Lesson Summary This post provides a lesson unit for introducing gifted and talented students to To Kill a Mockingbird by amplifying the diverse voices within the narrative. This unit provide differentiated lessons allowing you to investigate characters in the book, study historical context, explore the theme of empathy, research and bring to light silenced voices…
Book Club: Smasher
This post includes English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated activities for Smasher, by Scott Bly. It’s part of a series that shares English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated 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…
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Book Club: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
This post includes English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated activities for Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien. It’s part of a series that shares English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated activities for selections from Duke TIP’s 4th-6th Grade Online Book Club for gifted and talented students, which you can re-purpose for…
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Racing Into the Real World (Part 1)
This post, the first in an occasional series, provides a framework for infusing rigor and relevance into a standards-based curriculum by looking for opportunities to help gifted students develop conceptual understanding and requiring them to use that understanding in the context of real-world problems.
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