Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom

Author: Susan Winebrenner

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1631983733

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Latest edition of the go-to classroom resource since 1992 for reaching and challenging gifted students. This fourth edition of the “orange bible” brings fresh updates to the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixedabilities classroom—seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. Included are practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The book provides information on: Compacting and differentiating skill work and new content Extending reading and writing instruction Planning curriculum for all students at the same time Supporting self-directed independent study Supporting curriculum standards and increasing curriculum rigor Boosting critical and creative thinking skills Using assessments to help students demonstrate what they already know Using technology for accelerated learning and to benefit twice-exceptional (2e) students Serving gifted kids with special needs Managing cluster grouping Digital content includes a full chapter for parents as well as a PDF presentation for professional development, reproducible forms ready to customize and print for classroom use, and additional extension menus for the primary and upper grades.

Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom

Author: Susan Winebrenner

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1575426641

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Fully revised and updated for a new generation of educators, this is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom— seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. Included are practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The new edition provides information on using technology for accelerated learning, managing cluster grouping, increasing curriculum rigor, improving assessments, boosting critical and creative thinking skills, and addressing gifted kids with special needs. Already a perennial best seller, this guide’s third edition is sure to be welcomed with open arms by teachers everywhere. Digital content provides a PowerPoint presentation for professional development, customizable reproducible forms from the book, additional extension menus for students in the primary and upper-elementary grades, and a special supplement for parents of gifted children.

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom

Author: Susan Winebrenner

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575420899

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Since 1992, TEACHING GIFTED KIDS IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM has been the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom. This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the proven best-seller includes new chapters on the characteristics of gifted students and parenting gifted kids. Throughout, the compacting and differentiating strategies that were the core of the first edition have been greatly expanded. Also included are many new forms that teachers will use every day.

Teach for Attention!
Teach for Attention!

Author: Ezra Werb

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1631983202

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A lively read from a working teacher offers practical engagement strategies for students with attention challenges If learning is a motor, student engagement is the key. But when teaching students with ADHD and other attention challenges, sometimes even the most finely tuned classroom can sputter. Teach for Attention! is your tool belt of teaching strategies for students with ADHD, low self-confidence, distraction, and other attention challenges. Dozens of true classroom stories show the strategies in action. It’s all about making simple fixes so you can reach every student without changing your approach or revamping your curriculum. Carry these ideas with you like tools on a belt—the right one will be there when you need it!

Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom
Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom

Author: Joan F. Smutny

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575423272

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This guide encourages and enables teachers to identify gifted children as early as age four and create a learning environment that supports all students. Proven, practical strategies and techniques help you teach to multiple intelligences, compact and extend the curriculum, communicate with parents, and more.

Teaching Strategies in Gifted Education
Teaching Strategies in Gifted Education

Author: Susan K. Johnsen

Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1593631707

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Teaching Strategies in Gifted Education offers practical advice about teaching gifted kids. This book offers specific teaching strategies such as divergent-thinking instruction and independent study. The book also covers differentiated curriculum, classroom management, dealing with underachievement, and professional development and total sch

Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today's Classroom
Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today's Classroom

Author: Emily Kircher-Morris

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2021-08-25

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 163198487X

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Recognize and support twice-exceptional (2e) learners to help them succeed in school—and beyond. Twice-exceptional (2e) learners have often been misunderstood, disciplined, unchallenged, and left behind. Even as awareness of 2e learners has grown, educators are still in need of practical tools to recognize and support their twice-exceptional students. This book answers that need, providing teachers with accessible information about twice-exceptional diagnoses and suggested accommodations, modifications, and collaboration with other educational professionals. Dedicated to the needs of all 2e learners, the first part of the book covers identifying and understanding 2e students, strength-based instruction, motivation and self-regulation, and executive functioning skills. The second part details how gifted students are affected by another diagnosis, including: Specific learning disabilities ADHD Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Processing difficulties Anxiety-based diagnoses Depression and other mood disorders This book equips educators with information that will make it easier for them to advocate for their 2e students, including what they need to know about the individualized ed(more...)

The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids
The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids

Author: James R. Delisle

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575421162

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Describes six strategies for designing, building, implementing, sustaining, and growing a new or existing gifted program, and includes real-life examples, recommended books and organizations, a glossary, and reproducibles.

Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom

Author: Susan Winebrenner

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 1631983741

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Latest edition of the go-to classroom resource since 1992 for reaching and challenging gifted students. This fourth edition of the “orange bible” brings fresh updates to the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixedabilities classroom—seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. Included are practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The book provides information on: Compacting and differentiating skill work and new content Extending reading and writing instruction Planning curriculum for all students at the same time Supporting self-directed independent study Supporting curriculum standards and increasing curriculum rigor Boosting critical and creative thinking skills Using assessments to help students demonstrate what they already know Using technology for accelerated learning and to benefit twice-exceptional (2e) students Serving gifted kids with special needs Managing cluster grouping Digital content includes a full chapter for parents as well as a PDF presentation for professional development, reproducible forms ready to customize and print for classroom use, and additional extension menus for the primary and upper grades.

Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom

Author: Susan Winebrenner

Publisher: Free Spirit Pub

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9781575424101

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Get the benefit of in-person author workshops for a fraction of the cost with this comprehensive professional development resource. Teachers will be introduced to proven, practical classroom strategies for meeting the needs of gifted learners, whether they work in a mixed-ability classroom, cluster classroom, gifted-education classroom, resource room, or another setting. The package includes: * DVD (100+ minutes) featuring top-selling authors Susan Winebrenner and Dina Brulles along with actual classroom teaching sessions that illustrate key strategies from the book * A copy of the book Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom * Digital content containing all of the customizable reproducible forms from the book along with an introductory PowerPoint presentation * Study Group Leader's Guide that directs users through the book and the video as they use these in study groups or other forms of staff development (softcover, spiral bound, 8½" x 11½", 96 pp.) In addition to discussion and modeling of pivotal teaching strategies, the resource covers 21st century learning, assessment, technology, RTI, and schoolwide cluster grouping.