My understanding is that modifications by definition are
changes that result in a child working at a different grade
level's curric. expectations. For gifted it would be a higher
grade level - for MID etc. it would be a lower grade level.

Acommodations are what a teacher does to enable a child to meet
their own grade level's expectations - ie. scribing, more time
etc etc etc.

Enrichment activities don't require IEP's -- they're a way of
extending the grade level curriculum.

With gifted kids there's an expression " HOTS not MOTS" which means
Higher order thinking skills not More of the same.

If a gifted kid already knows how to do a skill -- more
practice pages is a waste of time and often an invitation for
disruptive behaviour as they find it tedious. Put a challenge
out to them -- hopefully they'll jump at the opportunity and
thrive.

There are some options on the drop downs of the IEP engine that
specifically address gifted kids.

On 10/16/09, RD wrote:
> Hopefully someone with spec ed qualifications can answer my
> question.
>
> I've been reading the IEP documents from the ministry and
> the following section has been interpreted differently by
> various individuals in my school.
>
> The document reads (p.26 explaining what a modification is):
>
> ". . . Generally, in language and mathematics,
> modifications involve writing expectations based on the
> knowledge and skills outlined in curriculum expectations
> for a different grade level. In other subjects, including
> science and technology, social studies, history, geography,
> and health and physical education, and in most secondary
> school courses, modifications typically involve changing
> the number and/or complexity of the regular grade level
> expectations."
>
> And again on p. 27 when discussing Gifted students:
>
> " . . . In some cases, the gifted student may be workiing
> on learning expectations from a different grade level.
> This may occur in language and mathematics. In other
> subjects, such as social studies . . . ." And the same is
> repeated.
>
> So, the lack of clarity is about modifying gifted students
> AT grade level in language and mathematics. Can a gifted
> students be modified at grade level in language and math?
> And, if so, what would that look like? Can teachers enrich
> the expectations AT THE GRADE LEVEL in this skill-based
> subjects?

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