Blog #8

I was searching blogs and I read Janelle's from blog #5.  I was interested in what she was saying about differentiating interest of the students.  I liked how she was able to make a connections of how this would make teaching more fun for the teachers too.  In order to differentiate interest the teacher needs to know each students interests.  During the process of learning what interests the students in your classroom have, one can learn much about how they might teach the rest of the students in the classroom.  A teacher may also learn more about personal teaching style which will open eyes to new opportunities as a differentiated teacher.

As I was searching more I looked at Malorey's blog #4.  I did not see anything about Vertabrates Graphs when I was reading the text.  I tend to read some things and forget most of what I read anyway, but I liked how she explained them as being able to use them in order to give students a choice.  The option is a great way to differentiate interest and process.  Students can choose what they want to place in the empty spots and write about them.  I also learned that a teacher can use these graphs for many different subjects, including math and science.  I need to learn more about how they are used exactly in the classroom, but I feel vertabrate graphs are a good way to differentiate process and differentiate assessments.