DI...or lack thereof...?

I don't know about everyone else, but most days when I walk out of class, I'm thinking, "I want to try that in my classroom". So naturally, I have been thinking a lot about DI in my placement. When I'm in the classroom, I have been paying a lot more attention to even the smallest things that might be considered DI. But honestly, I have yet to really find a lot of substantial evidence. MTMS is supposed to really be implementing the idea of DI at every possible chance. However, the first time I witnessed it was this week when the students were given a choice in their focus group presentations.

Other than their presentations, class tends to be the same way every day. The students come in, write their homework down, go over the book questions from the night before, listen to the next chapter, then begin their questions. This happens every single day with very little variation.

Here's my big problem - we have many students that have focus issues. They are bored in the classroom, and I do not blame them. I would be (and am sometimes) bored out of my mind. The class is not tracked, so we have all levels of students. Not all of them learn the same way or can stay focused when prompted with the same activities every day. When I try to suggest something different, my co-op is hesitant and always has doubts. When I am able to implement my ideas, it always works out fine.

I'm worried that I won't have much room for DI in my own planning for the spring semester. I can tell that my students are starving for it. I know that she has already lost some students. Any suggestions on how to get them back??