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Book Club: The Scavengers

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This post includes language arts and interdisciplinary activities for The Scavengers, by Michael Perry. It’s part of a series that shares language arts and interdisciplinary activities for selections from Duke TIP’s 4th–6th Grade Online Book Club, which you can re-purpose for your classroom. 

Book Club: Masterminds

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This post includes language arts and interdisciplinary activities for Masterminds, by Gordon Korman. It’s part of a series that shares language arts and interdisciplinary activities for selections from Duke TIP’s 4th-6th Grade Online Book Club for gifted and talented students, which you can re-purpose for your classroom. Download all the activities for Masterminds. Why Masterminds? Smart…

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Redirecting the Critic

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This post is part of a series, When Giftedness Gets Annoying. Do you have a gifted student who always is analyzing and evaluating everything, offering a barrage of unsolicited critiques? Do you often feel you and students live beneath the hot lamp of “The Critic”? The critical nature of the gifted mind can be a great…

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