Crayfish+Diet

Differentiated lesson about the diets of crayfish: I was instructed to read from a book about crayfish and then give a worksheet on which students would write complete sentences to questions about the diet of crayfish. I differentiated the lesson by re-writing the important aspects of the book on six different worksheets. All of the worksheets looked the same and were the same in that they each had only 2-3 sentences about what/ how crayfish eat. They were different in that each told a different interesting fact about what/ how crayfish eat, also the reading level was varied mostly based on vocabulary. I walked around the room and assisted struggling readers to insure they were able to read and understand their section. Once the students read their worksheet they drew a picture about what they read. Next they shared what they read and the pictures with their classmates, and finally as a large group. While they shared as a large group, I took notes of all the foods they eat on the white board. Finally, students were asked to write complete sentence answers to questions about what crayfish eat, using some of the words written in the white board. I walked around the classroom, again helping struggling students. (Instructions were given as I modeled for the students what they would do. I used copies of worksheets similar to the ones they received and displayed them on the document reader as I modeled.)

Site professor's observation notes

An example of the worksheets can be viewed below:

Name __ What Crayfish Eat Adult crayfish are active at night. This is when they look for food. The crayfish in our classroom do not need to look for food because they are fed by the students and teachers in our class. They eat about three times a week. We feed them shrimp pellets.

Draw a picture about what you read.