Differentiated Instruction The Jig Saw Strategy

1. Differentiated Instruction The Jig Saw Strategy Creator: Naomi Migliacci

2. Today’s Objectives • Use a jig saw tool to practice differentiated instruction • Identify reading levels • Identify content connections • Use a reading guide for comprehension , note-taking and speaking • Use various activities to process the topic We will: Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

3. Agenda: Where are we Going? Background Warm-Up: Think & Ink Jig Saw Reading with Guides Jig Saw Products Cool-Down: Share Out Debrief Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

4. Differentiated Instruction Approaches to what students will learn How they learn (process) How they demonstrate what they’ve learned (products) Three little kittens: Wiley, Catalina, Citrus PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

5. Jig Saw Strategy - Benefits • Fits with 3 principles of DI • Negotiate for meaning with text and others • Differentiate reading levels • Differentiate for interest • Scaffolded learning Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

6. Jig Saw Strategy - Benefits Multiple ways to learn about a topic Multiple perspectives Student choice Student interests Student motivation Girls at school gate, Siguatepeque, Honduras PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

7. Jig Saw – Assignments Advertisement • Collage • Poster • Newspaper Article • Letter • Skit • Brochure • Game • Playlist • Wiki • Website • Short Story • Timeline • Experiment • Survey • Quiz Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

8. What to Notice Word count Flesch-Kincaid Various topics Scaffolded guides Activities Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

9. Warm-Up: Think & Ink • Think about a student who is unengaged or struggles and needs to be included in your lessons perhaps through non-traditional means, or in ways which might stretch your teaching skills. • Write down the student’s name and include any information you know about that student. • Share your profile with your group members. Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

10. Jig Saw Reading • Work with your group • Read your selection and fill in the guide • Discuss how the guide helps with comprehension • As if you are the teacher, and this is your reading, create an activity for students using this selection Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

11. Jig Saw Debrief • How did the jig saw activity help you learn? • What are the benefits of using a jig saw for students? For teachers? • How might you implement a jig saw? Review each activity Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

12. Listening Lab Protocol Form small, equal numbered groups Everyone has a minute to speak Use “all talk” after everyone speaks Pakistani Teachers, Islamabad, Pakistan PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

13. Are You More Like…? Metaphor or description Compare & contrast Multiple perspectives Physical activity Pre-writing or pre-reading activity Use with Word Wall Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

14. ABC Vocabulary Illustrate Post electronically Continue adding terms throughout the unit Formal student presentations on vocabulary • Antioxidant, Anandamide • Bitter, Beans • Chocolate, Cocoa, Conching, Cocoa butter, Caffeine • Dopamine • Equator • Festival • German Chocolate Cake • Holiday, Hershey • Icing • Jimmies • Kisses • Lindt • Mold, Melt • Nestle, Nibs • Oleic acid • Poison, Pods, Phenethylamine • Quetzalcóatl • Refined sugar • Seratonin, Sweet, Stearic acid • Tree, Tezcatlipoca, Theobromine, Texture • Under cooked • Valentine’s Day, Vanilla • Water • Xochiquetzal • Yeast • Zest Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

15. Numbered Heads Together Review material Check comprehension Students teach each other Interactive Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

16. Conversation Circles Pair sharing Opinions Learning from each other Round Robin style Students participate in Round Robin Circles PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

17. Anticipation Guide For concepts, vocabulary, dates, people Lickert Scale, True/False Activate prior knowledge Warm-Up & Cool-Down Tool A family outing in Giza, Egypt PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

18. List-Sort-Group Interactive Activate schema Learn from each other Can give sorting terms Participants in St. Croix, USVI PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

19. In 25 Words or Less Individually or in groups Gets at concept or definition Tied to lesson objective Interactive Participants create “In 25 Words or Less,” Islamabad, Pakistan PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

20. Outcome Sentences I think… I wonder… I feel… I believe… I hope… I want… I wish… I want to know… Family living on the Nile River, Egypt PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

21. Cool-Down: 3 – 2 – 1 • 3 Things you learned about jig saws • 2 Strategies you can use with your students • 1 Type of chocolate/dessert you can’t wait to have With your group: discuss, agree on, and chart out Be prepared to introduce your team and share out your ideas Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

22. 3 – 2 – 1 Debrief Use formal share out Use all language skills Modify difficulty Interactive but can be individual 3-2-1 in Arabic; Egypt PHOTO CREDIT: Naomi Migliacci Prepared by Naomi Migliacci

23. Questions? Prepared by Naomi Migliacci