Best Practices at Tier 1: Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction, Elementary (RTI at Work: Implementing Brain-Friendly, Evidence-Based Strategies in a Core Curriculum)

Improve core instruction to ensure learning for all. Created specifically for K-5 educators, this book provides proven response to intervention strategies to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional interventions. Discover how to identify essential power standards to include in Tier 1 instruction, create a brain-friendly learning environment, shift instructional processes to support collaboration, and more.

Benefits:

• Understand the power of RTI to enhance core instruction and provide timely, targeted, and systematic interventions for students in need.
• Gain effective strategies to differentiate learning, and understand the variety of ways students learn.
• Incorporate the four Cs--communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking--into curriculum design.
• Shift from teacher-centered to student-centered instruction to enhance learning.
• Use formative assessment and preassessment to plan for instruction and extend learning tasks when necessary.
• Raise the bar for all learners by enhancing rigor and providing learners opportunities to grow.

Contents:
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Shifting to Collaborative Core Instruction
Chapter 2: Creating Brain-Friendly Learning Environments
Chapter 3: Finding Each Student s Learning Sweet Spot
Chapter 4: Developing a Powerful Core Curriculum
Chapter 5: Differentiating Instruction Through Pluralized Teaching Strategies
Chapter 6: Using Data to Inform Instruction
Chapter 7: Building Cognitive Rigor, Depth, and Complexity
Epilogue: Embracing the Journey
References and Resources
Index