Whether you are a counselor, school psychologist, or classroom teacher, your job involves identifying potentially gifted students. Depending on where you work, you may also be responsible for screening and testing students for a gifted program....
Gifted students can be deceptive. They can appear to be high-performing, moving toward their potential, functioning at a higher level.Then again, there is a chance it only appears that way.Recently, I have been soul-searching and asking myself if I...
Its bothered me that I havent been able to address the social/emotional needs of my gifted kids the way I would like.Last school year, I worked with the schools psychologist to present my gifted fifth-graders with a workshop on perfectionism....
As 2014 approaches, I wanted to reflect on my resolutions for the coming year. As a teacher of gifted, I thought it would be beneficial to share my goals and thoughts for the future as well as have other teachers post their resolutions here.First, a...
I often wonder what gifted kids would say if they were allowed to freely speak their minds to teachers.After working with gifted students for six years~ I have spent time with them in the classroom~ at lunch~ playing games at recess~ and met with...
This week~ I want to share a project idea that might satisfy your students need for creative expression.When finished reading a book~ I offer my students the option of creating a book hook (a mini commercial for the book). The goal of the hook is to...
Ask children about the food pyramid and the need for a balanced, healthy diet, and I would bet that many would be familiar with the concept.Now, ask those kiddos about the need for a healthy, balanced diet for the mind, and I think you would lose...
With Thanksgiving happening, I thought it would be fun to list the things that a teacher of gifted could be grateful for. Here it goes:1. YOU HAVE A TEACHING JOBWe can be grateful that despite all the cutbacks to the arts, gifted education, and...
Last week~ I wrote about gifted children have the tendency to become obsessed with a particular area and topic (http://community.educationworld.comcontent/obsessed) and warned teachers not to discourage this traitwhich can be found in highly...
I have one student~ who lives and breathes fishing. He knows more about different types of fish~ fishing gear~ and fishing conditions than most adults. He has read dozens of books and magazines on the subject~ written his own E-book on fishing~ and...