Grandma Says It’s Good to be Smart by a Wisconsin author, Ellie Schatz.
No photo, but an autographed copy of this children’s book that highlights the good things about being,
“smart.” The story is written from a child’s perspective.
This Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults by James
Webb
Our brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with
behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder,
Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger’s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate
counseling as a result. Physicians, psychologist, and counselors are unaware of
characteristics of gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six
nationally prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals can distinguish
between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors. Features include a Foreword by Ronald E. Fox,
Psy.D., Ph.D., Past President of the American Psychological Association, and: Written for parents and
professionals • Characteristics of gifted children and adults • Diagnoses most commonly given to
gifted children and adults • Traits of diagnoses incorrectly given to gifted children and adults •
Guidelines to avoid mislabeling gifted children • Parent-child relationship problems • Issues for gifted
adults • Advice for selecting a counselor or health care professional
Genuine Geniuses: A Gallery of Gifted What is genius?
Is it academic rigor combined with an inquisitive mind?
Is unusual expertise with the world of words and the ability to create new worlds of
thought with a pen? Is genius the ability to create music or masterpieces of art that need
no translation to be enjoyed the world over?
Can genius be the unusual knack of combining things at hand in new ways to better our lives
with marvelous inventions? GENUINE GENIUSES answers all of these questions. As you
take a leisurely stroll through the pages of a GALLERY OF GIFTED you will meet those who have earned the
title of Genius in the fields of science, invention, literature, music, and art. Not all were academically talented.
Not all showed their genius at a young age. The true genius of many was not recognized during their lifetimes,
yet each has earned his or her place in history. Here is your opportunity to spend a brief moment with over 125
of the greatest geniuses who ever lived.
Lessons from the Middle (Middle School)
From writing mysteries, to the human genome project, these model lessons for the core
academic areas will excite your students and save you planning time. In addition to the 12
model lessons provided, the book includes a step-by-step guide to developing lessons that
emphasize depth and complexity. All of the materials focus on ways to align the middle school
curriculum with established national standards and offer strategies to evaluate learner
achievement. The writers who contributed lessons to this book are all outstanding educators
who were selected based on their subject area expertise and experience in curriculum writing.
They worked tirelessly, writing, revising, and rewriting, creating model lessons that have set a
high standard for middle school teachers. The lessons have been grouped by grade level as
they share a common theme. The grade level designations are, to some degree, for demonstration and example
purposes only. In a particular classroom, lessons from other grade levels may be equally appropriate.
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students (The Templeton
National Report on Acceleration, Volumes 1 and 2)
Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule
Eliminate “idea block” with this practical resource that includes more
than 100 planning tools, matrixes, rubrics, templates, and choice
boards for differentiating instruction during extended learning
blocks.
The Block Scheduling Handbook
This step-by-step resource offers three block schedule models, sample lessons,
instructional strategies, and templates to get a successful alternative scheduling
program up and running.
Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide
Understanding and meeting the needs of gifted students in middle school offers
unique challenges. This newly revised and expanded second edition of Educating Gifted
Students in Middle School updates the practical information about meeting these needs
offered in the award-winning 2004 edition. A new chapter on the
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) areas as well as a
completely revised chapter on English/language arts for gifted and
advanced learners in the middle grades are key components of the new
edition.
Best Practices for High School Classrooms: What Award-Winning
Secondary Teachers Do"
"For those seeking practical activities that have been tested in actual high school
classrooms, Stone’s book is just what the teacher ordered. Written in conversational
style by award-winning teachers, this book does what the Internet and disciplinespecific teachers’ organizations fail to do: it consolidates exemplary teaching practices
on diverse topics from various academic fields into one easy-to-read resource."
management tips.
Thinking Inside the Block Schedule: Strategies for Teaching in
Extended Periods of Time
This book contains strategies for differentiation, powerful brainbased teaching techniques, creative approaches to productively
organizing extended periods of time, and proactive classroom
Transforming The High School Experience: The Practitioner's Guide to Small Learning
Communities
As the demand for high school reform strengthens across America, educators are
being compelled to find credible ways to improve student performance on highstakes tests and to close the achievement gap between ethnic and socio-economic
groups. Experience demonstrates that each step taken forward on the path
towards high school reform, by the very nature of doing something different,
creates additional opportunities and challenges in response to that action. It is this underlying
butterfly effect that allows us to see that an alteration in one small thing can impact the much larger
system in which it exists. In order to make a real difference in the way schools conduct business,
stakeholders (administrators, teachers, students and parents) must arrive at solutions by challenging
their own preconceived ideas surrounding the high school experience. Because the culture of each
school is unique, no program can ethically prescribe a one-size-fits-all solution that promises to
deliver comparable outcomes. The most worthwhile assistance schools can receive is to be given a
framework that puts the change process in context and properly structures important questions so
that stakeholders themselves can arrive at the answers that work best for their unique
circumstances.
Creating and Sustaining Small Learning Communities: Strategies and Tools for
Transforming High Schools (Book & CD Rom)
Offers procedures to foster data-driven decision making, a section on frequently
asked questions, and a CD-ROM tool kit with planning templates and data collection
and assessment tools.
Choosing Small : The Essential Guide to Successful High School Conversion
With low achievement and high drop-out rates plaguing our larger public high
schools, communities across the country are creating smaller, more personalized
schools that share a larger campus. Drawing on the Coalition of Essential Schools
longtime experience in school design, Choosing Small offers practical and strategic
guidance for educators interested in transforming their high school. Featuring
interviews with educators experienced in school conversion, the book covers all
aspects of the conversion planning and implementation process such as engaging a
broad array of stakeholders, working with the district, creating vision statements for the new
schools, building leadership and management structures, and identifying curricular options, as well as,
instructional needs.
What High Schools Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to
Know): Create a Long-Term Plan for Your 7th to 10th Grader for Getting into
the Top Colleges Wissner-Gross, author of What Colleges Don't Tell You (2006),
follows up with a book aimed at the grade-school years, well before the college
search starts. She draws on interviews with teachers, college admissions officers,
and parents of nationally recognized high-school students to offer practical advice
on how parents can begin in the eighth grade to prepare their children for a highschool career that will lead to admission into the best colleges. Part 1 focuses on
the college admissions process and urges parents and students to develop a game plan, including
making strategic use of summers and designing strong four-year academic programs to boost the
chances of admission into the most desirable colleges and universities. Part 2 focuses on the best
opportunities for children in a variety of areas, including math, science, the arts, the humanities,
journalism, business, and government.
school year.
Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens: Promoting Attitudes and Actions
for Respect and Success (A curriculum guide for teachers and youth
workers) Every teen can be a leader. That's because leadership is not just
about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday small things, too. The
sessions in this book guide teens to explore what it means to be a leader, how
to work with others, ethical decision-making, risk-taking, team-building,
communication, creative thinking, and more. Teens learn what's necessary to do
something, even if that something is just speaking up. Choose the sessions that
seem best for your class or group, or explore leadership through an entire
The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to
Create Social Chan ge Kids everywhere are deciding they can’t wait to become adults
to change the world. They’re acting right now to fight hunger and poverty, promote
health and human rights, save the environment, and work for peace. Their stories prove
that young people can make a difference on a global scale. Like Barbara Lewis’s
groundbreaking The Kid’s Guide to Social Action, this book includes real-life stories to
inspire young readers, plus a rich and varied menu of opportunities for service, fast
facts, hands-on activities, user-friendly tools, and up-to-date resources kids can use to put their own
volunteer spirit into practice. It also spotlights young people from the past whose efforts led to
significant positive change. Upbeat, practical, and highly motivating, this book has the power to rouse
young readers everywhere.
Differentiated Assessments for Middle and High School Classrooms This book
shows middle a nd high school teachers in differentiated classrooms how to integrate
assessment into the teaching and learning process.
Layered Curriculum Workbook by Kathie Nunley The companion
workbook to the text, "Layered Curriculum: The workbook gives simple
step-by-step instructions to guide you through designing your own Layered
Curriculum(tm) unit sheets for any subject and any grade level.
A Student’s Brain A Handbook for Teachers and Parents by Kathie Nunley This
book puts the complex research findings and workings of the brain into plain, easy-tounderstand terms.
Differentiated Instruction A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers This
book demonstrates how to make your classroom more responsive to the needs of
individual students with a wide variety of learning styles, interests, goals, cultural backgrounds, and
prior knowledge.
Differentiated Instruction: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers shows you how to vary
your instruction so you can respond to the needs of individual learners. The concrete examples in this
book demonstrate how you can use differentiated instruction to clarify:
the content (what you want students to know and be able to do)
the process (how students are going to go about learning the content)
• and the product (how they will show you what they know.
More Best Practices for Secondary Classrooms by Randi Stone, provides practical
ideas for building a productive and engage community of learners in all areas of the
curriculum.
Handbook on DI for Middle and High School Teachers This book has an abundance of
time-saving, practical strategies for teachers in grades 6-12. A treasury of activities
and resources, this book explains, demonstrates, and helps you select among a wide
variety of differentiation processes, such as-
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Whole Class Differentiation
Tiered Lessons
Learning Centers
Flexible Grouping
Literature Circles
Individualized Instruction
Independent Study
Learning Contracts
Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating
Curriculum, Grades 9-12 by Carol A. Tomlinson Join Carol Ann
Tomlinson and Cindy A. Strickland in the continuing exploration of
how real teachers incorporate differentiation principles and
strategies throughout an entire instructional unit. Focusing on the
high school grades, but applicable at all levels,
Activating & Engaging Habits of Mind (Habits of Mind, Bk. 2)
Second book in four-part series. Introduces 16 types of intelligent behaviors called
“habits of the mind.” Shows the relationship between content and habits of mind.
Examples of habits of mind include: persisting, listening with empathy, striving for
accuracy, questioning, etc..
Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist
and Classroom Teacher Teachers will be introduced to strategies that will work in their
own classrooms. These strategies will help teachers improve student memory, learning, and
test-taking success. Teachers will also learn how to captivate and hold students’ attention.
Habits of Mind Across the Curriculum: Practical and Creative Strategies for
Teachers
The mind is a creature of habit. "Habits of Mind: Across the Curriculum" is a guide
for understanding the philosophy behind the mind and its subconscious practices.
Understanding the mind and how it reacts to certain types of education is
essential for more effectively teaching students certain subjects. Outlining
sixteen habits of the mind, both facilitating and impeding the educational process,
"Habits of the Mind" is a strong choice for any teacher who wants to maximize their chances of
getting their lesson through to their students.
Programs and Services for Secondary Gifted Students: A Guide to Recommended Practices
Programs and Services for Gifted Secondary Students is designed to be a
reference for service and program options for practitioners, administrators, and
coordinators of gifted education programs. As such, it is a companion to the
lengthier and more in-depth The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education. The
first of three parts focuses on the gifted adolescent and his or her cognitive social
and emotional dimensions, including suggestions for academic, personal/social, and
career exploration best practices. The second part explicates programmatic
offerings available for gifted secondary students, such as AP and IB programming, distance learning,
magnet and other special schools, study abroad, and early entrance to college options. Issues that
impact secondary reform efforts, including teacher quality, assessment, testing, and high school
restructuring, are discussed. The final part presents a view of optimal future directions—taking into
account very real obstacles to change in today’s high schools, as well as the range of intellectual and
emotional development among gifted adolescents. This section moves the discussion from “what is” to
“what could be” for high-ability adolescents
Secondary Triad Model: A Practical Plan for Implementing Gifted Programs at
the Junior and Senior High School Levels
Renzulli and Sally Reis’s book on establishing challenging programs that help to stem
the tide of high ability secondary learners.
The Productive High School: Creating Personalized Academic Communities Murphy
and his colleagues discuss how reform based on empirical evidence and a robust set of
theories can create productive high schools for all students. Focus is on core
technologies of learning and teaching, organizational systems, and institutional linkages
between schools and their environments. Using current research and case studies from
successful schools, they show how to construct models of learning-driven school
communities that encourage excellence.
Five Minds for the Future By Howard Gardner Gardner (Multiple Intelligences:
New Horizons) has put together a thought-provoking, visionary attempt to delineate
the kinds of mental abilities ("minds") that will be critical to success in a 21st
century landscape of accelerating change and information overload.
