When you are going over the pre-basics with the below average kids, the gifted kids are bored and throwing spit balls at each other. When you challenge the gifted ones, the average and reluctant learners drop out because it’s too hard. If you find a way to juggle those three groups and the below average kids, the emotionally disturbed students start acting out because they want attention.

Now you know why I quit teaching…

Check out these helps:

http://www.differentiatedresources.com/

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/differentiated/front_differentiated.htm

The list goes on and I’m sure you can do your own comprehensive search, but here are some major perspectives of my great teachers:

“Have something meaningful for the students you arn’t working with to do”.

“Do testing to see not only what the student needs to know to catch up, but to get ahead. Do testing that is not only diagnostic, but prescriptive and lets you know how each student learns”

“My groups are not so much ability ranked, but made up of diverse abilities with common learning styles. Some hear what to do, others see what to do, some just like doing”.

Good luck in your quest. Hope this helps a little.