What Do We Do When
“They Already Know It"
By Jennifer Hawkins
St. Clair RXIII Gifted Ed.
Most-Effective Teachers
J.W. Lloyd, E.J. Kameanui, and D. Chard (Eds.) (1997) Issues in educating students with disabilities.
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PLC Questions
• 1. What do we want students to learn?
• 2. How will we know when they’ve
learned it?
• 3. What will we do if they don’t learn it?
• 4. What do we do if they already know
it?
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Question #4
What do we do if they already know it?
Question 4 is often omitted
with the concentration on
INTERVENTIONS
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Issues
• Most schools have some sort of gifted program with
teachers have who some training in differentiation.
• There are rarely enough of them to be in every PLC
or on every curriculum committee
• A system where many other teachers share this
responsibility needs to be in place.
• Following, is the proposed system created by Pat
Curry
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Extension Specialist Model
1.Identify an Extensions Specialist
for each grade level PLC.
Identify a teacher or teachers who will always
make sure that extension activities are included
in units of instruction.
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Extension Specialist Model
2. Develop a Pyramid of Extensions
A school-wide system for providing time and
support to students who are learning.
Ex. Edgar Murray has an RTI block in the schedule.
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Extension Specialist Model
3.Vertical Teams
These could include a gifted or curriculum
facilitator and the PLC Extension Specialists.
This facilitator will assist each PLC Extensions
Specialist in the development of quality
extension activities and provide materials if
needed.
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Extension Specialist Model
4.Common Assessments
Each PLC will develop high-quality common
assessments for units of study. Common
assessments will include quality questions based
on DOK (Depth of Knowledge)3 and 4
methodology.
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Extension Specialist Model
5.Pre-assesments
The common assessments can be administered as
pre-assessments to determine what needs to be
taught and what level of instruction each student
needs.
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Extension Specialist Model
6.Leveled Instruction
Leveled instruction then takes place and lesson
plans are developed to address each level of
learning: struggling, middle level, and advanced
learners.
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Extension Specialist Model
7.Post-tests
Post-test to determine progress. The same common
assessment that was used as a pre-assessment and
could be re-administered at the end of a unit to
determine growth. Having students 3rd grade up
chart their own results is an effective learning tool.
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Curriculum Interventions/Extensions for
“Those Who Already Know It”
• Once you’ve administered your pretest
and established “those who already know
it,” you are ready to differentiate.
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Ways to Differentiate
In a differentiated classroom, teachers differentiate content,
process and product according to a student's readiness,
interest and learning profile.
• Content- what the teacher wants the student to learn and
the materials or resources through which that is
accomplished
• Process- activities designed to ensure that students use
key skills to make sense out of essential ideas and
information
• Products- vehicles through which students demonstrate
and extend what they have learned
• Readiness- a student's entry point relative to a particular
understanding or skill
• Learning Profile- how an individual student learns
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Tier 1: Universal Level
• Low prep, whole group, interventions may
include:
•Choice of Books
•Flexible-Learning Groups by Readiness, Interest, Learning Profiles
•Use of Reading Buddies
•Various Journal Prompts
•Student/Teacher Goal Setting
•Varied Pacing
•Work Alone or Together
•Open-ended Activities
•Options for Competition
•Varied Computer Programs
•Varied Supplemental Materials
•Explorations by Interest
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Tier 2: Targeted Level
• High Prep Interventions may include:
•Tiered assignments
•Tiered products
•Tiered centers
•Enrichment Topics
•Independent study
•Multiple testing options
•Multiple texts
•Course compacting
•Spelling by readiness
•Varied organizers
•Group investigations
•Choice boards
•Simulations
•Subject advancement across grades
•Grade skipping/advancement
•Cluster grouping
•Special programs/enrichment
•Alternative Assessments
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Curriculum Compacting
• Compacting- students are allowed to
demonstrate proficiency in curriculum
outcomes, units or courses and progress
to more appropriate/challenging
instruction. This reduces redundancy and
allows for advanced programming.
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Curriculum Compacting
1) What’s important?
2) What can be skipped or
eliminated?
3) What do students already
know or are able to do?
4) What will they grasp
easily?
5) What can be
accomplished quickly?
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Student’s Name: Jose, Joanne, Sam, and Linda______________
Areas of Strength
Documenting Mastery Alternate Activities
Colonial Living Unit
Students will read
chapters 5 & 6 in text at
own pace
High Interest Strong
Readers---- Will read
and pick up concepts
quickly
Do chapter exercises 3,
7, & 9
Social Studies---
Take unit test when
ready
Students will select a
topic of interest
from a list of
alternate activities
related to an aspect
of colonial living for
an independent study
Tiered Assignments and Products
• Tiered Assignments- assignments
designed for varying ability levels. More
complex assignments better meet the
needs of high-ability learners.
• Tiered Products- products specially
designed to demonstrate understanding of
a topic in a more in-depth manner.
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Independent Study
• This option is recommended as a
supplement to the regular curriculum, but it
is not meant to be a substitute for
curriculum compacting and proper pacing.
Students can use their time to investigate
a topic on their own with the teacher’s
guidance, or perhaps that of a community
mentor.
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Cluster Groups
• Enrichment Clusters- students are
grouped according to ability for
instructional purposes. Enrichment
clusters stress student choice and
students as producers of useful products.
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Alternative Assessments
• Alternative Assessments- students are
offered opportunities to demonstrate their
understanding of material learned in "realworld" ways.
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Explore Enrichment Topics Using Centers
• This option could be provided using centers. For
example, most students in the class might be expected
to complete Centers A, B, and C, while Centers D and E
are available to students who have the time, interest,
and motivation to work on additional materials. It would
be ideal if students completing Centers D and E could
substitute that work for Center A, B, or C. Examples of
enrichment topics in elementary mathematics include:
probability and statistics, estimation, mental arithmetic,
spatial visualization, algebra, geometry, and discrete
mathematics.
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RTI & GIFTED: Tier 3
If there is compelling evidence that instructional
modifications have not met a student’s needs, you
should collaborate with his/her other teachers and
the gifted instructor in order to implement a formal
referral and further assessment.
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Online Curriculum Extensions
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Curriculum Extension Links
Technology Resources
Tech Tools for Teaching
Top 25 Websites for Education
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Resources Used for this Presentation
• http://www.adifferentplace.org/classroom.htm
• Pat Curry: patricia.curry@fhsdschools.org
• http://www.gadoe.org/DMGetDocument.aspx/RTI_Gifted
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68800E87D25ACE4E6B4B9396021415F6C29577B84&
%3BType=D
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Q&A
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