This document provides guidance for differentiating centers in an early childhood classroom to meet the needs of students at different ability levels (Mastery, Developing, Emerging). Teachers are asked to photograph centers, document the learning outcomes they address, and identify how the resources and activities can be tailored for each level of student. An example is provided of a counting center with rubber cats where tasks are differentiated for Mastery students to sort, write, and count in more detail versus Developing students focusing on one attribute or Emerging students copying numbers or counting with number lines.
This document provides guidance for differentiating centers in an early childhood classroom to meet the needs of students at different ability levels (Mastery, Developing, Emerging). Teachers are asked to photograph centers, document the learning outcomes they address, and identify how the resources and activities can be tailored for each level of student. An example is provided of a counting center with rubber cats where tasks are differentiated for Mastery students to sort, write, and count in more detail versus Developing students focusing on one attribute or Emerging students copying numbers or counting with number lines.
This document provides guidance for differentiating centers in an early childhood classroom to meet the needs of students at different ability levels (Mastery, Developing, Emerging). Teachers are asked to photograph centers, document the learning outcomes they address, and identify how the resources and activities can be tailored for each level of student. An example is provided of a counting center with rubber cats where tasks are differentiated for Mastery students to sort, write, and count in more detail versus Developing students focusing on one attribute or Emerging students copying numbers or counting with number lines.
Focus: Differentiating centers based activities in the early childhood classroom
Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify how classroom centers can be
differentiated to meet all student levels (Mastery, Developing and Emerging)
Procedure: Photograph and document the centers based activities implemented in the setting during the course of the day and identify the learning outcomes the activities met
Table 1: Differentiating Centers
Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated Ability (include photo): Learning Levels: Outcome: (list only what you consider to be the primary goals) Mastery The children Rubber cats. Recognize, count, counting how Paper. and write Sort, write, and many how Pencil. numbers. count. many rubber Sort according sized cat do they and colors. have and Sort different colors writing on the of rubber cats. paper. Developing