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 * Curriculum Differentiation Task **

====Teachers are expected to submit the Curriculum Differentiation Task report as a MS Word® document by Friday 4 November, 2011. The report will enable teachers to answer the following questions about meeting the needs of their gifted students:====


 * 1) ====What were the curriculum needs of your Kindergarten student?====
 * 2) ====How did you differentiate your class program to meet these needs?====
 * 3) ====What did you learn along the way?====

The structure of the report and content of each section are outlined in the table below:

 * ====**Section**==== || ====**Content**==== ||
 * ====Context==== || ====Information on:====
 * ====school and kindergarten class/es====
 * ====identification of the gifted student/s, their learning and affective needs==== ||
 * ====Differentiated lesson sequence==== || ====Information on:====
 * ====pre-assessment====
 * ====syllabus outcomes to be taught====
 * ====curriculum design –concept map, modification of outcomes, teaching and learning activities and assessment to meet the needs of the gifted learner/s==== ||
 * ====Teaching strategies==== || ====Information on:====
 * ====the strategies used in the classroom during the teaching of the modified lessons. What strategies were used to support students’ achievement of the extended outcomes?==== ||
 * ====Product==== || ====Information on:====
 * ====what the gifted student/s produced====
 * ====whether the product met assessment criteria for the extended outcomes==== ||
 * ====Reflection==== || ====Information on:====
 * ====teacher reflection====
 * ====student reflection==== ||

====Where possible, project participants should collect evidence of their practice through video, work samples and artefacts as these reports will inform future professional learning opportunities for Kindergarten teachers.====