Free, editable frames for use with the Depth & Complexity icons are hard to find. This free, editable PowerPoint shares two free frames to use with the Depth & Complexity icons, as well as instructions and copy-and-pastable (is that a word???) icons. What are Depth and Complexity Frames? Depth and Complexity frames are activities that ... Read more
Depth & Complexity - 3rd Grade
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Layer the prompts of Depth and Complexity onto any graphic organizer to increase the level of thinking required of your students.
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I am still working on getting the icons to show up next to their descriptions, but here is an overview of the Icons of Depth and Complexity...
Depth and Complexity Activity
Universal Themes are an underutilized part of the Depth and Complexity framework. These giant, abstract ideas will connect content across all disciplines.
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A blog about Teaching with Technology, Inductive Reasoning, Gifted and Talented Education and what works in my 5th/6th classroom.
Combine Icons- Learn how to combine depth and complexity and content imperative to enhance student learning. Resources and Ideas are included.
Resources for using Think like a psychologist to differentiate for gifted and advanced learners. Depth and complexity. TLAD. Think like a psychologist
Have you ever noticed that sometimes we make things worse when trying to make them better? I’ve just recently come across this dynamic in my teaching practice. I share resources for teachers on my little Teachers pay Teachers store. The TpT company has become very concerned with racial justice. That’s a good core value. However, ... Read more
Most people have something they say they’d run back into a burning house for. For some, it’s photos or mementos. For others, it’s something of great monetary value. As a teacher, I have a few pedagogical tools I’d (figuratively) run into a burning house for, and the most precious is the Depth & Complexity framework. ... Read more
Depth and complexity in Math, Icons in math, GATE math
Are you familiar with the Depth & Complexity Icon Chart? When I was first exposed to these icons, I found them a bit intimidating. But once I got into them a little, I realized that these incorporate the thinking that I was trying to draw out of my students. By teaching one icon at a time, I was able to make these abstract concepts more concrete for my students. These icons add an important layer to my curriculum; increasing both rigor and engagement. I find that these icons are particularly good for differentiating for my gifted students. They can have the same assignment, but just delve in a little deeper. I teach the icons to everyone, but there are times that only the gifted students will use them with an assignment. Each of these eleven tools (language of the discipline, details, patterns, unanswered questions, rules, trends, ethics, big ideas, across disciplines, changes over time and differing perspectives) are considered the essential elements for mastery of subject. When students think using these tools, they learn to approach subjects from the point of view of an expert. In doing so, they will understand concepts in a deeper and more complex way. I teach fifth and sixth grade students, so I never use all of the icons at once. As a matter of fact, I rarely use more than one or two at a time. Some of the icons I use a lot, and some I rarely use at all. I like having the entire chart, and the ability to pick and choose, as it serves my purposes. Some of the things I have done with the icons are: Literature: Comparing big ideas among different pieces of literature. How a character changes over time Differing perspective of an event from various character's view points Patterns of behavior Social Studies Contrasting differing points of view toward the American Revolution Comparing the big ideas of our government structure and the Ancient Roman's government structure English Language Arts Identifying the details that make one sentence more powerful than another sentence Math Identifying patterns that connect multiplication and addition or even inverse operations such as multiplication and division Science, Social Studies, Math Use the language/vocabulary - sound like an expert Give them at try! They aren't as difficult as they look, and you will love the results that you get from your students! Click here to download your own copy of the Depth and Complexity Icon Chart
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