The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education
This groundbreaking textbook is designed to help education professionals
interested in building effective and comprehensive educational opportunities for
gifted secondary students.<BR><BR>This book offers an in-depth, research-based look
at ways schools and classrooms can support the development of gifted adolescents.
DI Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas
"Chapman and King make the teaching of writing transparent and accessible to
practitioners, who can then develop coherent, engaging, and developmentally
appropriate lessons to ensure that all (not some) students are writers! This book will
be a useful tool to teacher mentors, staff developers, principals, and teacher leaders
working with beginning staff. It will be a useful guide to learning communities that are
looking for strategies to build competency in targeted skill areas. I'm personally going
to keep a copy in my office so that when I am having a pre- or post-observation conference with a
teacher, I can make references to teaching strategies, assessment templates, or ways to determine
student strengths and needs."
Differentiation by Rick Wormeli In this refreshing addition to differentiated
learning literature, Rick Wormeli takes readers step-by-step from the blank page to
a fully crafted differentiation lesson. Along the way he shows middle and high school teachers and
behind-the-scenes planning that goes into effective lesson design for diverse classrooms. Rick
demonstrates how to weave common and novel differentiation strategies into all subjects and offers
clear advice about what to do when things don't go as expected. Based on nearly thirty years of
experience as a teacher and instructional coach, Rick's thoughtful and imaginative classroom
accommodations will help teachers succeed with advanced students, struggling students, English
language learners, and students across the multiple intelligences spectrum.
DI in the Whole Class Setting Grades 7-12
(7-12) Yes, you can do it at the middle- and high-school level! Betty shows exactly how
you can pre-assess to direct your instruction; allow everyone to participate in the same
activities, but at different levels of complexity; and offer students choices in how
they show what they`ve learned. And you can do it all within the whole-group setting,
without dramatically expanding your workload. (7-12)
The K-8 Research Book
100s of activities to aid the gifted student in developing research skills. The activities
are differentiated to speak to the specific needs of individual gifted students, many of
whom may already be independent thinkers and fluent learners. A research skills
taxonomy checklist helps teachers manage student skill levels before they proceed with activities.
Students use resources to complete the activities, including a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac,
and the Internet. The first of five sections offers activities to develop thinking skills to use context
clues in critical reading. The second section provides practice with such research skills as deciding
what resource to use to look up a map of Canada or another word for conservation. The final three
sections provide appropriate activities for primary grades, middle grades, or grades 7-8. The primary
section offers hands-on observational activities, picture book research, and practice using simple
reference tools. The middle-grade section includes an introduction to the research process and forms
for note taking, as well as directions for outlining, writing bibliographies, and creating a mininewspaper. The grade 7-8 section includes instructions for how to take a poll and how to research
historical decisions. Research cards at all three levels suggest project topic questions for
independent research.
Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners
Build a program from the ground up or improve existing services with the guidelines,
practical tips, templates, and action plans in this comprehensive yet practical guide.
Identifying Gifted Students – A Step-by-Step Approach
Perfect for anyone seeking a concise introduction to the identification of gifted
students. This book is designed to offer administrators, teachers, and parents an
overview of the critical issues in building effective identification procedures. This book
overviews definitions and characteristics of gifted students, qualitative and quantitative
assessment, using multiple assessments, identification procedures, and decision making
about placement.
The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids
Being a gifted education teacher has always posed special challenges. In their first
book together, two veteran educators of the gifted give teachers the information,
advice, and encouragement they need. They explain how to set the foundation for a
gifted program; how to evaluate, identify, and select students; how to plan and
implement a range of programming options (including differentiated instruction in the
regular classroom, ability grouping, pull-out classes, special classes for gifted students, weighted
grades, and others); and how to conduct ongoing program evaluation.
Autonomous Learner Model
This publication reviews The Autonomous Learner Model--an education program
prototype suitable for gifted education professionals. In it Dr. George Betts offers
educators a comprehensive and concise outline for a gifted education program. Goals,
objectives, and activities are described. The publication is especially useful for schools
wanting to provide appropriate programs for gifted students. The Autonomous Learner
Model is being implemented in schools in the United States and beyond.
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom Since the first edition was published,
author Susan Winebrenner has spent eight years using it with school districts, teachers,
parents, and kids across the U.S. and the U.K. this revised, expanded, updated edition
reflects her personal experiences and the changes that have taken place in education
over the years. Her basic philosophy hasn't changed, and all of the proven, practical,
classroom-tested strategies teachers love are still here. But there's now an entire
chapter on identifying gifted students. The step-by-step how-tos for using the
strategies are more detailed and user-friendly.
Ten-Minute Activities Grades 4-6
Skills and concepts addressed include:
Language Arts—spelling, parts of speech, dictionary skills, vocabulary,
summarizing
Mathematics—multiplication and division facts, patterns, problem solving,
fractions, estimation
Social Studies—map skills, geography, civics
Science—classifying, habitats, observing and describing, cause & effect
Indoor recess—motor skills, visual & auditory memory, dramatic play
Creative Homework Assignments Grades 2-3
Over 140 unique activities perfect for practice in language arts, math, science, and social
studies. Challenge students with games, puzzles, art projects, scavenger hunts, kitchen
fun, role-playing, imaginative play, and creative writing. Very little prep
No Photo Independent Study Where Creative Minds Expand
Includes CD with teaching suggestions, tools, graphic organizers, etc to help students move from
structured independence to share independence and ultimately to self-guided learning.
Centers on the Go Grades 4-6
Centers on the Go contains more than 30 standards-based, creative, and user-friendly
learning centers. Each center fits inside a two-pocket folder that can be conveniently
stored in a file box for use at any time. The activities allow for independent seatwork
while the teacher works with other groups. And-best of all-the activities target key
standards in all subject areas and provide motivating review and reinforcement of basic
skills in reading, math, science, and social studies
Creative Ventures – The Media
Open-ended activities designed to extend the imagination and creativity of students and
to encourage them to examine their feelings and values. Students learn to recognize
problems and to produce and consider a variety of alternative solutions to these
problems.
