Differentiating Instruction With Menus

<p>The best-selling <i>Differentiating Instruction With Menus</i> series has helped teachers nationwide differentiate instruction for their high-ability learners with easy-to-use menus and exciting tools to challenge and reach gifted and advanced students in the classroom. Each book includes an updated, student-friendly rubric that can assess different types of products, free choice proposal forms to encourage independent study, and new and favorite challenging menus to meet the needs of these diverse higher level learners. Readers will also be able to save time by using updated guidelines that reflect changes in technology for each of the products included in the menus and find direct alignment with standards approved in recent years. Topics addressed in <i>Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Language Arts (Grades 3-5, 2nd ed.)</i> include genres, writing skills, and mechanics.<br><br>Grades 3-5</p> Author’s Note Part I: All About Menus and Choice Chapter 1: Choice Chapter 2: How to Use Menus in the Classroom Chapter 3: Guidelines for Products Chapter 4: Rubrics Part II: The Menus Chapter 5: Literary Elements Characterization Setting Plot Chapter 6: Fictional Genres Independent Reading Fiction Fables Folk Tales Tall Tales Alphabet Books Science Fiction Mysteries Plays Poetry Genres 7: Nonfiction Genres Nonfiction Informational Texts Biographies Chapter 8: Mechanics Spelling/Vocabulary I Spelling/Vocabulary II: Word Building Word Play Parts of Speech Reference Materials Chapter 9: Writing The Writing Process Narrative Writing Expository Writing Persuasive Writing Three Types of Writing Revising and Editing References Appendix: Book Lists About the Author Common Core State Standards