TAG: Talented and Gifted
4J School-wide TAG Plan
Tag Overview Flyer TAG_Overview_14
4j District TAG Website http://www.4j.lane.edu/instruction/tag/
Roosevelt Middle School – Principal, Courtney Leonard
TAG Coordinator – Lee Baker Email: baker_le@4j.lane.edu
Differentiation strategies in place in the classrooms include:
★ Flexible Grouping in reading and math within classroom, grade level, and/or school to serve students at their individual
rate and level
★ Compacting curriculum (student not required to do assignments where mastery is demonstrated)
★ Other grouping (ability, interest) within classroom, grade levels, or school (Chess club, rocketry class, debate)
★ Tiering lessons (Students assigned a different book in the same genre based on reading ability, for example)
★ Higher Level Questioning Strategies (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
★ Independent Project Work (Affinity Projects motivated by student interest)
★ Enrichment options (Student-created smart board interactive lesson on Oregon Trail, for example)
★ Use of mentors
Pre-assessment or on-going formative assessments used to help inform instruction include:
★ Pre-assessments for units or course of study
★ KWL Chart
★ Teacher Observation
★ Reading – Teacher created assessments
★ Math – Pre-assessments from math units
★ EasyCBM Benchmark and Progress Monitoring
★ Teachers use the data from these assessments to inform instruction in the following way:
To identify which students should receive specific differentiated instruction and which instructional strategy will best meet their needs.
★ Tier two instructional groups are formed from the data
★ Regular progress monitoring will determine the pacing or rate of instruction a student needs as well as grouping changes needed