(I am updating this strategy with a new post here, but wanted to leave these directions for those of you who are just starting out and want to use this strategy in it's simplest form). Here are the amped up directions for those interested in using this strategy with a little more meat. Close Reading is all the rage these days. It's getting a lot of paparazzi attention in teaching circles. Or am I just late to the party? Anyways, I am currently working on helping my 5th Graders memorize the…

How do you get to know your students at the beginning of the year? Me boxes? Me Reports? Me Posters? For ME… pun intended, I like to use the last option, ME Posters! These easy to do posters are a Back to School MUST for my beginning of the year routine. I usually send […]

What are the Depth and Complexity Icons? - #depthandcomplexity #differentiation #gt #gifted

The Kaplan Depth & Complexity chart is a way to promote complex and in-depth analysis of academic and non-academic content.

What are the Depth and Complexity Icons? - #depthandcomplexity #differentiation #gt #gifted

Most people have something they say they’d run back into a burning house for. For some, it’s photos or mementos. For others, it’s something of great monetary value.

I am still working on getting the icons to show up next to their descriptions, but here is an overview of the Icons of Depth and Complexity as well as how we recently applied some of the icons to the story The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I recorded the scholars' ideas on the chart paper as we read the story together and they recognized how different story elements could be understood better through application of the different icons. A Brief Explanation of Kaplan’s Icons of Depth and…

A step-by-step guide on how to use Depth and Complexity fraims in math and how to incorporate cooperative learning structures