Questioning Makes the Difference
Questioning Makes the Difference explores the four types of questions
educators and parents can use to stimulate high-level thinking in their students
and children. These questions encourage students to analyze problems, pull
together knowledge from various content areas, and evaluate answers. This book
attempts to teach the reader how to balance basic recall with divergent
questions. Specific techniques help educators "partner" questions. There are suggestions to make
questioning an ACTIVE rather than passive activity. Teachers who are good questioners motivate
their students, stimulate high level thinking, encourage creativity, and enhance self concept in
students and themselves.
Values Grades 6-8
This book is designed to provide easy-to-use activities to improve student behavior and
create a positive classroom environment. These engaging activities extend across all
major curriculum areas and are relevant to a wide range of learning styles and abilities.
The author draws on extensive research and classroom experience to create a
framework that will result in better citizens. The books include teacher notes, student
certificates, checklists and reproducible activity pages. The focus is on six specific
areas: self, others, the environment, learning, achieving, and community.
Multiple Intelligences – The Complete MI Book by Kagan
If you're looking for one book on multiple intelligences this is it! This book is the single
most comprehensive MI book available. This resource is your blueprint for matching,
stretching, and celebrating your students' multiple intelligences. Move beyond theory
and make MI come alive in your classroom this book will show you how! You will promote
academic success for all your students by using fun and easy MI strategies that match how all
students learn best. Stretch your students' multiple intelligences. Help students build on their
strengths to become smarter in many ways. Create a supportive learning environment in which
students are appreciated for their multiple intelligences and celebrate the uniqueness of their
classmates. Features over 160 MI strategies you won't find in any other MI book.
Eight Ways of Knowing
Learn how to tap into practical strategies and techniques for developing and nurturing
the full spectrum of intelligences identified by researcher Howard Gardner. Practical
suggestions for implementation.
Differentiating Through Learning Styles and Memory
The updated edition of Sprenger’s bestseller demonstrates how to optimize
achievement by using brain-based strategies that address students'
social/emotional, cognitive, and physical learning preferences.
Intelligence Builders for Every Student
Teachers will expand students' knowledge of Multiple Intelligences with engaging
activities that can work individually or in groups. This handy resource includes activities
to build kinesthetic body awareness; deep hearing, listening, and understanding; linguistic
humor; mathematical skills in everyday settings; and group dynamics. These activities can
be integrated into content area classes and into the teaching of thinking skills,
cooperation, self-awareness, and special needs programs.
You’re Smarter Than You Think
Grade 6-9-Armstrong believes that by helping kids identify their strengths they will be
able to know themselves better and make the most of their talents. To this end, he
devotes one chapter to each of the intelligences that psychologist Howard Gardner has
identified but phrases them in terms that young readers will understand; for example, he
uses "word smart" for linguistic intelligence and "picture smart" for spatial intelligence.
Each chapter begins with a quiz to help readers determine in what ways they are "people smart,"
"logic smart," etc. The text that follows discusses what these intelligences are, lists ways to develop
or improve them, and suggests possible careers for people with different strengths and interests.
RtI for Gifted Students: A CEC-TAG Educational Resource
RtI for Gifted Students provides a comprehensive overview of Response to Intervention
(RtI) frameworks that include gifted students. One of the books featured in the CECTAG Educational Resource series, the book incorporates national, state, and local RtI
models and how gifted learners can be included within these frameworks. Specific
attention is given to addressing the needs of students who are twice-exceptional and to
culturally responsive practices. The book concludes with ways of assessing a school's RtI
model and challenges for using RtI in gifted education.
Response to Intervention for the Gifted Child
Parallel Curriculum Units for Grades K-5
The empirically based Parallel Curriculum Model shows teachers how to create
meaningful, emotive, and engaging curriculum that challenges all learners according to
their interests and abilities.
Differentiated Instruction Made Easy: Hundreds of Multi-Level Activities
for All Learners (Jossey-Bass Teacher)
Differentiated Instruction Made Easy is a hands-on resource that is designed
for teachers to support the individual learning needs of their students as they
participate in similar tasks. Teachers will find hundreds of creative ideas that
will motivate and reinforce learning for all students in grades 3-8. The book's
dynamic activities are targeted to specific subject areas and will help students
to experience success despite their learning challenges.
Anchor Challenges for the DI Classroom
Provides activities that keeps kids engaged for multiple class periods, builds creative
and critical thinking skills through authentic activities; fosters communication and
presentation skills.
The Highly Engaged Classroom (Classroom Strategies)
If students are not engaged, there is little, if any, chance that they will learn what
is being addressed in class. A basic premise of The Highly Engaged Classroom is
that student engagement happens as a result of a teacher s careful planning and
execution of specific strategies. In other words, student engagement is not
serendipitous. This book was designed as a self-study text that provides an indepth understanding of how to generate high levels of attention and engagement.
Engagement is obviously a central aspect of effective teaching. Using the suggestions presented in
this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment in which engagement is the norm instead
of the exception. Part of the Classroom Strategies That Work library, this clear, highly practical
guide follows the series format, first summarizing key research and then translating it into
recommendations for classroom practice. In addition to the explanations and examples of engagement
strategies, each chapter includes helpful exercises to reinforce the reader s understanding of the
content. Because research and theory can provide only a general direction for classroom practice, The
Highly Engaged Classroom (and each book in the series) goes one step further to translate that
research into applications for the classroom.
pace instruction.
25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom: Easy, LowPrep Assessments That Help You Pinpoint Students' Needs and Reach All Learner
This collection of quick, flexible, informal assessments helps teachers take a
snapshot of student learning--at any time during a lesson or unit of study, in any
curriculum area. Students' responses give teachers a clear picture of what students
know and what they need help with, what material to reteach or extend, and how to
Growing Minds
Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the
only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the
child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal
testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process;
it is also a wonderful concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and
how they were helped to grow through learning.
3-D Graphic Organizers: 20 Innovative, Easy-to-Make Learning Tools That Reinforce Key
Concepts and Motivate All Students!
Bring a new dimension to graphic organizers—and increase students’ ability to learn and
remember important content-area information—with these 20 engaging learning tools. Each
organizer comes with a ready-to-go template, easy step-by-step directions, and ideas for using it
across the curriculum. The finished three-dimensional products serve as powerful reference tools—and make a
great classroom display to show off what students have learned. Great for individual, small-group, and wholeclass learning! For use with Grades 3–6.
