Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner: Standards-Based Activities and Extensions for Middle School (Grades 6-8) - Softcover

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley Unified School District, Gifted Program Coordinator at Arizona State University, and serves on the NAGC Board of Directors.

Karen L. Brown is the Gifted Program Mentor for Paradise Valley Unified School District.

Susan Winebrenner, M.S., is a full-time consultant in staff development specializing in highly practical and effective training for educators in differentiated instruction and author of the best-selling Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom and Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom.

In today's diverse middle school classrooms, teachers continually struggle to provide appropriate challenges to all students. Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner takes the guesswork out of creating activities that are more than acceleration of standards. The authors have designed authentic learning activities that incorporate sophisticated levels of thinking and performance. The skillfully constructed extension activities can be modified to fit your particular needs or used "as is." Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner supports you from preassessment through post-performance everything you need is right here. You will find this book to be your "go to" resource for extended learning opportunities for all students. --Dr. Richard Cash, President and Lead Consultant, nRich Consulting

Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner is a wonderful tool for anyone who works with advanced students at the middle school level! It is a practical book that may be used by gifted/talented education resource teachers or teachers in regular classroom settings to enrich and extend their content. An additional bonus is that, as Brulles, Brown, and Winebrenner state: "The methods for differentiating curriculum and instruction for gifted students discussed here could be viewed as overarching practices for use with all students." --Dr. Kimberley L. Chandler, Curriculum Director, Center for Gifted Education, William & Mary

Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner takes the classic concept of differentiation and updates it for today's demanding educational climate of CCSS-aligned curriculum, data-based decision making, need for interdisciplinary connectedness, and requirement for addressing multiple levels of challenge. The differentiation model and sample lessons empower teachers to move beyond teaching one-size-fits-all CCSS-aligned lessons and instead provide engaging and meaningful learning opportunities personalized for their students. This is the book teachers have been asking for! --Lauri Kirsch, Supervisor, K-12 Gifted Programs, Hillsborough County Public Schools