Name
Engaging & Differentiating For All Learners (SPED)
Speakers
Session Type
Workshop
Track
Special Education Experience
Description
Ready for your Engagement and Differentiation Era?
This session will equip you with tools and strategies to transform learning for every student. With creativity, differentiation, and a touch of sparkle, you’ll leave ready to captivate your classroom and inspire success.
In this session, you will:
- Begin Your Own Viral Era: Discover how and why to use music to engage students, including techniques that have reached over 200 million views and captured the attention of major media outlets like Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, Good Morning America and Taylor Swift!
- Escape Ordinary Teaching: Learn how to use escape rooms, black light pens, and logic puzzles to differentiate and keep students motivated while developing critical thinking skills.
- Scaffold Like a Pro: Explore classroom resources designed to meet every learner’s needs and scaffold instruction by skill, making success attainable for all students.
- Bring Fun to the Forefront: Get hands-on ideas for turning games and activities into the foundation of your classroom engagement strategy.
Gear up for this dynamic and interactive session! You’ll leave feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to make your classroom the ultimate enchanted space where learning meets fun.
Common Core Standards
Across Elementary Grades:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1-12.1: Participate in collaborative conversations and discussions with diverse partners, staying on topic, and building on others’ ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7-12.7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media, including music, videos, and games.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7
• Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing 8 \times 5 = 40, one knows 40 \div 5 = 8) or properties of operations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1-12.1: Participate in collaborative conversations and discussions with diverse partners, staying on topic, and building on others’ ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7-12.7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media, including music, videos, and games.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7
• Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing 8 \times 5 = 40, one knows 40 \div 5 = 8) or properties of operations.
Session Research
Gonzales, Katelyn R. (2024) Movement in Math: A Look at Integrating Movement-Based Activities into a Kindergarten Math Classroom
Palmer, T.-A. & Booth, E. (2024). The effectiveness of song and music as
pedagogical tools in elementary school science lessons
Gheyssens, E., Griful-Freixenet, J., Struyven, K. (2023). Differentiated Instruction as an Approach to Establish Effective Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms.
Palmer, T.-A. & Booth, E. (2024). The effectiveness of song and music as
pedagogical tools in elementary school science lessons
Gheyssens, E., Griful-Freixenet, J., Struyven, K. (2023). Differentiated Instruction as an Approach to Establish Effective Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms.