Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Math, Grades 3-5

Westphal, Laurie E.

ISBN 10: 1593632266 / ISBN 13: 9781593632267

Published by Prufrock Pr (edition ), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Math, Grades 3-5
• Publisher: Prufrock Pr (edition )
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593632266
• ISBN 13: 9781593632267
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The Differentiating Instruction With Menus series offers teachers exciting tools to challenge and reach both gifted and advanced students in the classroom. Whether these students need enrichment, choice in independent practice, or even additional academic options resulting from curriculum compacting, these books provide teachers a complete ready-to-use resource. Each book includes a rubric that can assess different types of products, free choice proposal forms to encourage independent study, specific guidelines for each of the products included in the menus to save the teacher time, and challenging menus to meet the needs of these diverse higher level learners.

About the Author

Laurie Westphal experienced academic concepts in the same manner as other students--through the use of chapter reading and questions, and copying notes. After questioning this practice, she decided to break the mold when she entered the classroom as a teacher. She was given the freedom to develop engaging, product-based lessons and activities, which encouraged choice, the kind of teaching she missed as a student.
   
She used this method of teaching science for 14 years, both overseas and in the U.S., as well as presented staff development and worked in gifted education. She currently works as an independent gifted education and science consultant, sharing her message as a staff developer and nationwide speaker on menus and differentiation. 

  

She currently resides in Houston, TX and has made it her goal to share her vision for real-world, product-based lessons that help all students become critical thinkers and effective problem solvers.