Year 1 – Day 2
GATE Training
Sandie Toohey
& Joy Wardlaw
Welcome Scholars to Day 2
What is Differentiation?
Dimensions of Differentiation
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Scope and Sequence
Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
High Achiever vs. Gifted Learner
Characteristics and Needs
Collectors
Proof and Evidence for Universal Themes
Frames
Using Them with Depth and Complexity
Orbitals
Concept Wheel Graphic Organizer
Depth and Complexity
Tustin Unified School District presents:
Looking for
Depth and Complexity
What is Differentiation?
Dimensions of Differentiation
Depth
Complexity
Novelty
Acceleration
TUSD GATE curriculum is
structured around iconic teaching
which means that our teachers
utilize icons or symbols, which
represent the different aspects of
depth and complexity.
Depth and Complexity
What is Differentiation?
Dimensions of Differentiation
Depth – the concept of challenging learners by enabling them to
venture further and deeper into an area of study.
Complexity – refers to the concept of broadening the learners
understanding of the area by asking them to make connections.
Novelty – gaining understanding of an area under study or
constructing meaning of knowledge in an individualized manner.
Acceleration – the concept of altering the pace or speed of
learning.
Depth and Complexity
What is Differentiation?
Differentiated instruction is how each teacher
modifies the core curriculum and designs strategies
to address the unique needs of all students and not
just identified gifted students.
• Differentiation is based on the state content standards
at each grade.
• Differentiation should be integrated into what you
already teach and not be considered something more.
Depth and Complexity
Depth and Complexity
Icons Presentations
& Samples
Icon Presentation
Create a generalization or
statement that best defines
a principle or theory in
order to identify the main
concept or theme.
Big Ideas
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Star Wars
By George Lucas
• One of the big ideas in
Star Wars is good vs. evil.
Big Ideas
• Star Wars movies teach such
lessons as the value of loyalty, the
importance of being true to and
trusting in one's self, and the
merit of hope.
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentations
Details
Providing evidence to
support an idea, describing
parts, attributes, and/or
variables as they relate to a
specific topic. Deciding the
relevant versus irrelevant
details.
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Alice in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll
• Alice falls down a rabbit hole.
Details
• Alice can’t find her way back home.
• Alice angers the Queen of Hearts and
is attacked by playing cards.
• Alice wake up and realizes the whole
adventure was a dream.
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentations
Identify repeated events
necessary to predict future
events or understand
patterns of the past.
Patterns represent a
specific set of events.
Patterns
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
The Three Little Pigs
By James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips
Patterns
• One of the patterns in the story
of The Three Little Pigs is that
the wolf huffs and puffs and
blows the different houses
down.
• Another pattern is the element
of three (3) that is always in a
fairy tale (3 pigs, 3 houses, etc).
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Unanswered
Questions
Identify discrepancies,
missing parts, and/or
incomplete or unclear
ideas. Asking questions
that will add clarity to the
topic. What do I still want
to know?
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Harry Potter
By J.K. Rowling
Unanswered
Questions
• What will happen to the other
characters?
• Will there be a new evil nemesis for
Harry’s kids to battle?
• Will there be another book?
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentations
Use and understanding of
the specialized vocabulary,
tools, skills or tasks
associated with people
working within a discipline.
Language of
the Discipline
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Mathematics
3-D Geometry
Language of
the Discipline
Vertex
Face
Angle
Edge
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentations
Describe the structure,
order, hierarchy of events
that underlie the actions or
events. Explain the
guidelines affecting the
situation.
Rules
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Subtraction
Rules
Rules of Subtraction
• You start subtracting in the column
furthest right.
• If the number on top is smaller than
the bottom, you need to go a place
to the left and regroup.
• You cannot subtract a bigger number
from a smaller number without using
negative numbers.
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Define and describe
opposing viewpoints, how
different people and/or
characters see a certain
event or situation.
Multiple
Perspectives
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte vs. Templeton
Multiple
Perspectives
Charlotte wants
to help Wilbur
because she
cares for him.
She does not
want Wilbur to
die because he is
like a son to her.
Templeton wants to help
because is greedy and
will exchange favors for
food rewards.
He does not want him
to die because that
would cut off a vital
food supply.
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Debate the points of view,
different opinions or ethical
issues affecting the topic.
Ethics
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Two Days in May
By Harriet Peck Taylor
Ethics
Is it okay for Animal Control
to kill animals that have left
their own habitat and are a
nuisance to humans?
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Describe the relationship of
ideas or events between
the past, present, and
future, and note how time
has affected the
information.
Changes
Over Time
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Changes
Over Time
• Judge with criteria the effect of the
Gold Rush on the state of
California?
• How does the relationship between
Fern and Wilbur change as Fern
gets older?
• How are he ideas related between
the past, present, and future?
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentations
Trends
Relate contemporary issues
to events in the recent past
in order to predict and
understand how an action
has affected the outcome
of events. Trends
represent a general sense
of events.
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Popular Trends
In America
Trends
• Fashion: Bellbottoms are a trend.
They keep coming back, but are
slightly different each time.
• Social: After 9/11 Americans were
more eager to display the flag.
They even had them waving from
car windows.
• Health: Diets
Depth and Complexity
Icon Presentation
Study one topic in all
subject areas.
Interdisciplinary
Relationships
Depth and Complexity
For Example:
Interdisciplinary
Relationships
• What systems do math and music
have in common?
• Where do you see rules in
spelling?
• Where do you see rules in math?
• Where do you see rules in our
classroom?
Depth and Complexity
DEPTH
COMPLEXITY
Depth and Complexity
Scope
and Sequence
TUSD Scope and Sequence
Big Orange Splot
Depth and Complexity
Through Literature
An academic DISCIPLINARIAN is an
expert in a particular field of study.
Academic disciplines are branches of learning or scholarly
instruction in which degrees may be earned at the college
or university level. Disciplinarians teach, conduct research
and publish their findings in peer-reviewed scholarly
journals.
They may also be experts in an applied field, where they
use their expertise to perform specialized tasks rather than
conduct basic research. Many disciplinarians have
expertise and collaborate with others in different
disciplines. Fields of study usually have several sub-
Unit of Study
Geology/Rocks & Minerals
Geologist: Looks at origin, composition and location:
conducts chemical tests
Archaeologist: Looks at how rocks were used
as tools; conducts simulations, tests theories
Anthropologist: Looks at how rocks were used as
religious ornaments; compares new artifacts with with
other evidence previously found.
Frames
Using them with
Depth and Complexity
Story Frames
List facts a about the story and
characters.
Details
Unanswered
Questions
The Big Idea
Details
Connections
Unanswered Questions
What questions do you still have from
the story that was unclear or missing?
Making Connections
Text-to-text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World
Big Idea
What is the lesson, theme, or the
important messaged from this story?
Depth and Complexity
Depth and Complexity
Depth and Complexity
Orbitals
Using Orbitals to
Assess Student Learning
Language of
the Discipline
Full Color
Illustration
of biome
Region
Title
• Topic
• Unit
• Name
Orbital Samples
Make & Take
Mini Icons
Depth and Complexity
Plan a Lesson