{"id":66744,"date":"2019-04-02T05:30:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=66744"},"modified":"2019-03-31T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T21:35:13","slug":"to-differentiate-lower-floors-and-raise-ceilings-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/04\/02\/to-differentiate-lower-floors-and-raise-ceilings-byrd\/","title":{"rendered":"To Differentiate: Lower Floors and Raise Ceilings [Byrd]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byrdseed.com\/to-differentiate-lower-floors-and-raise-ceilings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>To Differentiate: Lower Floors and Raise Ceilings<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from byrdseed.com by Ian Bryd<br \/>\n<em>When you\u2019re planning a task for a wide range of students, the terms \u201cfloor\u201d and \u201cceiling\u201d are easy mental shortcuts to increase the range of success for all kids.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It should be our goal to develop tasks that all students can get started with, but that also scale up for students who are ready for more. This is <em>the easiest way<\/em>\u00a0to create a task that can work for everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giftedguru.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My friend Lisa<\/a>\u00a0has a fantastic piece of differentiation advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Plan for your highest-ability students\u00a0<em>first<\/em>, then figure out how to onboard your other learners.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Why?\u00a0<strong>Because it\u2019s\u00a0<em>really hard<\/em>\u00a0to increase the ceiling on a worksheet.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s much easier to lower the floor on, say, a research project. You can always scaffold down \u2013 but you can\u2019t always raise the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.byrdseed.com\/to-differentiate-lower-floors-and-raise-ceilings\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66745\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceiling-floor-Byrd-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceiling-floor-Byrd-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceiling-floor-Byrd-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceiling-floor-Byrd-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ceiling-floor-Byrd.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Aiming for a low floor and high ceiling supports all students. Plus, it gives even low-performing kids a chance to go somewhere interesting. You\u2019ll never know who will take advantage of that high ceiling.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Differentiate: Lower Floors and Raise Ceilings &#8212; from byrdseed.com by Ian Bryd When you\u2019re planning a task for a wide range of students, the terms \u201cfloor\u201d and \u201cceiling\u201d are easy mental shortcuts to increase the range of success for all kids. 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