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Methods of Differentiation for the Gifted Student
Introduces the types of differentiation that were used in the units that I wrote for Open Court, grade 6.
This is one of the best descriptions I've seen for differentiation, flexible grouping, & compacting! Your GT products look like a wonderful set of resources to save tons of time. It's nice to meet another teacher of Gifted/Talented on TPT!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whale-of-a-Menu-for-Gifted-Differentiation
March 13, 2009
Wow, thank you for the superlatives!
It's been awhile since I've read that, and I just did again. It is good that there's another person out there who "gets it"!!
VC
March 13, 2009
My GATE group is in the process of working on unit 1 in this series. Each item the kids work on is geared directly to their skill level. Best of all, it takes A LOT less time to set up than do my typical workshop activities, and lists resources and numerous suggestions for higher order thinking. Next year our entire team will be using this for our GATE and high acheiving kids!
September 20, 2006
During the course of my 35-year career in education, I have always tried to bring new ideas into my classroom as well as into my school and district. For twelve years I was the teacher of the 5/6th grade GATE class (until the model was changed to cluster grouping). Over the years I was the resource person at my school for many things, but especially those things connected to the education of the gifted and talented.
I have participated in District GATE curriculum work, and have been a GATE workshop presenter and on-site facilitator for teachers who wanted to learn more about Howard�s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and how to differentiate for their gifted students. From 2000-2005, I worked as a Peer Assistance and Review Consulting Teacher with a focus on helping Volunteer Teachers differentiate for GATE.
