128. Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners: Effective Differentiation Techniques with Stephanie Higgs

The Literacy Dive Podcast: Reading and Writing Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers and Parents

Today’s topic of conversation involves a group of students who need our support, but in a different way than the majority of our students. I’m talking about our gifted learners. We tend to always think about students who struggle or need additional support, but it’s important to remember that our high-achieving students deserve our attention and their own needs met as well.

In order to provide you with the most effective information, I brought on guest Stephanie Higgs to join me in this conversation. Stephanie is a gifted educator and differentiation coach, where she’s an expert in her field. She joins me today in sharing how to meet the needs of gifted learners by providing effective differentiation techniques and strategies.

Stephanie starts off by sharing a shocking statistic that puts into perspective the importance of supporting and providing complexity and depth of content. She reiterates the fact that teachers should support them where they are academically and find challenging ways that help them grow as learners. Likewise, she shares activities that seamlessly fit in an already established literacy block or routine.

If you have gifted learners in your classroom and maybe lacking ways to support them or you don’t have ideas for what to do to keep them engaged, this episode is for you! Stephanie is a wealth of knowledge and wants to partner together to figure out how to support gifted learners in a manageable way. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Show Notes: https://theliteracydive.com/episode128

Resources Mentioned:

• The Daily Writing Disguise
• Hink Pinks
• Vocabulary Fractions
• Boggle
• De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats
• Kaplan’s Depth & Complexity Icons
• Passion Projects (Video)
• Write and Pass
• Creativity Warm-Ups

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