Assessment Differentiation

 

             The AhaSlides presentation assessment can first be differentiated by the type of poem that the child selects. I can have the child select a poem from an assortment of poems that range in Lexile levels,  student interest and  complexity of the poem. Some poems have more figurative language and others have less. The goal is for the child to show me that can understand the poem, teach what the poem means to the class, point out poetry features, and tear the poem apart based on the type of figurative language found. Thus, the type of poem that the child gets can meet them at their exact level.

              Next, I can differentiate the slides. I can give them templates or they can select their own. This can help students that need extra support digitally. AhaSlides can be differentiate based on the child’s proficiency in English. If a child needs it in a different language AhaSlides can accommodate that and will modify the language to be in the primary language spoken by the child (AhaSlides, 2023).  Depending on the teacher/ school the slides can add an audio  feature, so that the child can pre-record themselves speaking. I had a child who had selective mutism and he could only whisper. This feature would have helped him because it would pick up his whisper and make it louder, so that the whole class could hear him. It would also have enabled him to record it as many times as he wanted to until he found the perfect one. He could still make eye contact with the class and walk the class through the poem. It just would have been done a little differently to accommodate his needs.

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References

 

AhaSlides. (2019/2023). Changing the display language. AhaSlides Pte.

               Ltd. https:// help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/changing-

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