Purpose - I am providing this information for general education teachers to help them differentiate their curriculum for students in their classrooms who have been identified as gifted learners.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE GIFTED STUDENTS IN YOUR CLASSROOM IS TO PRE-TEST AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY UNIT OF STUDY OR BEFORE EACH CHAPTER.
Articles
1. This is a great opening article about gifted students in general education classes.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/gifted-students-general-ed-classrooms-elissa-brown
2. This article will explain what is appropriate and inappropriate instruction for gifted learners.
https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/gifted-education-practices/what-it-means-teach-gifted-learners-well
Resources from the Alabama Department of Education Gifted Coordinator
1. This is a collection of incredible live binder resources for middle and high school teachers to use with the gifted students in their classrooms. Included are web quests, virtual field trips, links to ask experts questions, resources for all curriculum areas, rubrics, graphic organizers and a lot of other items.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=113631
2. If you are interested in concept based units or writing essential questions here is some information from the Alabama Department of Education.
Writing Essential Questions
http://alex.state.al.us/specialed/giftedessential.html
An Example of A Concept Based Unit
http://alex.state.al.us/specialed/giftedconcept.html
A List of Broad Concepts with Essential Questions
http://alex.state.al.us/specialed/gifted/BroadConcepts.pdf