Differentiated Instruction for the Middle

An essential resource for teachers in inclusive classrooms This valuable sourcebook offers teachers key strategies on how to design and deliver effective instruction, measure success, and get students to work together. Covering topics such as decoding, vocabulary, blocking, using graphic organizers, mnemonics, literary elements, writing as a process, and doing research, it features dozens of ready-to-use language arts activities that are tied to core curriculum standards, and each activity has adaptations for students with different learning needs. Joan D'Amico, MA (Wayne, NJ) is a learning disabilities teacher/consultant with over 15 years of experience. She is also the coauthor of Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Math Teacher (978-0-7879-8468-7), as well as many activity books for children, and has appeared on TBS and CNN.

Joan D'Amico, M.A., L.D.T.C.,?is a learning disabilities teacher and consultant in the Garfield School District in New Jersey.? She has over 15 years of experience as a learning disabilities teacher and consultant in both public and private schools, and also has a private practice as a learning disabilities specialist.

Kate Gallaway?has over 15 years of teaching experience and has worked with districts and teachers nationwide on differentiated instruction.

Joan and Kate are also the co-authors of Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Math Teacher.

About This Book
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Being Successful in the Inclusive Classroom
Collaborating Effectively
Collaborating for Intervention
Collaborating with the Child Study Team
Collaborating with Parents and Families
Tips for Talking with Parents
Preparing for Differentiated Learning
Working with Core Curriculum Standard
Assessing Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences and Learning Strengths
Planning for Students with Special Needs
Effective Teaching Strategies for Differentiating Instruction
The Effective Inclusive Classroom
Measuring Success
Language Arts Activities for the Inclusive Middle School Classroom
Written Language Conventions
Identifying Nouns
Identifying Action Verbs
Auxiliary and Being Verbs
Identifying and Using Modifiers
Sentence Mechanics
Writing as a Process
Steps to EffectiveWriting
Writing a Personal Narrative
Writing Clear Instructions
Writing an Essay Comparing and Contrasting Events
Writing a Descriptive Essay
Writing an Argumentative Essay
Writing in the First, Second, and Third Person
Writing a Research Paper
Reading Skill
Vocabulary Building
Spelling
Oral Reading Fluency
Reading Comprehension
Interpreting Textbooks
Interpreting Context Clues
Sequencing and Finding the Main Idea
Comparing and Contrasting
Predicting Outcomes
Cause-and-Effect Relationships
Reading andWriting Poetry
Literary Elements
Reading for Meaning
Oral Language
Listening Skills
Oral Presentations
How This Book Maps to Education Standards
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Language Arts Teacher Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom

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Table of Contents

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