Have You Tried These
Differentiated Instructional Ideas?
- Curriculum compacting, which allows the
student who shows expertise to skip known
material and work on more advanced instructional
options. This involves pretesting or
assessing for competency.
- Independent study, providing for some
choice of independent investigation.
- The use of advanced texts and materials,
which might include those available form a
university, library, professional organization,
or the internet.
- Working with experts, such as visiting scientists,
mathematicians, business leaders, or
writers from whom a student or group of students
might learn.
- Tiered assignments that create different
levels of challenge, growing in complexity.
- Variety and choice in assignments and
homework, to add scope and interest.
- Challenging and complex learning centers
that broadly extend and expand students’
opportunities to explore a subject in depth.
- Advanced computer programs that allow
the student to design and solve problems or
provide services.
- Advanced, real-life tasks in which students
work to solve complex problems.
- Support for goal-setting and designing
products, so that students can gain respect
for their own work and find ways to meaningfully
share it with others.
Adapted from The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted
Kids (Delisle & Lewis, 2003).
Professional Development Opportunities!
Space Available in October Salary Point Classes!
Don’t wait to get yourGATE hours! There is still room in two excellent salary point classes inOctober. Log on TODAY to the Learning Zone, to register!
• How to Use Writing and Data to Create Novel Experiences for
Gifted Learners (Grades 6-12) — This is a wonderful four-Saturday
salary point class that begins on October 8th and goes through the 15th,
22nd, and 29th of October. The class explores the connections among
data use (MyData and CoreK-12), writing across the curriculum, and
novel projects from a gifted lens. Each day, participants leave with a
novel product made and ready to use in the classroom. Participants
also receive a FREE copy of one of Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson’s books
on differentiation.
• Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners through Differentiation: Part
II/Content (Grades K-6) — This salary point class picks up where Part
I left off and explores how to differentiate instruction using “content.”
This class will be held on October 15th and 22nd. This class is highly
recommended for teachers who want to learn effective strategies to
differentiate their core instruction (e.g. Treasures).
Looking Ahead! The following salary point classes will be posted this
month:
Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners through Differentiation:
• Part I (Process)
- November 5 &12
- January 5 & 6
- March 17 & 24
- June 27 & 28
• Part II (Content)
- October 15 & 22
- December 3 & 10
- January 5 & 6
- January 7 & 21
- June 27 & 28
• Part III (Product)
- January 5 & 6
- June 27 & 28
• Part IV (Advanced Strategies)
- January 5 & 6
- March 3 & 31
- June 27 & 28
Make it! Take it! Differentiate it!
- October 15 & 19
- March 10 & April 14
How to Use Writing and Data to Create Novel Experiences for Gifted Learners
- October 8, 15, 22, & 29
- January 5, 6 & June 27, 28
- March 3, 10, 17, & 24
(Ruth, Can we upload the following link for Gifted/SAS/Magnet Parent Involvement?)
Upcoming District Gifted/SAS/Magnet Parent Meetings
Parent Conference
FREE GATE Parent ConferenceDate: Saturday, May 12, 2012
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (8:00 a.m. Registration)
Virgil Middle School
Auditorium
152 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(We also need to update the number of SAS students from 538 to 632 on the SAS program Overview page)
Thanks RUTH!!!!!!