Grades 3-6 (or 4-6) content replacement daily with gifted specialist

Content replacement services are provided to gifted students in grades 4-6 (or 3-6, depending upon the school). Gifted students in these grades receive instruction in mathematics and/or reading, depending upon their area(s) of identification. Students receive this instruction daily with the gifted specialist at their home school. Curriculum in these content areas is accelerated to an appropriately challenging level.

In reading, students receive instruction through literature and composition. Students move beyond the regular reading curriculum to learn advanced analysis and critical thinking. In math, students pursue topics such as probability, statistics, algebra, and geometry at advanced levels.

Gifted students receive instruction that is differentiated in content, process, product, learning environment and assessment.

Areas of Differentiated Instruction include:

• Content - Complex, abstract ideas presented in a variety of disciplines, including interdisciplinary curriculum
• Process - Higher-level thinking through Bloomís Taxonomy and the Multiple Intelligences
• Products - Alternative methods of demonstrating mastery with a range of complexity
• Learning Environment - Student-centered, flexible grouping based on readiness, interests and abilities
• Assessments - Pre-assessment and testing out-of-grade level curriculum

All gifted identified students in the elementary grades receive extension of the grade level curriculum and  enrichment through the development of:

• logical thinking
• reasoning skills
• critical and creative thinking
• problem solving