This document outlines various differentiation strategies for gifted and talented students including buddy study, CEI (claim, evidence, interpretation), compacting, entry points, learning contracts, anchor activities, RAFT (role, audience, format, topic), menus, challenge lists, baseball menus, dinner menus, and tiered assignments. Buddy study involves 2-3 students sharing research and completing individual products. CEI uses different texts. Compacting assesses students' knowledge to skip material they have mastered. Entry points explore topics through different lenses. Learning contracts are written agreements for independent work. Anchor activities are ongoing assignments. RAFT and menus provide choice boards. Tiered assignments differentiate both content and process in 3 tiers from low to

1. Differentiation
Strategies

2. Content
Buddy Study
CEI
Compacting
Entry Points
Learning Contracts
Anchor Activities

3. Buddy Study
2-3 Students
Students share the research and
analysis/organization of information
Each student completes an individual
product to demonstrate learning

4. Buddy Study

5. Buddy Study

6. CEI with Different Texts
Claim, Evidence, Interpretation

8. Compacting
Great for AIG students
Students skip parts of the curriculum
they have mastered
3-step process

9. Compacting
Teacher assesses the students to
determine level of knowledge
Teacher creates plan for what the
student needs to know and excuses the
student from what he/she already knows
Teacher develops plans for enriched
study

10. Entry Points
Students explore a topic in five ways
based on Gardner’s Multiple
Intelligence Theory:
Narrative entry points: story
Logical-Quantitative entry points: use
numbers or scientific approaches

11. Entry Points
Foundational entry points: examine the
philosophy and vocabulary
Aesthetic entry points: focus on sensory
features of the topic
Experiential entry points: use a hands
on approach

12. Learning Contracts
Another good AIG strategy
Written agreement between teacher and
student that will result in students
working independently.

14. Anchor Activities
Ongoing Assignments for independent
work

15. Process
Menus
RAFT
Tiered Assignments

16. RAFT
Role
Audience
Format
Topic

19. Menus
Think-Tac-Toe
Challenge List
20-50-80
Baseball
Dinner Menu

22. Challenge List

23. 2-5-8

24. Baseball Menu

29. Dinner Menu

30. Product
100 Ways

31. Tiered Assignments
Differentiates both content and process
3 Tiers
Tier 1 is Low
Tier 2 is Middle
Tier 3 is High

32. Tiered Assignments
6 Ways
Challenge Level
Complexity
Resources
Outcome
Process
Outcome
Product

33. Challenge Level: Use Bloom’s Taxonomy
Complexity: Varied Tasks that address a student’s level of readiness
Resources: Varied levels of resources such as different articles based on
reading levels
Outcome: All use the same resources but have different tasks
Process: All work on the same outcomes, but use a different process to
get there
Product: Choices based on preferences