K-12 Lesson Differentiation

Skill last updated July 14, 2026

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Overview

The K-12 Lesson Differentiation ↗ skill uses research-based differentiation principles (Tomlinson framework + subject-specific access design) to adapt an existing lesson for students at different proficiency levels (below/at/above grade level). The skill produces the following artifacts in Turn 1, all rendered from one master JSON via bundled scripts:

• 1 teacher-facing differentiation plan
• 3 student-ready tier documents

The skill considers:

• Source lesson identification from conversation history, uploads, or URLs
• Subject-specific differentiation rules and document templates
• Curriculum alignment when a curriculum is named or implied (e.g., IM® v.360)
• Grounding in state-specific standards when jurisdiction signals are present
• Grade-level demand across all tiers

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At a glance

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Getting started

Follow the Quickstart to start using this skill:

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Triggers

Your LLM will programmatically load this skill when explicitly or implicitly prompted to differentiate, tier, or scaffold an existing K-12 lesson:

• Explicitly: “differentiate this lesson,” “tier for below/at/above,” “scaffold for struggling and advanced students”
• Implicitly: “my students are at different levels,” “I have struggling and advanced students”

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Output

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Scoring

1. Generate differentiated materials using this skill.
2. Apply differentiation.csv to the tiered artifacts and clarifying_question.csv to evaluate the model’s pre-generation clarification behavior.
3. Run LLM-as-judge or human review against each criterion. See Evaluating outputs.

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Skill release history

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