Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use (Free Spirit Professional®)

Latest edition of the go-to classroom resource since 1992 for reaching and challenging gifted students.

This fourth edition of the €œorange 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.