Meeting the needs of academically diverse learners is the responsibility of their instructor. These diverse learners may include students who are one or more levels below their classmates and gifted students who are well above them. How can educators meet the needs of these students when their learning abilities are at opposite ends of the educational spectrum? The answer is planning successful lessons involving engaging activities, a variety of texts, technology implementation, and flexible groupings. The following is a lesson I implemented covering these key elements. The title of such an engaging lesson is “Life Changes – Details of a Life Cycle” which deals with the concept of changes that living beings undergo as part of their existence. This lesson covers the Language Arts Florida standards using key details to tell a story, answer questions, and demonstrate an understanding of the central message from the Florida Department of Education (2014). My group of literacy learners has their own particularity of acquiring knowledge so this science lesson on life cycles must adhere to their individuality of learning ability. Powell and Powell (2012) suggest that teaching should move from topics to concepts and have lasting value through personalized learning. This personalized learning begins with SA who is the most efficient in the group. This lesson gave SA the opportunity to use technology to analyze and manipulate two different stages of the life cycle. This was an introduction to comparing and contrasting for a future lesson. SA's technology experience continued by creating a classroom presentation of a life cycle. Its lifecycle included images and text using Clip Art and Word. As an independent learner and re...... middle of paper ...... must take place. First, informal assessments should take place to understand students' learning level and skill areas for improvement. Using interest surveys helps plan activities to keep students engaged in the learning process. Next, homework should match the student's learning and teaching level. Additionally, incorporating flexible grouping by learning styles, interests and intelligences offers the learner a better chance of success. Finally, differentiated instruction is slowly moving toward personal learning where students choose their own path through the curriculum, Richardson (2012b) reports. In my opinion, this will be the future of education, as classrooms of this nature will produce self-paced, interested and motivated students who will take full responsibility for their education, while doing so alongside the 'teacher..