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Curriculum Compacting
The document discusses curriculum compacting for gifted students through pre-assessments. It provides examples of modifying math lessons using powers, operations with dice, and exploring other options to challenge advanced students. Pre-assessments are important to determine what concepts students have already grasped in order to save time and modify the curriculum accordingly. A sample schedule shows how one gifted student's day is compacted by choosing own readings, working on an independent project in math, and participating in higher-level social studies discussions. The value of pre-assessments is emphasized to ensure mastery of basic skills and inform instruction.
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- 2. Why aren’t youdifferentiating?
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- 6. Today’s Objective O Participantswill understand the importance of utilizing pre- assessments to determine the curricular modifications required for gifted students.
- 7. I’ve mapped outthe concepts I’ve already grasped to save you time.
- 8. First cast ofthe dice … 3 1 + 2 = 3 1 x 2 = 2
- 9. Second cast ofthe dice … 3 + 4 = 7 3 x 4 = 12 3 + 12 15
- 10. Third cast ofthe dice … 5 + 1 = 6 5 x 1 = 5 15 + 6 21
- 11. Fourth cast ofthe dice … 3 + 6 = 9 3 x 6 = 18 21 + 18 39 21 + 9 30
- 12. Modifications for AdvancedStudents • Play to 100 • Disallow paper for calculations or remembering numbers • Use powers • Use subtraction • Allow negative numbers • What about fractions?
- 13. Tiered Lesson: Using PowersOption 81 34 = 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 81 43 = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64
- 14. Tiered Lesson: Exploring Options 2+6 = 8 2 x 6 = 12 26 = 64 62 = 36 2 - 6 = -4 6 - 2 = 4
- 15. What about using… 64 36 … a multi-sided die … or two
- 16. We could reallyshake things up… 12 … try three dice and use the distributive law! 12 + (3 x 18) = 12 + 54 = 66 (12 + 18) x 3 = 30 x 3 = 90 Did you get closer to 100?
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- 18. Theme Subject Skills/ Concepts Assessment Journey to Adventure Adventure selections provide entertainment and information on how to face challenges Reading -Sequence of events -Categorize & classify -Text organization Write an essay using complete sentences, avoid using run-ons Create a storyboard to show sequence of events in a story Keep a journal Writing -Writing a sentence -Suffixes -Base words Grammar -Kinds of sentences -Subjects/predicates -Run-on sentences
- 19. Students 1. Allison 2. Debbie 3.Jake 4. Jamie 5. Mary 6. Matthias 7. Paige 8. Sullivan 9. Thomas SequenceofEvents TextOrganization Categorize&Classify Subjects/Predicates P P P P P P P P P
- 20. Group Lesson Planning MondayTuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sequence of Events Sequence of Events Text Organization Categorize & Classify Categorize & Classify Subjects & Predicates **Allison, Debbie, Paige **Allison, Debbie, Paige **Allison, Sullivan **Allison, Jake, Paige **Allison, Jake, Paige **Allison
- 21. Ms. Fogarty’s 5thGrade Class Time Whole Class Compacted Student 8:05 Morning Activities Choose to read or write Same 8:20 Reading Workshop Reading novels of choice, Writing about your reading, Guided Reading, Small group projects We just finished reading The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. We created a large display with our reviews to send to Ms. Erdrich. We are also writing her letters telling her how we felt about the book, suggesting she write more like it, and asking her to come to our school for a visit some time. 9:05 Writing Workshop During this time the class is expected to write on their topic of choice. Usually a mini-lesson is presented on some topic of need or interest. Young Writer’s Group
- 22. 9:55 Scrabble The entire 5thgrade plays Scrabble tournament style. Same 10:45 Math 5th graders go to math with different teachers I got 100% on the Multiplication pretest. I am working on a project of my choice. 11:30 Recess and Lunch Outside recess, then lunch Same 12:40 Social Studies Participate in discussion on Native American bias (Evaluation Level) Same 1:25 Read Aloud Listen to or give a book talk Same 1:50 Phy Ed Fitness Friday Stations Same 2:15 Word Study Participate in mini-lesson on words that have the ĕl sound I passed the spelling section on the pretest with 100%. I will search for my 10 words. 2:50 Dismissal YEAH! YEAH!
- 23. The Value ofAssessment or ... You can’t figure out what to teach ‘’em if you don’t know ‘’em! Preassessment Options - Ensure the Mastery of Basic Skills!!! Textbook Pretest Student/Teacher Conference - as short as a 5 minute talk K-N-W Chart - What do I Know, Need to know & Want to know Journal - Write what you know about... List - If I say ... What does it make you think of? Product - Draw a bar graph... Use the graphing calculator to plot... Concept Map...
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