From Rationale to Practice

This reading was definitely what I was looking for. I have been eating up what we have been talking about and have been seeing connections of differentiation throughout all of my other readings and classes... but still have been unsure of how I would specifically implement many elements of differentiation in my class. Part of the reason I have been unsure and struggling with it, is because I always seem to take on too much, I want to differentiate everything and meet all of the students needs all of the time. What i think i am slowly learning and will continue to learn through my experiences this semester is that I can only do so much, but in the way I set up my classroom and my attitude I will be differentiating already. I felt that the scenarios offered in chapter 5 really brought some better understanding and I feel that I understand differentiation in a more practical rather than and idealistic way. I am ready to learn more strategies and ways to do things that will benefit my students. I know that there are so many people that I will be able to learn from and so many activities that I do this semester that will help me to better understand how to be a differentiating teacher. My understanding is just going to come a little at a time and I have to be patient enough to know that as I continue in this class this semester and that as I begin teaching I will continue to better understand exactly what differentiation is and how I can do it.