
So when I find an opportunity for teachers to add color to their classroom without using a color printer, I know I have to share it. And when I wake myself up in the middle of the night, because I can see how this color will help you differentiate your instruction, well then I’m so delightedI can hardly contain myself.
. . .and counting and making patterns . . .
. . . and using creatively for a name activity. Oh yeah, this is going in my first week of school plans for sure. My kinder friends are going to LOVE these colors.
. . . or you can print the frame on an Astrobright color and the number portion off on white. Glue the white on top of the colored frame and laminate. These numbers will correspond with the numbers that are next to the student groups. So if a group of students have a 6 next to their group of names, that’s the station they will attend.
The Activity
I am going to demonstrate with a simple number order lesson. I’ve given you a map below to kind of show you the process of tiering an activity. ( It’s just a visual, to show you how it’s done. I certainly don’t do this with every lesson.)
In your lesson plan book, it might be an entry in your math stations that looks like this:
When student Group 6 heads to their math station, this is what they will see. Everyone knows which materials are theirs, because they are separated by clear poly envelopes and labeled by with an Astrobrights corresponding colored mega dot.
It’s just a simple laminated dot taped to a poly envelope, but it’s a great visual for students to know ‘I am orange, I use the materials in the orange envelope.’
I just used my circle paper punch to make them.
Let’s say you wanted all your student so use the same answer sheet, but use different ranges of numbers for this activity.
Instead, inside their drawer this is what they would see. By using Astrobrights papers to colorize the spinner cards, you can easily distinguish between the different groups. (You’d want a couple more spinner cases for those groups with more than one tier attending.)
Students can load their spinner case with their appropriate spinner, and you will know that they are working at their own level of readiness.
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Oh my goodness, you are so TALENTED at differentiating your instruction. LOVE all of your ideas!
Maria
Re-entry Red is my favorite. Thanks for taking the time to make your posts so applicable and helpful. I love reading it!
Thank you for posting all these ideas! I love all your differentiating ideas using color! My favorite is blue, green and purple!
Blue is my favorite color but I love all of them together!!!
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1. I worship you! 2. Seeing the rainbow of paper makes me make noises I didn’t know I made. 3. Purple. 4. Wow….brain spinning!
Blue and purple are my favorite colors! I can’t wait to make the differentiated spinners!
Pink & green are my favorites in the AstroBrite.
Love the greens!
Heather
I’m always drawn to lime green.
Pink is my favorite color!!
~Kourtney
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Mrs. Payton’s Precious Kindergarteners
My favorite color is hot pink!
Sue
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A Rainbow of Teaching
I love the blues!
This is why I follow your blog!! Your ideas make visual and functional sense and are so easy to incorporate into my classroom. (it doesn’t hurt that you host fabulous giveaways either). I am already a color code nut and use teal and purple to coordinate as much as possible.
There are sooooo many beautiful colors that’s it’s hard to choose, but I LOVE the bright pink!
I’m all about mixing them ALL together!!!! I guess if I was forced to choose it would be the HOT orange!
Debbie Clement
RainbowsWithinReach
I love blue greens!
I don’t really have a favorite color. Different colors appeal to my at different times and in different situations.
My favorite color is PINK! But I love the turquoise paper! And the way you use the paper to differentiate is just pure genius!
Erin
Creating & teaching
My favorite color is green.
My favorite color is turquoise!