Five Minds for the Future By Howard Gardner Gardner (Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons) has put
together a thought-provoking, visionary attempt to delineate the kinds of mental abilities ("minds") that will be
critical to success in a 21st century landscape of accelerating change and information overload.
Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom
Teacher Teachers will be introduced to strategies that will work in their own classrooms. These strategies will
help teachers improve student memory, learning, and test-taking success. Teachers will also learn how to
captivate and hold students’ attention.
Dr. Willis takes a reader-friendly approach to neuroscience, describing instructional strategies that are
adaptable for grades K through 12. Through statistical data, individual student stories, and her own experiences
using these strategies with elementary and middle school students, Dr. Willis provides teachers with a wealth of
information they will want to start using in their classrooms before finishing the book.
Activating & Engaging Habits of Mind (Habits of Mind, Bk. 2)
Habits of Mind Across the Curriculum: Practical and Creative Strategies for Teachers
The mind is a creature of habit. "Habits of Mind: Across the Curriculum" is a guide for understanding the
philosophy behind the mind and its subconscious practices. Understanding the mind and how it reacts to certain
types of education is essential for more effectively teaching students certain subjects. Outlining sixteen habits
of the mind, both facilitating and impeding the educational process, "Habits of the Mind" is a strong choice for
any teacher who wants to maximize their chances of getting their lesson through to their students.
Differentiation Through Learning Styles and Memory The updated edition of Sprenger’s bestseller
demonstrates how to optimize achievement by using brain-based strategies that address students'
social/emotional, cognitive, and physical learning preferences
The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Movement Drawing on cutting-edge
research, this inspiring book shows how to integrate movement with classroom instruction, providing
hundreds of activities that improve attention spans and student learning
Go Green Book™ - What's On Your Mind?
Whose Millennium Is It?
The Middle Ages - Book in a Bag
Virtual Learning Environments
YOU Choose!
Go Green Book™ - Gifted Goes Thinking!
Optical Illusions Unit
The Brain Unit
www.Explorations - Monthly Web Investigations for the Classroom
More Best Practices for Elementary Classrooms by Randi Stone, provides practical ideas for
building a productive and engage community of learners in all areas of the curriculum
Sit and Get Won’t Grow Dendrites by Marcia Tate This indispensable resource draws on the latest
research in brain-based learning to provide strategies that motivate adult learners and increase
retention. Tate defines each strategy, explains its theoretical framework, and provides multiple
professional learning activities.
Differentiation by Rick Wormli In this refreshing addition to differentiated learning literature, Rick
Wormeli takes readers step-by-step from the blank page to a fully crafted differentiation lesson.
Along the way he shows middle and high school teachers and behind-the-scenes planning that goes
into effective lesson design for diverse classrooms.
Teaching to the Brains Natural Learning Systems
Although the brain is the most complex entity in the universe, it can be studied
broadly as well as in great detail by focusing on five of its major systems: emotional,
social, cognitive, physical, and reflective. In Teaching to the Brain's Natural Learning
Systems, Barbara K. Given has cautiously investigated brain structures and functions
of these five systems and applied findings from neurobiology to education without
making leaps of judgment or unfounded claims. Thus, this is the first book that translates
neuroscience into an educational framework for lesson planning and teaching.
Teaching With the Brain in Mind
When the first edition of Teaching with the Brain in Mind was published in 1998, it
quickly became a bestseller, and it's gone on to inspire thousands of educators to
apply the latest brain research in their classroom teaching. Now, author Eric
Jensen is back with a completely revised and updated edition of his classic work In
easy to understand, engaging language, Jensen provides a basic orientation to the
brain and its various systems and explains how they affect learning. After
discussing what parents and educators can do to get children's brains in good shape for school,
Jensen goes on to explore topics such as motivation, critical thinking skills, environmental factors, the
"social brain," emotions, and memory and recall. He offers fascinating insights on a number of specific
issue, including
* How to tap into the brain's natural reward system.
* The critical link between movement and cognition.
* The impact on learning of environmental factors such as lighting, temperature, and noise.
* The value of feedback.
* The importance of prior knowledge and mental models.
* Why stress impedes learning.
* How social interaction affects the brain.
* How to help students improve their ability to encode, maintain, and retrieve learning.
The More Ways you Teach the More Students You Reach
Drawing on years of classroom experience, the authors have compiled a collection
of best practices and successful strategies that help students reach their full
academic potential. This invaluable resource will enable you to:
1. Capture students' interest with dynamic, relevant, and meaningful work.
2. Discover tried-and-true ways to reach and teach special needs students.
3. Compact your curriculum for gifted student or for those who just need
something more to do.
4. Work with individuals, small groups, or large groups without losing control of the classroom.
and much more!
You Choose!
Theme-Related Literature-Based Cross-Curricular Activities for the Intermediate
Classroom
Choose from 8 themes (animals, space, food, mysteries, famous people etc..), chose the
book, choose the vocabulary activity (from 11 choices) and choose 3 comprehension and
enrichment activities from the 9 choices that use a variety of learning styles and
multiple intelligences. Reproducible menus, student self-scoring rubric, portfolio
organizer and end-of-the-unit reflection page.
Differentiated Instruction in a Whole-Class Setting by Betty Hollas (Grades 38)
With nearly 50 reproducibles, loads of illustrations, and all kinds of practical, downto-earth suggestions, this book is the perfect resource for starting to bring
differentiation into your whole-group classroom.
Thinking with Standards
Today, we are all concerned with addressing detailed state or national standards in every
curriculum or content area. It is possible to meet those standards and, at the same time,
to engage your students' creative and critical thinking skills. This series of books is filled
with activities that help students apply creative and critical thinking to traditional
subject area content. In addition to the reproducible, ready-to-use activities contained in
this book, the authors explain how creative and critical thinking can be infused into any content you
teach.
Inclusion Activities that Work Grades 6-8
“The different grade levels and approaches of these workbooks make them a top pick
for any library strong in classroom workbooks and activities for teachers. Each
workbook holds some 96 pages of projects, with fill-in blanks and ideas perfect for
photocopying and classroom use. All are outstanding workbooks that teachers will
appreciate.”
