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.
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:
Neurologist and Classroom Teacher
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help teachers improve student memory, learning, and test-taking
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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.
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.
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.
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 mini-newspaper. 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. This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical
Strategies Series in Gifted Education. This series offers a unique collection of tightly focused books
that provide a concise, practical introduction to important topics concerning the education of gifted
children. The guides offer a perfect beginner's introduction to key information about gifted and
talented education.
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.
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, classroomtested 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 userfriendly 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 allthe 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. Who needs this
book? K-12 * Teachers * Administrators * Parents * Kids * Curriculum Specialists * Special Education
Teachers
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. You will use these easy-to-master MI strategies to make any lesson
accessible to all intelligences, while developing and celebrating the unique pattern of intelligences of
each student! This is the ultimate resource for translating enthusiasm about the multiple intelligences
theory into successful everyday classroom practice!
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.
25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom: Easy, Low-Prep 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 pace instruction. Designed to engage a range of learning styles and
skills, the assessments come with an easy step-by-step plan, grade-level modifications, tiering tips,
and student samples. Also includes 17 ready-to-print assessment forms on a CD. For use with Grades
3-8.
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-bystep directions, and ideas for using it across the curriculum. The finished threedimensional 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
whole-class 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.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind Second Edition
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 endof-the-unit reflection page.
Differentiated Instruction in a Whole-Class Setting by Betty Hollas (Grades
3-8)
With nearly 50 reproducibles, loads of illustrations, and all kinds of practical,
down-to-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.
This is a must-have resource for teachers wanting to infuse thinking skills into the
traditional curriculum. Each book provides a variety of sample teaching activities, with
step-by-step procedures and a reproducible student page, illustrating how the
generating and focusing tools from the problem solver’s "basic toolbox" can be applied
to specific content standards. You can also use this book as a model to guide you in
your own efforts to link creative and critical thinking skills with other content
standards.
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. "Differentiating Textbooks" shows you how to teach the child, not the
textbook, and as with differentiated instruction, you will soon discover that this
approach is "just part of good teaching." (Grades 4-12)
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 brain-compatible 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
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
Demystifying Differentiation in Elementary School
Demystifying Differentiation in Elementary School is an excellent, practical
resource 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. There are many books
available about curriculum differentiation; most of them address the theory and
rationale behind differentiation and discuss models and strategies that support it.
Some offer limited examples of differentiated tasks and activities. However, few provide
comprehensive collections of activities that demonstrate how to use differentiation in different
subject areas at a variety of grade levels in mixed-ability elementary classrooms. The Elementary CD
has 48 completed customizable WORD files including these topic areas:
Paragraphs, Compound Words,
Consonants & Vowels, Folktales,
Handwriting, Nouns,
Reference Materials, Synonyms,
Addition & Subtraction, Standard & Metric Measurement,
Graphing, Money,
3-D Figures, Mammals,
The Hydrosphere, Parts of Flowers,
Weathering/Erosion, Families,
Historical Figures, Map-Reading,
Needs and Wants, Telling Time,
Fractions, Probability,
Deserts, The Solar System,
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-todate, 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-todate 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." (Lin Kuzmich, Educational Consultant ) "A very in-depth analysis of teaching
approaches that emphasize the need to reach more students through varied learning styles. The
book points out the oft-forgotten concept that 'one size does not fit all' when it comes to teaching."
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).
Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Beyond the Facts
The author defines a concept-based learning program and provides strategies to help create a
seamless agenda to teach students the skills they need most to think conceptually and solve problems
in today’s complex world.
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 )
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).
In Part 2, the author provides a framework for improving schools--including curriculum, team planning,
and policies and practices affecting students--and connects every concept to the criteria presented
in Part 1. She also provides a handy rubric at the end of each chapter, both as a summary of main
points and as a tool for educators to gauge the needs of their school. Part 3 offers readers guidelines
on how best to implement the framework using action planning.
Brimming with perceptive advice and thought-provoking arguments, this book is both a wake-up call
and a roadmap to success for those determined to provide students with the best
education possible.
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
classroomtested strategies that good readers use to comprehend textpredicting,
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.
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.
Think About It! Activities for Teaching Basic Thinking Skills-Gr. 3-4-This book has a collection of adventures
through and about the wonderland we live in: pencil-and-paper activities, cut-and-paste projects, puzzles, games and
fun pages to help you stretch your mind and look at things from a different point of view.
Learning to be a Durable Person-Gr. K-5-This is an affective needs curriculum for gifted and talented children that
addresses social and emotional needs.
Sharing –Improving Interaction Skills and Increasing Self-Awareness-Gr. 4-8- Sharing helps young people to
explore their feelings and thoughts about themselves, their friends, and their families and to share these feelings with
the people who are important to them. Only through increased self-awareness can young people begin to accept
themselves as unique individuals and as members of their families and communities.
TAG You’re It!-K-3-This book contains multi-disciplinary, mini-courses for gifted and talented students.
Tiered Activities for Learning Centers-Differentiation in Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies-K-5This book is about learning centers and the learning opportunities they provide for students of varying ages and
abilities. It provides information about the multiple types of centers and suggests the reason for using centers. In
addition, it makes a case for using tiered or differentiated centers in the classroom. It also provides tiering suggestions
for personalizing the centers for older or more capable students and younger or less able students.
Be A Problem-Solver-A Resource Book For Teaching Creative Problem-Solving-The problem-centered thinking
tasks contained in this book were prepared with a particular purpose in mind. By presenting whimsical problem
situations, the authors hope that those engaged in the thinking tasks will be motivated to produce creative ideas that
lead to the solution of problems.
