One of the easiest ways to differentiate your instruction is by using page grouping. Page grouping allows you to create different pages that cover the same content, but have a different instructional approach. For instance, if your students are showing you through formative assessment techniques that they need more instruction, you can have pages ready that offer the type of instruction they need. Perhaps they need extension activities to broaden what they are learning because they have shown mastery of your objectives. Both ends of the spectrum can be remedied quickly with page grouping.
To group pages together click on "groups" at the top of the pages in the page sorter tab. Choose "edit groups" and all of your pages will be displayed in the work area. The first time you do this, they will all be in the same group. You can add groups by clicking on "add group" and also change the names of your groups by double clicking on the group. Move pages that you have created into different groups based on what they are. For instance, you could segregate your pages based on the learning styles that are featured. If you have bodily kinesthetic lessons you can group them all together - making it easy for you to find your pages by learning style. You could also group your pages if they are remedial or extension - although I wouldn't call the group that (of course). Once you are done grouping your pages click on the red X in the right hand top corner.
When you now click on "groups" in the page sorter tab, all of your new groups will appear. If you click on one that group will be moved to the top of the page sorter tab display - easily accessed. Groups can also be used for documenting student growth/regression. Name the groups after the students in your room you need to document and then add pages to the groups as you collect work from them. Since each page is automatically time/date stamped you automatically have a history of how they are doing week to week or month to month throughout the year.
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