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…
Research as Me-Search: Psychology Courses for Gifted Students
Redirecting the Critic
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…
Book Club: Inside Out and Back Again
This post includes English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated activities for Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai. 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.…
Empowering Gifted Students to Embrace Paradox and Uncertainty
Differentiated Lessons for Gifted Students: Problem-Based Learning in Cancer Biology and Treatment
Expand Your Mind Now…Not Just During Black History Month
This post provides a rationale for pushing outside our comfort zones when it comes to our personal point of view and crafting a more diverse and inclusive curriculum. As educators, in honor of Black History Month, we can reflect on our points of view, celebrate diversity, see whiteness, and read with abandon. This post is the first in a series.
Book Club: Esperanza Rising
This post includes English Language Arts and interdisciplinary, differentiated activities for Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan. 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…
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