How the Gifted Mind Learns
“Provides practical classroom activities and strategies for addressing the needs of
gifted students.” (The author) has investigated the most recent work in neuroscience,
learning and intelligence, and seeks to answer many questions frequently posed by both
teachers and parents. . . . This book is a must read for those teaching able children,
and of course, parents with children who appear to show giftedness or a high level of
talent."
Differentiated Instruction: Different Strategies for Different Learners
This unique book contains 101 classroom-tested, easy-to-implement strategies. This
well-indexed resource will be a great help to busy teachers by providing them with
easy access to a variety of ideas to help out in different problem areas. Strategies
are arranged by grade level within each of the following sections: Classroom
Management, Community Building, Teacher`s Toolbox, Literacy, Math, and
Assessment. Also includes helpful graphics, time-saving reproducibles, and a
comprehensive resource list. Differentiated Instruction will become a favorite resource for any
teacher of students whose learning needs are as varied as the strategies found within this book.
(Grades K-8)
Teaching Beyond the Test
To thrive in their uncertain future, students must know more than how to take
tests. Transforming students into confident, self-directed, lifelong learners
requires differentiated instruction and project-based learning. This practical
classroom resource presents dozens of strategies for differentiation among
learners (flexible grouping, choice boards, tiered assignments, and more) and a
range of fully developed content-focused projects, each modeling one or more differentiation
strategies. All projects are aligned with rigorous, comprehensive content standards in the areas of
English/language arts, math, social studies, and science. Designed for use by any teacher, in any
classroom, in any school. Includes reproducibles. The included CD-ROM (for Macintosh and Windows)
features all of the reproducible student forms from the book plus four bonus projects.
Differentiating Textbooks
"Differentiating Textbooks" is the next logical and practical step toward improving
your students' ability to read, comprehend, and retain what they are taught in
content-area textbooks. Find out how to motivate your students as they are
confronted with text which is generally written in less-than-engaging expository
style.
90 Instructional Strategies for the Classroom
90 activities, games, and puzzles engage students in speaking, listening, reading,
writing, and the use of language conventions spelling, sentence structure, and
punctuation. Use the strategy as is or adapt the strategy for a particular subject or
theme. Students use critical thinking skills to research and analyze information,
compare and contrast, solve problems and evaluate solutions in these braincompatible activities Venn Again, PMI, Classifier, Logic Puzzles, Paired Problem Solving, Mystery
Messages. Other activities SCAMPER, Daffynitions, Analogies, Wuzzles, and Oughtographs - are
open-ended and stimulate creative thinking.
Use the activities to . . .
Reinforce basic language skills
Emphasize creative and critical thinking
Support higher level thinking
Actively engage student learners
Strengthen problem solving skills
Demystifying Differentiation in Middle School
An almost constant refrain heard from middle school teachers in "Differentiation" Staff
Development sessions is "Where can I find a book that has a bunch of these kinds of activities that I
can use in my classroom?" There are many books available about curriculum differentiation, most of
them addressing theory and rationale and discussing models and strategies that support it.
Demystifying is for teachers and administrators who are ready to take differentiation to the next
level in their classrooms and schools, who believe that differentiation works, and who are looking for
more examples of it. Within each of the 35+ topics in language arts, math, science, and social studies
are detailed lessons using one of the four strategies - Tiered lessons, Think-Tac-Toes, RAFT
activities, and Complex Instruction. Topics include:
-exploring a concept through literature
-punctuation marks
-tone and mood
-characterization
-graphing and data analysis
-mean, median, mode, range
-measurement
-ratio and proportion
-fractions, decimals, percents
-cell biology
-solar system
-space exploration
-genetics
-American Revolution
-Ancient Rome
-Regions of the US
-American Civil War
-Geography of Latin America
Inclusion Activities That Work Grade 3-5
Meet the challenge of inclusion with these innovative, standards-based activities
that help teachers accommodate learners' diverse abilities, enhance student
performance, create an accepting classroom climate, and more.
How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms
For education courses in Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology,
Differentiated Instruction, Inclusion/Mainstreaming, Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Methods, or General Methods (K-12). This brief Merrill/ASCD text provides
guidance, principles, and strategies for teachers who are interested in creating
learning environments that address the diversity typical of mixed-ability classrooms.
The text will help educators understand what differentiated instruction is, why it is
appropriate for all learners, how to begin to plan for it, and how to become comfortable enough with
student differences to make school comfortable for each learner in the classroom.
Handbook for Classroom Instruction that WorksDesigned as a self-study resource,
this handbook guides readers through nine categories of instructional strategies
proven to improve student achievement. Sections 1-9 address the nine categories of
instructional strategies that can be applied to all types of content, at all grade
levels, and with all types of students: Identifying similarities and differences;
Summarizing and note taking; Reinforcing effort and providing recognition;
Homework and practice; Representing knowledge; Learning groups; Setting objectives and providing
feedback; Generating and testing hypotheses; and Cues, questions, and advance organizers. For each
of the nine categories, exercises, brief questionnaires, tips and recommendations, samples,
worksheets, rubrics, and other tools are provided. For elementary and middle school teachers,
counselors, evaluators, and administrators.
Successful Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom
Coil presents the most comprehensive, practical resource you will need to successfully
implement the concept of differentiation in your classroom. Following a brief
overview of the components and a teacher self-assessment awareness checklist, are
chapters with reproducibles, forms, and practical examples for administrators,
teachers, students, and parents:
-Flexible Grouping
-Curriculum Compacting
-Independent/Individualized Work - learning centers, resident experts, contracting, anchoring
activities
-Learning Profiles
-Product Differentiation
-Strategies: ILPâ„¢, Tic-Tac-Toe, Tiering, Encounter Lessons, Technology, Mentors, Mini-classes,
Literature circles, Questivitiesâ„¢
-Differentiated Assessment - rubrics, criteria cards, tiering
-Special Groups
-Special Needs
-District and School-wide Planning
Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice
Gregory's revised, research-based edition covers step-by-step training activities;
offers guidelines for coaching, supervising, and evaluating staff members'
implementation of differentiated instructional practices; and includes reproducibles
on a CD-ROM.
