Identifying and Enhancing the Strengths of Gifted Learners, K-8

Easy-to-Use Activities and Lessons

By: Ann Marie Maccagnano

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Hardcover | 24 April 2007

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This book is designed to help Ku8 teachers identify a studentAEs areas of potential giftedness and provide appropriate activities and units of study to develop and nurture their talents. Strengthening instruction by helping educators identify childrenAEs strengths early, Identifying and Enhancing the Strengths of Gifted Learners, K-8: Easy-to-Use Activities and Lessons offers challenging and engaging lessons and activities that lead to immediate informal assessment of studentsAE strengths and needs. The materials cover the cognitive, affective, and creative areas and assist teachers in planning programs and learning experiences to develop studentsAE abilities, including 'analysis activities' to extend and enrich the everyday curriculum.

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"The projects are teacher-tested and the ideas presented are challenging, creative, and fun. The author is very experienced and uses that experience to give proven and useful activities, evaluative tools, and rubrics for the gifted." -- Ken Klopack, Art & Gifted Education Consultant
"The ideas in this book are great! Teachers are looking for ideas to work with children with diverse strengths and talents. This book offers those ideas." -- Raynice Jean-Sigur, Assistant Professor
"An extensive and useful collection of easily implemented lessons and activities that teachers will use often. In particular, I appreciated the rationale for providing unique educational experiences for gifted students." -- Mary Johnson, Principal
"The activities are wonderful. They are clearly explained, easy to administer, and entertaining." -- Frank Buck, Curriculum Supervisor
"Provides teachers and student teachers with easy activities and lesson plans to be integrated into any school curriculum." -- The Bookwatch, July 2007

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Acknowledgments
About the Author
Developing and Nurturing Gifted Students' Strengths
The Challenge of Challenging Curriculum
What This Book Offers
How the Book Is Organized
Using Analysis Activities
What to Do After Areas of Strength Are Identified
Language Arts
Analysis Activities
Enhancing Reading and Writing Skills
Enhancing Oral Communication Skills
Creative Thinking
Analysis Activities
Enhancing Creative-Thinking Skills
Critical Thinking
Analysis Activities
Enhancing Critical-Thinking Skills
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Intelligence
Interpersonal Analysis Activities
Enhancing Interpersonal Skills
Intrapersonal Analysis Activities
Enhancing Intrapersonal Skills
Mathematics
Analysis Activities
Enhancing Mathematical Skills
Visual/Spatial Awareness
Analysis Activities
Enhancing Visual/Spatial Skills
Cross-Curricular Projects
Design Your Own Dream Room
Create a Company and an Advertisement
Design a WebQuest
Create a Slideshow Presentation
Independent Study
Create Interactive Computer Games Using Hyperlinks
Design a Piece of Artwork
All About Me Project
Create a Database
Design a Travel Brochure
Create a Squiggle Drawing
Hero Unit
The Radio Show
My Creative State
Conclusion
References
Additional Reading
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