Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
Online Tools and Templates

The tools and templates featured here are designed to support the strategies presented in the text Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners. These templates are organized by chapter for your convenience. The numbering system for tools in the book is listed after the tool name.

Check out the tools and templates by flipping through the booklet below. Note the tools that have potential for your use and then access the full-page tool in the list below. You can download and print the tools you select. 

• Tool-1 SBE Planning Process, I-1

• Tool-2 Task Analysis T-Chart, I-2

• Tool-3 Task Analysis Planning, I-3

• Tool-4 Top Ten Questions Worksheet, I-4

• Tool-5 SBE and Multiple Pathways to Learning, I-5

• Tool-6 Cause and Effect Analysis, I-6

• Tool-7 Action Plan, I-7

• Tool-8 Data Review Questions, I-8

• Tool-9 Multiple Intelligences Unit Plan, III-1

• Tool-10 Learning Preferences Survey A, III-2

• Tool-11 High School Learning Preferences Survey, III-3

• Tool-12 Learning Preferences Survey B, III-4

• Tool-13 Language Survey, III-5

• Tool-14 Interest Learning Profile Survey, III-6

• Tool-15 Literacy Interest Inventory, III-7

• Tool-16 My Reading and Library Survey, III-8

• Tool-17 Homework Planning Guide, III-9

• Tool-18 Incomplete Assignment Log, III-10

• Tool-19 Daily Log, III-11

• Tool-20 Williams’ Taxonomy Planning Sheet, III-12

• Tool-21 Accommodations Request, III-13

• Tool-22 Accommodations Questionnaire, III-14

• Tool-23 Assessment Accommodations Planner, III-15

• Tool-24 Four-Box Synectics Review, IV-1

• Tool-25 Anchoring Activity: Physics Dictionary, IV-2

• Tool-26 Anchoring Activity: Recommendations for Independent Reading Lists, IV-3

• Tool-27 Book Club Bookmark, IV-4

• Tool-28 Non-Fiction Journal Prompts Bookmark, IV-5

• Tool-29 Cube, IV-6

• Tool-30 Math Cube Recording Sheet, IV-7

• Tool-31  On a Roll Recording Sheet, IV-8

• Tool-32 On a Roll Cubes, IV-9

• Tool-33 Classification or Taxonomy Graphic Organizer, IV-10

• Tool-34 Sequence or Chronology Graphic Organizer, IV-11

• Tool-35 Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer, IV-12

• Tool-36 Cycle Graphic Organizer, IV-13

• Tool-37 Explanatory or Descriptive Graphic Organizer, IV-14

• Tool-38 Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram, IV-15

• Tool-39 Compare and Contrast Matrix, IV-16

• Tool-40 Application for Group Membership, IV-17

• Tool-41 Los Companeros de Clase, IV-18

• Tool-42 South America Learning Buddies, IV-19

• Tool-43 Parent Function Partners, IV-20

• Tool-44 Clock Buddies, IV-21

• Tool-45 Canadian Collaborators, IV-22

• Tool-46 Element Buddies, IV-23

• Tool-47 Cornell Notes, IV-24

• Tool-48 Five-Column Notes, IV-25

• Tool-49 Strategy Log, IV-26

• Tool-50 Making Connections Log, IV-27

• Tool-51 Gore’s Newspaper Notes, IV-28

• Tool-52 Sensational Sentences, IV-29

• Tool-53 Frame of Reference, IV-30

• Tool-54 Stir the Class, IV-31

• Tool-55 Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, IV-32

• Tool-56 Question Stems Bookmark, IV-33

• Tool-57 RAFT, IV-34

• Tool-58 Products and Perspectives List, IV-35

• Tool-59 Talking Tokens, IV-36

• Tool-60 See and Hear T-Chart, IV-37

• Tool-61 Small Group Work Observation Form, IV-38

• Tool-62 Skill Building and Meaning Making for Me, IV-39

• Tool-63 Biography Unit Presentations Approval Sheet, IV-40

• Tool-64 How I’ll Show What I Know, IV-41

• Tool-65 My Independent Writing Rubric, IV-42

• Tool-66 Mathematics Self-Assessment, IV-43

• Tool-67 Learner Responsibilities Questionnaire, IV-44

• Tool-68 Self-Assessment for School Success, IV-45

• Tool-69 Error Analysis, IV-46

• Tool-70 Contract for Improvement Points, IV-47

• Tool-71 Tiered Assignment Planning Sheet, IV-48

• Tool-72 Anticipation/Reaction Guide, IV-49

• Tool-73 Learning Log A, V-1

• Tool-74 Learning Log B, V-2

• Tool-75 Reflections on My Week, V-3

• Tool-76 Three-Column Chart, V-4

• Tool-77 Frayer Model, V-5

• Tool-78 My Own Vocabulary Deck, V-6

• Tool-79 Text Frame: Questioning, V-7

• Tool-80 Text Frame: Inferencing, V-8

• Tool-81 Big Idea, V-9

• Tool-82 Reading Reflections, V-10

• Tool-83 Story Map, V-11

• Tool-84 Research Questions, V-12

• Tool-85 Non-Fiction Book Report, V-13

• Tool-86 Fiction Book Report, V-14

• Tool-87 Integrating Literacy Instruction Self-Assessment, V-15