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Selecting Instructional Strategies That Respond to Learner Need
Have a variety of effective instructional strategies that meet different learners' needs.
 * What is the big idea?**

at times teacher determined at times more student input Student Needs to consider would be: Readiness, Interest, Learning profile
 * What are some of the supporting ideas, concepts etc.?**

Readiness: varied homework, small group instruction, writing frames, materials at varied reading levels, guided peer critiques, word walls, Tiering, Personalized spelling and vocabulary
 * What are one or two details that were familiar or comfortable?**

Interest: independent studies, group investigation, web inquiries

Learning Profile: visual organizers, vary modes of teacher presentation, opportunities for movement, varied work options

Multiple Categories: graphic organizers *all the things that we listed below were listed because we didn't know about it or weren't familiar with the lingo Readiness:
 * What are one or two details that were new, challenging or potentially __unrealistic__ <--(please explain why)?

Interest: Orbitals

Learning Profile: Intelligence preference tasks (Sternberg & Gardner)

Multiple Categories: Cubing, ThinkDots **