use, but it is also important as a teacher to be continually assessing them so you can move them into groups based on their readiness levels because not every student progresses at the same rate and I am sure rearranging takes place a lot. I am beginning to understand more and more how differentiation and tiering are used and can be very beneficial in the classroom.