Depth and Complexity Course
Depth and Complexity PD Course| Gifted Guru
Love all of your depth and complexity things! My students think I am the brains behind your stuff! I told them I do not make them, but they think I do!! So thanks for making me look good! | giftedguru.com
Gifted students should not be used as tutors for other students as standard practice.| Gifted Guru
Differentiation: Step-by-Step| Gifted Guru
Choice menus (sometimes called Extension Menus or Choice Boards or fifty other titles) are a foundational technique for many teachers. Typically, they’re a grid somewhat like a tic-tac-toe board that has different options students can choose from to complete some task or project. Just do a quick search and you’ll see thousands of them.| Gifted Guru
Students who are early finishers can struggle with boredom, frustration, and staying, you know, nice.| Gifted Guru
After decades in gifted education, I’ve learned one thing: teachers don’t need more theory. You need practical strategies that work on Tuesday morning when you have 28 kids, three different readiness levels, and approximately 47 seconds to implement differentiation before someone needs a bandaid or the bathroom.| Gifted Guru
If you’ve been hanging out with me for any length of time, you know I’m obsessed with the Depth and Complexity framework. It’s like a Swiss Army knife for thinking. It’s versatile, it’s sharp, and it’s oh-so-useful. But what if we take this brainy tool out of the traditional classroom and into the wild world ... Read more| Gifted Guru
Why Earth Day Matters | Gifted Guru
Bringing Depth and Complexity to PE, Music, and Other Performance-Based Classes | giftedguru.com
In this installment of the Interview with a Gifted Kid series, I interview Vanessa Hill, a gifted coordinator from Tucson, Arizona. In the interview, we discuss everything from our own experiences as gifted students to acceleration to gifted pitfalls and policies. You’ll learn about an acceleration option called “telescoping” that is underused. I love this interview, and ... Read more| Gifted Guru
Teaching Greek philosophers to 5th and 6th graders can feel like a challenge. How do you take the abstract ideas of Socrates, Plato, or Hypatia and make them meaningful for students who might still struggle to remember what they had for lunch? If you’ve ever seen eyes glaze over at the mention of studying Ancient ... Read more| Gifted Guru
Why are introductions so important?| Gifted Guru
Avoiding “Just Another Workshop-itis”| Gifted Guru
Why Gifted Students Have Unique Needs Let’s start this discussion with why gifted kids often have a different social and emotional journey compared to their classmates. It’s not just about being smart – there’s a whole lot more going on! It’s not just better thinking – it’s different thinking, and that affects more than their ... Read more| Gifted Guru
Introduction to Overcoming Perfectionism When I was learning to quilt, the only consistent about my stitching were the mistakes. A friend reassured me that the famous and fabulous Amish quilters always placed a deliberate mistake in their quilts in recognition that only God is perfect. After that, whenever I made a mistake (often), I would shrug ... Read more| Gifted Guru
If you teach littles and have wondered what Depth and Complexity looks like with Kindergarten, First, or Second Grades, I’ve got a list of question stems to get you started.| Gifted Guru
Recently, a teacher emailed me if the nine Marzano instructional strategies integrate with the Depth and Complexity framework. As co-author of the book on Depth and Complexity, she assumed I would know. | Gifted Guru
The Depth and Complexity icons are a set of eleven visual prompts corresponding the the eleven fundamental thinking prompts of the Depth & Complexity framework. The icons were designed by Sheila Madsen to accompany the Depth and Complexity thinking prompts created by Dr. Sandra Kaplan and Bette Gould in the mid-90’s. | Gifted Guru
In this article: Find out how to optimize the back-to-school time for your class to get your year off to an amazing start. Get practical tips and a free download!| Gifted Guru
