Direct contact time with a gifted resource teacher is provided 200 minutes per week in grades 3-5 and 150 minutes for grade 2. Differentiated curriculum units based on a taxonomy of process skills are part of the identified gifted students' instruction in the areas of Language Arts and Math. Also included are research, reference skills, and cognitive and affective domain development. Curricular enhancement for grades K-5 is available for students in all academic areas per classroom teacher request. Classroom teachers use curriculum compacting as a teaching strategy for all students.
Curriculum compacting allows students to be pretested in order to determine what they already know.
If mastery is demonstrated, students are given the opportunity to work on alternate activities instead of completing work already known. Curricular enhancement opportunities are available for all students. Instruction takes place individually and in small groups. Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204. All Rights Reserved.