Read It! Draw It! Solve It!-Problem Solving with Animal Themes-Gr. K-3-This program was designed for
students who are ready to read at the kindergarten through third grade levels. At all levels the children’s understanding
of mathematical concepts and exploration of animal themes will be enhanced.
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom-This book contains strategies and techniques every teacher can use
to meet the academic needs of the gifted and talented.
The Complete Book of Brainteasers (3-5)-This book offers children in grades 3-5 a variety of activities that help
develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in fun, east-to-understand lessons. It includes: logic, word play,
rebus stories, riddles, codes, analogies, puzzles and patterns.
The Best Teacher “Stuff”-This bring brings together 17 years of the most-requested activities that teachers and
students have loved while working with Nancy L. Johnson. Nancy’s activities bring the message: “People remember
“stuff” they DO better than “stuff” they HEAR.”
The More Ways You Teach, The More Students You Reach: 86 Strategies for Differentiating Instruction-With
activities that range from literacy, math and community building to assessment, management, and teaching tools, this
invaluable resource will enable you to: capture students’ interest, reach and teach special needs students, compact your
curriculum for the gifted students, work with individuals, small groups or large groups, etc…
Different Tools For Different Learners (K-5)-Language Arts Activities to Start Using Today: This book is loaded
with ideas that you can use in “Managed Independent Learning Stations”! It has individualized task cards, center
activities, reader response folders, reading logs, games, rubrics, option menus, and much more.
Differentiating Instruction In a Whole Group Setting-In this book, respected educator, Betty Hollas, shows how
you can ease your way into differentiation without giving up on the setting in which you’re most comfortable: the
whole group.
The Me I’m Learning to Be-An activity book filled with reproducible to be used in lessons dealing with
social/emotional health of students.
Bright Ideas: Enrichment Units from a Gifted Resource Room-A collection of stimulating and worthwhile lessons
and activities chosen as most interesting by students from a gifted resource room.
Primary Education Thinking Skills-This program is a systematized enrichment and diagnostic thinking skills
program that can be easily integrated into an existing primary curriculum. It serves the dual purpose of helping in the
identification of academically talented students and teaching students higher level thinking skills. (Bloom’s
Taxonomy) This resource would provide some wonderful “managed independent learning station” (MILS) ideas!
Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9Written for educators (and parents) who believe that all children deserve the best education we can give them, this
book encourages and enables you to recognize and nurture giftedness in children as young as age four. Look inside to
find a wealth of proven, practical strategies and techniques you can start using immediately!
Perfect Pals: How to Juggle Your Way From Perfection to Excellence-This book takes an honest look at the littleknown negative consequences of the excessive pursuit of perfection. Inside this resource you will find: a delightful
children’s story, discussion guide, reproducible parent articles, helpful tips and 18 motivational student activities to
help children and youth avoid the frustrating pursuit of the impossible and move toward the fulfilling achievement of
excellence.
Nobody’s Perfect: A Story for Children About Perfectionism-Gr. 3-6-This story illustrates how extreme
perfectionism can get in the way of enjoying life. It is recommended highly for any child who struggles with the need
to always be perfect.
Curriculum Activities for Gifted and Motivated Elementary Students-This unique resource provides a collection
of 166 stimulating activities that challenge K-5 students to extend their classroom learning and encourage them to use
their talents to the best of their ability.
Instructional Units For Gifted and Talented Learners-Gr. K-6- This book contains sample units written, taught,
and revised by a group of Texas teachers.
Barefoot Irreverence: a collection of writings on gifted child education-Written by James R. Delisle who is noted
for his empathetic and compassionate views on the many difficulties faced by gifted youth. This book has his most
popular writings from the past two decades.
Thinking Tools Lessons: A Collection of Lessons for Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking-This is a userfriendly guide to help any teacher make productive thinking a part of classroom instruction for all students. There are
nine carefully designed, classroom-tested sample lessons to start students on the road to creative and critical thinking.
A.C.T. 1 Affective Cognitive Thinking Strategies for the Gifted (Science, Language Arts, Mathematics, Fairy
Tales, Social Studies)-Many of these ideas could be used for independent projects for your gifted students.
Sharing: Improving Interaction Skills and Increasing Self-Awareness- This book is a great resource for teaching
lessons on social/emotional issues.
Learning to be a Durable Person: An Affective Needs Curriculum for K-5 Gifted and Talented children
Addressing Social and Emotional Needs- This curriculum is designed to help gifted children explore their own
giftedness, expand social skills, cultivate leadership skills, and develop strategies for combating stress, anger, and
perfectionism.
Be a Problem- Solver: A Resource Book For Teaching Creative Problem-Solving-The illustrated, reproducible
pages guide students through each step of the problem-solving process. The students will use evaluation grids to track
their ideas, solutions, and plans.
Projects and Presentations for K-6 Students: Preparing Kids to Be Confident, Effective Communicators-This
practical and unique resource presents classroom-tested projects, called “openings,” in core curricular areas. Students
research topics and present what they have learned to their classmates. This kids-teaching-kids approach to projectbased learning is also a practical way to differentiate instruction.
Marcy Cook series of books and tile activities
If…Then…Think & Think Again
Act It Out: Logic for Young Thinkers
Justify Your Thinking
Miscellaneous Resource Books
Big Book of Patterns
Bulletin Board Extravaganza