Differentiated Instruction Organizer
Instructional Method Alternate Method(s) to
Lesson Components
Originally Planned
Major Concepts Definition Worksheet
• Types of Erosion:
water, wind, ice Give Definition to students
• Effects of erosion while showing an example
on Earth
•
Vocabulary Terms Through the use of
• Erosion examples and discussion.
• Water erosion
• Wind erosion
• Ice erosion
Activities Discussion of erosion
Explanation of types of
erosion.
Brainstorming where we see
erosion taking place around
us.
Experiment of water erosion
Assessments Main form of assessment is
observation of participation:
discussion, experiment,
reflection.
Homework assignment
Alternate Method(s) to
Assist Students
I believe the lesson is simple
enough that most Ss should
be able to follow the
instruction.
Students can be given an
additional worksheet for a full
explanation of terms.
This instruction is easily
modified to assist Ss.
Ex.: group placement,
discussion questions posed by
teacher, modified lab sheet
Lower level Ss could be given
a modified Lab sheet
providing more guidance
through the experiment.
Homework: Answer specific
questions about the process
of their experiment rather
than comparing and
Challenge Students
Pre class assignment:
research a type of erosion and
present a summary to the
class.
Students could be given more
challenging definitions with
more advanced vocabulary.
Or they could be required to
write the full definition of
erosion.
More open-ended questions.
More challenging follow-up
questions.
Ss could be asked to do
additional research and
provide a small presentation
for the class…this could be
done as a pre-lesson or post
lesson activity depending on
the level of the S.
contrasting 2 experiments.