Differentiation Strategies GT
Tiered Assignments
How to Plan for Tiering and examples by Content
Cubing
Cubing requires students to look at a topic from six different angles. Teachers often create a visual cube that serves as a starting point when they want students to analyze or consider various aspects of a topic. Cubes can be used as an after-reading strategy that requires students to think critically about a topic. When students work with cubes, they apply information in new ways. Cubes can be differentiated by interest and readiness.
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Resource: On Target: Strategies That Differentiate Instruction, Grades 4-12 compiled by South Dakota’s Education Service Agencies with support from the South Dakota Department of Education.
Choice Boards
In his overview of guidelines for gifted students, Dr. Levande lists “flexibility in assignments” as a key component in a gifted classroom. One way to build flexibility into your classroom is through extension menus.
Extension menus come in all different shapes and sizes (from tic-tac-toe boards to baseball-themed menu) but all offer students choices in how they demonstrate understanding. Menus can also give students a relevant, go-to assignment when they have independent time.
When To Offer Menus
- To students who have compacted or tested out of a unit or lesson.
- As independent activities for when students “have nothing to do.”
- During universal access.
- As a required part of a unit in any subject.
- As a structured way to delve deeper into content.
Please visit this online blog by Ian Byrdseed for more information: http://www.byrdseed.com/offer-choice-with-extension-menus/