Stretching Minds: Low-Floor, High-Ceiling Activities for Every Classroom (GT Summit) - 35009

This session is part of the ESC Region 11 GT Summit, a one-day event designed to offer educators a personalized GT Update tailored to their specific needs through engaging and targeted learning experiences. This session counts as 1.5 hours of GT Update credit with a focus on differentiated curriculum for gifted learners. Engage every student with activities that are easy to enter yet endlessly expandable! This session explores low-floor, high-ceiling tasks—open-ended challenges that support all learners while allowing gifted students to stretch their thinking. Learn how to incorporate creative and critical thinking into your lessons in ways that make learning exciting, playful, and deeply meaningful.

Schedule & Location
6/16/2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
ESC Region 11
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Audiences
Teacher - Elementary (Grades 1-5), Teacher - Gifted Talented/Advanced Academics, Teacher - Middle School (Grades 6-8), Teacher - General Education, Teacher - High School (Grades 9-12)
Prerequisite/Special Notes
Explore all that the 2025 ESC Region 11 GT Summit has to offer! Visit www.esc11.net/GTSummit to learn more and select additional 1.5-hour sessions tailored to your interests and professional goals. Register for four sessions at the GT Summit to earn your annual 6-hour GT update!
Objectives
Participants will explore low-floor, high-ceiling activities, practice applying them to their content areas, and brainstorm strategies for integrating these tasks to enhance creativity, critical thinking, and engagement in their classrooms.
Session 62260
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Registration Deadline 6/16/2025
Credit Type G/T- Update
Duration 01:30
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Presenter
Gypsy Mishoe ESC Region 11, Cynthia Garcia ESC Region 11


Gypsy Mishoe

For assistance contact:

Gypsy Mishoe
Educat. Specialist GT/Advance Academics
gmishoe@esc11.net

Cynthia Garcia

For assistance contact:

Cynthia Garcia
Gifted and Talented/Advanced Academics Specialist
CGarcia@esc11.net
(817) 740-7654