RTI Success
Response to Intervention (RTI) is an innovative instructional method that enables
educators to assess and meet the needs of struggling students before they have
fallen too far behind. While the initiative is gaining momentum in the United States,
many educators continue to have questions about RTI. What are the three tiers of
intervention? How do screening and progress monitoring work? Is there funding
available to support RTI? RTI Success answers these and other questions while providing educators
with practical tools to simplify the process. The book includes step-by-step guidelines for
implementing RTI in schools and provides hundreds of pragmatic, research-based instructional
strategies for classroom teachers to target specific skill deficits in their students. Vignettes and
school profiles demonstrate RTI techniques in diverse settings, and reproducible forms streamline
assessment and documentation procedures. An all-in-one resource, this book offers tools that can be
used by all school staff in carrying out Response to Intervention.
Not Just Schoolwork by Nathan Levy
This book combines ready-to-use superb activities for critical thinking, written
expression, and creativity. An entire section of this 200+page book concentrates on
skill building. Checklists help students increase their verbal expression while other
activities focus on creative story telling and other necessary skills. Grade3-12
Developing More Curious Minds
After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon,
many people questioned why no one had anticipated the terrorists' acts, even
when events and intelligence seemed to point toward them. John Barell
wonders if the attacks speak to a greater societal problem of complacency.
He believes many students have become too passive in their learning,
accepting information and "facts" as presented in textbooks, classes, and the media. Drawing on
anecdotes from educators and his own life, Barell describes practical strategies to spur students'
ability and willingness to pose and answer their own questions. Antarctica expeditions, outer space
discoveries, dinosaur fossils, literature, and more help define the importance of developing an
inquisitive mind, using such practices as
* Maintaining journals on field trips,
* Using questioning frames and models when reading texts,
* Engaging in critical thinking and problem-based learning, and
* Integrating inquiry into curriculum development and the classroom culture. To become habits of
mind, students' daily curiosities must be nurtured and supported. Barell draws a vivid map to guide
readers to "an intelligent revolution" in which schools can become places where educators and
students imagine and work together to become active citizens in their society.
Differentiating the Curriculum for the Gifted Learner
Learn strategies for identifying gifted students, modifying content, and differentiating
instruction with this valuable resource no gifted classroom should be without! Perfect for
new teachers and educators who want to stay current, Differentiating the Curriculum for
Gifted Learners provides answers to questions relating to best practices in gifted
instruction. Providing up-to-date, research-based theory and practical applications, this book not only
addresses effective research-supported ways to differentiate instruction, but also explores the
reasons why gifted students should be serviced and presents some of the most effective ways this
can be accomplished.
Expert Approaches to Support Gifted Learners
Educators and parents need practical information they can use now to help them best
understand and support the gifted learners in their lives. Because of the unique social
and emotional needs faced by gifted learners—not to mention the unique academic
needs—teaching and parenting them can be as demanding as it is rewarding. These 36
articles provide much-needed help. They are a “best of” from the last seven years of
the Gifted Education Communicator, the national publication of the California Association for the
Gifted. With contributions from respected scholars as well as new experts in the field, this book is
sensitive, positive, and packed with ideas and up-to-date facts.
Concept Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom
This indispensable guide combines proven curriculum design with teaching methods that
encourage students to learn concepts as well as content and skills for deep
understanding across all subject areas.
Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice
Gregory's revised, research-based edition covers step-by-step training activities;
offers guidelines for coaching, supervising, and evaluating staff members'
implementation of differentiated instructional practices
Data Driven Differentiation in the Standards Based Classroom Step-by-step
guidance and a generous collection of templates, rubrics, and planners make this an
essential resource for every instructional leader who wants to design differentiated
instruction with student success in mind.
Differentiating Instruction With Style
A synthesis of essential research and theory combined with strategies and templates for
selecting what works best for diverse learners from among all the core theories.
Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
"Teachers are challenged each year to add strategies to their toolkit in order to meet
diverse learners' needs. This edition gives teachers the opportunity to add excellent new
tools that help students reach higher levels of engagement and performance.
Inspiring Middle School Minds
"Dr. Willis explores the transitional black hole that is middle school... especially how
it relates to the cognitive and neurological development of gifted learners as they
evolve out of the more nurturing environment of elementary years and before they
reach the (hopefully) more rigorous challenges of secondary education. Drawing upon
her backgrounds in both education and neuroscience, Dr. Willis not only decries the
disservice being done to all children whose minds crave experiential learning beyond the standardized
teach-to-the-test rote regurgitation being heaped upon our children these days, but she also draws
upon her own teaching experience and provides practical examples of what can be done right now to
again make middle school years engaging, stimulating, and fun for all learners."
Higher Order Thinking Skills: Challenging All Students to Achieve
In this Nutshell resource, the author presents an instructional framework for the five
Rs: relevance, richness, relatedness, rigor, and recursiveness. The book shows K–12
teachers how instruction based on the five Rs, across content areas, can develop
critical thinking skills (classifying, comparing/contrasting, and analyzing) and creative
thinking skills (inferring, predicting, and visualizing).
Creating Integrated Curriculum: Proven Ways to Increase Student Learning
This book brings integrated curriculum into sharp focus and helps you find a
curriculum model that can work for your school.
Teaching for Tomorrow
"McCain's insights as an educator go way beyond the classroom. He truly grasps the
need for schools to prepare young people for life in an increasingly dynamic world.
This book continues Ted's tradition as a writer who speaks with great insight and
clarity." (David Thornburg, Director ) "In our current NCLB-test-driven environment,
this book provides a guide for teachers who want their students to be life-long learners with realworld problem solving skills." (Michael A. Burke, Director, District Media and Technology Services )
What Works in Schools by Marzano Any school in the United States can operate
at advanced levels of effectiveness-if it is willing to implement what is known about
effective schooling. "If we follow the guidance offered from 35 years of research,"
says author Robert J. Marzano, "we can enter an era of unprecedented
effectiveness for the public practice of education." In What Works in Schools:
Translating Research into Action, Marzano synthesizes that research to provide
clear and unequalled insight into the nature of schooling.
Teaching With Visual Frameworks
An illustrated guide to creating with students a central, evolving visual that enables all
learners to actively participate, assess, and achieve in standards-based classrooms.
