This chapter sort of brought a lot of things together for me. I was feeling a little like the description in the book of a teacher first faced with the concepts of UbD and DI. I was terrified at the thought of trying to keep all of the needs of my students in my head all of the time; and figuring out how to meet all of those varied needs seemed even harder. This chapter showed me that if I plan for expected patterns of variety in my classroom I will meet the needs of most of my students. By doing this I still have a little room left to make adaptations for those who are still having difficulties. Another thought in the chapter that really struck me was that when you differentiate for one student there is the unintended effect of helping other students I hadn’t considered.
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