Instructional Playbook

Planning for Advanced Learners

The quadrant graphic below helps you target the right level of thinking and application based on where students are — and where they can go next. Not every student needs to start in Quadrant A. Some are ready to analyze, create, or transfer — even if they don’t complete all the other lessons first.

Adapted from the Rigor/Relevance Framework, ICLE, 2005

Example: A 4th grader identifies plant structures and their functions (Quadrant A).

Resources & References CSD Gifted & Talented Website Kircher-Morris (2021). Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners Mofield (2022). Vertical Differentiation Reis & Renzulli (2010). Schoolwide Enrichment Model NAGC (2019). Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards

This task can be shifted to Quadrant D by applying knowledge in a creative, evidence based context. Instead of labeling more diagrams, they design a plant adapted to a unique Utah environment and explain each feature using real examples.