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| Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented (Revised and Updated Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Susan Winebrenner, Pamela Espeland
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 40943
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1575420899
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.9520973
EAN: 9781575420899
ASIN: 1575420899
Publication Date: November 1, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 YOU NEED THIS BOOK! February 10, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you are reading this review, I suspect that you are a teacher. If you are a teacher, you need this book! Every classroom has at least ONE gifted child; one child who finishes his or her work first, goes to a center and blasts through the work there, with ease. I found that the best thing to do with a student like this is to let him or her pick a project that he or she would like to do (example projects are listed in this book). The student then creates and agrees to the terms of the project: for example, he or she may want to read a particular book, create a painting regarding one of the characters, and then present this work to the class. The student would have to adhere to the given timeline, and would have to complete all aspects of the project--knowing that this project will be a part of his or her report card grade (in whatever subject the work is related to).
The terrific thing about this book is that it has created a very do-able, curriculum oriented outline of projects and contracts that gifted students can achieve during a marking period. Sample contracts, as well as copies of contracts that can be Xeroxed are provided.
I used this book every year I taught, and my principal was qutie happy with the fact that the projects were so curriculum friendly.
If you teach elementary-grammar school, you need this book!
Should be on every teacher's desk! October 22, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Full of practical, reproducible material for teachers of gifted kids. Lots of advice and ideas regarding common gifted curriculum strategies like compacting, learning contracts, differentiation, independent study, and cluster grouping. Directly answers questions teachers (and parents) of the gifted ask most. Highly recommended... a great resource!
G/T Teacher appreciates this book August 18, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm a G/T pull out teacher at a small school and I have really enjoyed the tools this book offers. I needed a way to have my identified kids served both with me in pull out and in the regular ed classroom. This has really helped.
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Great Teacher Resource August 2, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an invaluable resource for the classroom teacher who would like to adopt new strategies designed to meet the individual needs of each of his/her students. As a teacher of the gifted, I plan to incorporate several of the techniques within my classroom. However, general education teachers will find her suggestions equally valuable with their students as well. My favorite part is the author's inclusion of templates which provide for student assessment to use with her strategies. I love the Super Sentences strategy!
One for me, one for the teacher October 16, 2001
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I've found that having my own copy of this book is invaluable, as it helps me understand where the teacher might be coming from and discuss with her what options might work well for my (highly gifted) children. I gave a copy to my son's teacher--and she uses it so much she can't share it with the other teachers. I suggested the school librarian purchase a copy, and it's in high demand--it keeps disappearing. Many teachers are more than willing to find ways to accomodate the special needs of gifted children, and are actually looking for guidance on how to best differentiate their curriculum. This book gives them many different tools, and guidance on how to use them.
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