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My FAVORITE Author of Differentiated Menus for All Subjects and Grade Levels

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My FAVORITE Author of Differentiated Menus for All Subjects and Grade Levels

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Differentiating Instruction With Menus | Language Arts (Grades K-2) |

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The Differentiating Instruction With Menus series offers teachers exciting tools to challenge and reach both gifted and advanced students in the classroom.

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SCAMPER GRAPHIC ORGANIZER PLANNING SHEET FOR KIDS (3)

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SCAMPER Worksheet for Upper and Lower Primary

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SCAMPER Worksheet for Upper and Lower Primary

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Discussion Stems for Socratic Seminar (1)

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SixThinkingHatsPrintable (1) (1) (1) (1)

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Tiered Lesson for Science (Cell Division)

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Tiered Lesson for Science (Cell Division)

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Gifted Choice Menu With Success Criteria (3)

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Family Tradition Lesson Introducing Mixed Icons Junior High: Upper Primary Google Slide Presentation

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Family Tradition Lesson Introducing Mixed Icons Junior High: Upper Primary Google Slide Presentation

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Product Choices Menu- Differentiated Assignments  (5)

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Security Camera Evaluative Thinking Activity

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Security Camera Evaluative Thinking Activity

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Pupils work out the best way of allocating dorms at a Youth Hostel to a group of children and adults.

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Awesome Resources from Gifted Guide Sarah Young

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Choose Your Own Adventure Template - Gifted Guide

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Questioning STEMS and resources for teachers

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Questioning STEMS and resources for teachers

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Actively clarifying, exploring, challenging, and assessing the understanding of ideas Questioning is the probing and inquisitive nature that leads to deeper understanding and analysis. Thinking without questioning is like drinking without swallowing. It both propels students into investigations

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FOFE The Framework you NEED to know as a teacher of GT and HA children

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FOFE The Framework you NEED to know as a teacher of GT and HA children

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Kirsten Maloney - fluency, originality, flexibility, & elaboration

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The production of many ideas, the expression of new ideas, and the recombination of ideas We know that often the best ideas and solutions are not the first ones that came to mind. Fluency, Originality, Flexibility, and Elaboration (FOFE) provides opportunities for students to generate many ideas

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Fun Facts for Kids Brain Breaks Polka Dot Presentation

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software - Canva

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Unlocking Word Meanings Educational Presentation in Green White Illustrative Style

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Check out this Presentation designed by wendylynjensen.

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Check out this Presentation designed by wendylynjensen.

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Resource Toolbelt Strategy: Curriculum Compacting

Curriculum compacting is a differentiation strategy that begins with pre-assessment to identify what students have already mastered. Instruction on mastered content is reduced or eliminated and replaced with advanced, enrichment, or inquiry-based learning.

This strategy is especially effective for gifted and talented learners because it prevents unnecessary repetition, maintains motivation, and allows students to engage in deeper, more complex thinking. Compacting differentiates content, process, and product while keeping learning goals aligned.

Classroom Example:
After a pre-assessment, students who demonstrate mastery skip portions of core instruction and work independently or in small groups on research projects, problem-based tasks, or real-world applications while others receive direct instruction.

Curriculum compacting belongs in every teacher’s toolbelt because it is intentional, equitable, and sustainable—and it ensures gifted learners continue to grow rather than wait.

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I have encouraged my students to find different uses for frames and to create different ways to use icons.

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FREE! A Multitude of Frames - The Center For Depth and Complexity

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Depth and Complexity teachers know that there is no greater graphic organizer than the frame. Check out this versatile, free resource to access 18 pages of blank frames to use in the classroom! Pair with the J Taylor Education Icon Extension and add an element of critical thinking to any activity.