​Articles and Lesson Plans for Differentiation in the Elementary School

​Articles

​“What Works for Differentiating Instruction in Elementary Schools” by Grace Rubenstein: This article provides a variety of ways to incorporate differentiation within a specified amount of time.

“4 Proven Strategies for Differentiating Instruction” by Jill White: Jill White discusses four simple ways to integrate differentiation into the elementary classroom.

Lesson Plans

English

• Publishing Writing - Grades 2 - 4
  

Mathematics

• Factors and Multiples Number Puzzles - Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Grade 4

• Beads Under the Blanket - Patterns from Operations and Algebraic Thinking to Functions - Grades 4 - 8

Science

• Pollution - Grades 3 - 5

• Volume and Capacity - Grades 4  - 5

Social Studies

• Community Helpers - Grades K - 1

• Urban Communities - Grades 2 - 3

• American Revolution - Grades 5 - 6