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That version genuinely is impossible, and it is not what differentiation means. The workable version is narrower: one lesson, a small number of deliberate variations, chosen because you already know where this class splits.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Differentiate one thing, not everything\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Pick a single axis per lesson:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Input.\u003C/strong> Same task, different route in: a diagram for some, a worked example for others.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Support.\u003C/strong> Same task for everyone, with scaffolds available rather than assigned. Let children take them.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Output.\u003C/strong> Same understanding, demonstrated differently: a written answer, a spoken one, a labelled sketch.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Pace.\u003C/strong> Same core, with genuine extension for those who finish. Extension means harder, not more of the same.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Ch2>The trap of permanent groups\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Fixed ability groups are convenient and they harden quickly. A child placed in the bottom group in October is often still there in May, having received a thinner curriculum all year. If you group, regroup often, and make the criterion the specific skill rather than the child.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Start from evidence, not impression\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Differentiation guided by a sense of who is \"strong\" mostly reproduces last year's outcomes. A two-minute exit ticket tells you which children missed \u003Cem>this\u003C/em> concept, which is rarely the list you would have predicted.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>A realistic target\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>One axis, one lesson, one class, for a term. That is enough to see whether the bottom third is closing any distance, and small enough that you will actually keep doing it.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Sources\u003C/h2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.unicef.org/education\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNICEF — Education\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.who.int/health-topics/adolescent-health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Health Organization — Adolescent health\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>","TEACHING",[23,24,25,26],"teaching methods","lesson planning","classroom management","group teaching",1,"Forty children does not mean forty plans. One lesson, one deliberate axis of variation, and the trap of permanent ability groups.","Differentiation has a reputation for being impossible: forty children, forty plans. That version genuinely is impossible, and it is not what…","differentiated instruction",[32,35,38],{"q":33,"a":34},"Is differentiation realistic with a large class?","Yes, in its narrow form: one lesson with a small number of deliberate variations along a single axis: input, support, output or pace. The version requiring a plan per child is genuinely impossible and is not what differentiation means.",{"q":36,"a":37},"Should I put students into ability groups?","Fixed groups harden quickly, and a child placed in the bottom group in October is often still there in May having had a thinner curriculum all year. If you group, regroup often and make the criterion a specific skill rather than the child.",{"q":39,"a":40},"How do I know who needs the extra support?","From evidence, not impression. A two-minute exit ticket tells you who missed this particular concept, which is rarely the list you would have predicted from a general sense of who is strong.",254,{"id":43,"name":44,"slug":44,"avatarUrl":45,"bio":11,"qualification":11,"experienceYears":11,"socialLinks":46},"829bf169-48a9-4dd9-a736-23c2efc31bff","trackademi","https://trackademi.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/uploadsprofile-images/UCUNZKN.png?v=1785242574934",[],"2026-08-27T02:38:29.252Z","2026-08-28T01:45:59.577Z",[50,65],{"id":51,"slug":52,"title":53,"language":19,"category":21,"tags":54,"coverImageUrl":11,"excerpt":57,"readingMinutes":58,"author":59,"publishedAt":61,"isHomeFeatured":62,"isHero":62,"status":63,"viewCount":64},"c5ef7fbf-6b1b-529f-aaa4-01905a3ab6a5","running-an-online-lesson-that-is-not-forty-minutes-of-silence","Running an online lesson that is not forty minutes of silence",[55,25,23,56],"online teaching","private tutoring","Teaching online is not teaching with a technical inconvenience attached. 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