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Differentiated instruction
Curriculum Compacting
Choice boards
Curriculum Compacting can be necessary if a student is showing that they are bored with the material, and if they consistently score high.
To compact a course the teacher must prove that it is in fact going to benefit the student or students.
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/sem/pdf/Curriculum_Compacting.pdf
Choice boards go by many names, Think Tac Toe, lesson menues etc... The one thing they have in common is that they give students options in their learning.
When a student can look at a sheet and say "I'm going to do these three, but not these two" the student is much more likely to be engaged in the lesson. After all they chose it!
http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Choice+Boards
How can we differentiate instruction?
Summing it all up!
Each of our students, not just our gifted students learns in their own way and many times at their own pace.
What are some strategies we can use to better reach all of our students?
There are many ways to differentiate learning for students. It can be as nonintrusive as changing around the setting of class so that students work in multiple settings, or as intensive as compacting a students curriculum to advance them ahead of other students. It all depends on the needs of the children.
Flexible grouping
Many students don't learn well working in just one configuration. We have to move things around and present ideas in new ways. This site can give many ideas for new ways to change the way your students work in class.
http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/articles/valentino.html