Sample Modifications in Lesson Plan Design : Sample Modifications in Lesson Plan Design to Differentiate Instruction
Types of Modifications : Types of Modifications Content
Instructional
Assessment
Learning Style
and Multiple Intelligences
Content Modification Examples : Content Modification Examples Give examples of mitzvot that the Jews were forbidden to do
Show a chart that organizes the holiday into columns for mitzvot, traditions, foods, songs, and history
Distribute a list of vocabulary words with their definitions
Enrichment activity for accelerated learners: Write the Chanukah story from the first person, pretending you lived at that time.
Instructional Modification Examples : Instructional Modification Examples Students work alone on a report about Chanukah
Students work with a Madrikh/a to learn the Chanukah blessing
Students work as a pair to plan a Chanukah play
Assessment Modification Examples : Assessment Modification Examples Have a student draw the story of Chanukah in a comic strip
Have student create their own song about Chanukah story
Have students create and perform a play of the Chanukah story
Learning styles and Multiple Intelligences : Learning styles and Multiple Intelligences Verbal: Read the story of the Maccabbis
Retell the story in own wordsWrite a Chanukah poemAsk your own questions about Chanukah
Mathematical/ Logical: Measure the ingredients for making jelly doughnutsLogical question: What would you do if you were a Jew living in Hellenized Israel at that time?
Visual/Spatial: Light the Chanukiah, create your own Chanukiah, design a Matzah plate
Kinesthetic: make olive oil with an olive oil press and use to light the ChanukiahMake latkesLight the Chanukiah
Musical: sing and dance to Chanukah songs
Intrapersonal: interview a friend or family member about their favorite Chanukah memories.
Interpersonal: Think about the meaning of Chanukah.Keep a Chanukah diaryThink about how assimilation today is similar to during the time of the Chanukah story.