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Use Teacher Assigned i-Ready Lessons as Reinforced Differentiated Instruction

Sara Klimek, a seventh grade ELA Academic Intervention Service teacher, uses teacher assigned lessons in i-Ready Online Instruction to supplement her own teaching and meet all of her students' needs. Sara explains, "Teachers often ask me how to use i-Ready in the classroom in a way other than its diagnostic usage. Here's what I tell them: i-Ready is a great way to reinforce what you are already doing. As teachers, it's difficult to differentiate instruction. I teach Academic Intervention Service for ELA Grade 7. I have students who read on grade level and students who read four grades below level. To best meet their needs (because it's all about them, the students!), I use i-Ready to back up what I taught them. For example, if I just finished teaching about "point of view" using a gradual-release method (I do, We do, You do), the next class I would have the students log in to i-Ready Reading, where they would each have a point of view lesson assigned to them based on their reading level. Our instruction in class on day one was for the most part semi-differentiated, but the follow-up lesson is specifically catered to each student's needs. It is easy to assign lessons and takes minimal time out of our busy schedules. Each student will take a quiz via i-Ready, and that turns out to be a pretty fair grade because it is based on what their reading abilities currently are. Give it a try!"

Sara Klimek
Teacher

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