1. Ultimate Lunker Fishing: Strategies for Hooking the BIG ONE!

2. Where Do You Begin? Start small Using the test that we took at the beginning, look at what you already do Prepare your students and classroom Think through task in advance Managing Directions – Use task cards at each station Keeping Track of Progress – Use Work logs – Keep work in hanging file folder or plastic bins/folders

3. Planning Challenging Tasks for the Gifted Learner

4. Knowledge Worm Pole Fishing

5. Comprehension Chicken livers & Stink bait Pole fishing

6. Application Spinner bait Rod & Reel Fishing

7. Analysis Small Popper or Stick Bait Rod & Reel Fishing

8. Synthesis Popper or Jerk Bait Open Face Spinning Reel

9. Evaluation Big Lure

10. Teaching Figurative Language On Grade Level (Application) Students will demonstrate figurative language by drawing illustrations of various types. Above Grade Level (Evaluation) Students will read novels and evaluate the use of figurative language within a chapter. (Books used: Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman, A Long Way From Chicago and/or Fair Weather by Richard Peck) Student will begin to write their own Tall Tale, depicting the correct use of figurative language. Below Grade Level (Knowledge & Comprehension) Students will use a graphic organizer to list different types of figurative language. Students will explain each type and give examples of each being used. ContentProcessProduct InterestReadinessLearning Styles

11. Teaching Figurative Language On Grade Level (Application) Students will demonstrate figurative language by drawing illustrations of various types. Above Grade Level (Evaluation) Students will read novels and evaluate the use of figurative language within a chapter. (Books used: Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman, A Long Way From Chicago and/or Fair Weather by Richard Peck) Student will begin to write their own Tall Tale, depicting the correct use of figurative language. Below Grade Level (Knowledge & Comprehension) Students will use a graphic organizer to list different types of figurative language. Students will explain each type and give examples of each being used. XContentProcessProduct InterestXReadinessLearning Styles

12. Teaching Addition and Subtraction On Grade Level (Analysis)Students will solve addition and subtraction problems and investigate errors in problems Above Grade Level (Evaluation)Students will evaluate problems completed incorrectly and give an opinion by writing a letter of explanation to a fellow student. Below Grade Level (Knowledge) Students will solve addition and subtraction problems with regrouping ContentProcessProduct InterestReadinessLearning Styles

13. Teaching Addition and Subtraction On Grade Level (Analysis)Students will solve addition and subtraction problems and investigate errors in problems Above Grade Level (Evaluation)Students will evaluate problems completed incorrectly and give an opinion by writing a letter of explanation to a fellow student. Below Grade Level (Knowledge) Students will solve addition and subtraction problems with regrouping ContentXProcessProduct InterestXReadinessLearning Styles

14. Your Turn to Fish! Step 1: Pick a lesson/Skill Step 2:Decide whether to differentiate the Content, Process, or the Product Step 3:Choose a level on Bloom’s Taxonomy Step 4: Write a task for the gifted student

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