While teaching, we find ourselves differentiating instruction to meet our student's needs on a regular basis. In addition to differentiation, we are finding ourselves going back to teach the prerequisites needed in order for our students to be successful on their third grade GLE's. Instead of assuming that they were taught these skills, we are introducing concepts that our Comprehensive Curriculum says should have been previously taught. We are also paying more attention to the vertical alignment of our objectives and how they are to be assessed so that we are better preparing them for