The Cluster Grouping Handbook
In today’s standards-driven era, how can teachers motivate and challenge gifted
learners and ensure that all students reach their potential? This book provides a
compelling answer: the School-wide Cluster Grouping Model (SCGM). The authors
explain how the model differs from grouping practices of the past, and they present a
roadmap for implementing, sustaining, and evaluating school-wide cluster grouping.
Practitioners will find a wealth of teacher-tested classroom strategies along with detailed
information on identifying students for clusters, gaining support from parents, and providing ongoing
professional development. Special attention is directed toward empowering gifted English language
learners.
Teaching What Matters Most
What matters most? With 10 years of research and work in 300 schools to guide them,
Silver, Strong, and Perini offer four standards that can be used to help students meet the
various standards dictated by districts, states, and regions: Rigor: helping students make
sense of challenging texts and ideas. * Thought: helping students become adept users of
powerful learning disciplines. * Diversity: helping students understand themselves and others. *
Authenticity: helping students apply what they learn to the real world. These standards elicit
popular support-they are understandable and attractive to diverse communities and constituencies
throughout the United States. They are also manageable-a majority of students can attain them. In
this book, the authors use practical lessons from real classrooms to demonstrate that these four
standards, when used to guide decisions about curriculum, instruction, and assessment, can prepare
students to perform well on state tests while preserving the democratic traditions of U.S. education.
How to Meet Standards, Motivate Students and Still Enjoy Teaching
"Benson offers a relevant resource guide for implementing standards-based classrooms
that will help educators at all levels of educational reform grasp the key instructional
components to support the expectations for student learning. This book is a must-have in
preparing our students for their future role as lifelong learners competing on the world
market." (Lynn Freeman, Leadership Facilitator )
Making Standards Work
Rationale and step-by-step instructions for creating classroom assessments
that accurately measure what students know and are able to do.
Enhancing Student Achievement
Educators devoted to school reform focus all too often on the isolated components of K-12 education-this is the essential premise of this powerful new book. If we are truly committed to
improving our schools, the author contends, then we must focus on the interdependence
of variables that affect student learning, both inside and outside the classroom.
The book is divided into three distinct parts. In Part 1, Danielson introduces the Four
Circles Model to define the criteria for successful school improvement: Everything
educators do to help their students learn must be based on what educators want (school, district, or
state goals), believe (values and principles), and know (educational research).
Strategic Learning in the Content Areas
Published by WI DPI. Designed to help students learn independently from a variety of
resources. Translates current research and thinking about cognitive instruction.
Useful to all grade levels and content areas.
Planning a Connected Curriculum and Connected Curriculum and Action Research
Published by WI DPI. Designed to help students learn independently from a variety of resources.
Translates current research and thinking about cognitive instruction. Useful to all grade levels and
content areas.
Curriculum Design for Writing Curriculum
Replete with strategies, examples, and reproducibles, this guide is invaluable for any
teacher who wants to boost student achievement in writing for any subject or grade
level!
Reciprocal Teaching at Work
In this much anticipated, revised, and expanded edition of her bestseller Reciprocal
Teaching at Work, Lori Oczkus continues to provide solutions for teaching
comprehension. By focusing on four evidence-based and classroom-tested strategies
that good readers use to comprehend text-predicting, questioning, clarifying, and
summarizing-Lori shows you new ways to use reciprocal teaching to improve students
comprehension while actively engaging them in learning and encouraging independence. This second
edition is jam-packed with fresh material including
* A new chapter on getting started with reciprocal teaching
* Dozens of creative, exciting lessons and tips for using reciprocal teaching in whole-class settings,
guided reading groups, and literature circles
* Ideas for differentiating instruction for struggling readers and English language learners
* Expanded suggestions for grades K5 and all new ideas for grades 612
* Practical ways to use reciprocal teaching as a Response to Intervention (RTI)
* Support materials such as reproducibles, posters, and a lesson planning menu
* A free online professional development guide and free online classroom video clips
The Well-Managed Classroom
A dynamic plan to bring structure, support, and success to America's classrooms. Every
teacher strives to create a classroom where students are responsible, respect rules and
stay on task. Now, in one single resource, educators are given the tools they need to
create the ideal learning environment. The Well-Managed Classroom describes the
powerful Boys Town Education Model techniques that have proven to increase instruction
time and reduce discipline problems and office referrals. The book describes in-depth how to
integrate social skills instruction into the entire school day and across curriculum. Tips for managing
student behavior by improving a teaching interactions are outlined as well as how to replace
traditional office referral practices with more therapeutic teaching alternatives.
Classroom Management That Works by Marzano
How does classroom management affect student achievement? What techniques do
teachers find most effective? How important are school-wide policies and practices
in setting the tone for individual classroom management? In this follow-up to What
Works in Schools, Robert J. Marzano analyzes research from more than 100 studies
on classroom management to discover the answers to these questions and more. He
then applies these findings to a series of "Action Steps"--specific strategies that
educators can use to Get the classroom management effort off to a good start, • Establish
effective rules and procedures, • Implement appropriate disciplinary interventions, • Foster
productive student-teacher relationships, • Develop a positive "mental set," • Help students
contribute to a positive learning environment, and • Activate schoolwide measures for effective
classroom management. Marzano and his coauthors Jana S. Marzano and Debra Pickering provide real
stories of teachers and students in classroom situations to help illustrate how the action steps can be
used successfully in different situations. In each chapter, they also review the strengths and
weaknesses of programs with proven track records. With student behavior and effective discipline a
growing concern in schools, this comprehensive analysis is a timely guide to the critical role of
classroom management in student learning and achievement.
The Inclusive Classroom
Build a successful inclusive program that welcomes and supports all student needs
with this invaluable resource, written by an award-winning special educator
experienced in inclusion and mentoring teachers. Detailed procedures, plus
reproducible evaluation, assessment, and reporting forms, make it easy to create the
inclusive classroom. Grades 3-6
Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students
Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21stCentury Classroom makes the case that project-based learning is ideal for
the gifted classroom, focusing on student choice, teacher responsibility,
and opportunities for differentiation. The book guides teachers to create
a project-based learning environment in their own classroom, walking them
step-by-step through topics and processes such as linking projects with
standards, finding the right structure, and creating a practical classroom
environment. Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students also provides
helpful examples and lessons that all teachers can use to get started.