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15 Ways to Help Gifted Kids Thrive in School
15 ways to help gifted kids thrive in school with ideas that work for lots of kids, so everyone will find ideas they can apply right away.
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Making Choice Menus Better
Choice menus (sometimes called Extension Menus or Choice Boards or fifty other titles) are a foundational technique for many teachers. Typically, they’re a grid somewhat
Group Work Feedback: How and Why
If you want to do group work really well, you need to allow the students to give feedback on how they worked in groups, and
Trying to Make School Better for Gifted Kids
Here’s a newsflash: school is not designed for gifted kids. When you recover from the shock, read on. Depending upon who you talk to,
Gifted Teachers Speak: You are Enough
I don’t know about you, but I’ve really been enjoying the Interview with a Gifted Kid series. I’ve interviewed gifted kids and grown up gifted
Fixing a Group Work Project
A 6th grade social studies teacher who attended a session I did on effective grouping strategies for students asked if I would help out with
Being Gifted Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Need to be Taught
I got an email from a member of the Gifted Guru community recently that asked this question: How can I help teachers understand that
Most Teachers Do Group Work All Wrong
Students’ grades should never be dependent upon the work or lack of work of other students. No exceptions. Ever since group work came to the
The Importance of Fine Motor Skills
Our kids can’t cut. It’s costing us a lot of money. It’s costing them a lot of learning. Normally, I don’t write articles for the
3 Steps to an Effective Apology
As a teacher, one of the most important skills my students need to develop to have healthy relationships with their peers is to learn
The Epic Teacher Resource List
Have I got a mega list of teacher resources and ideas for you today, my friends. On July 16th, 2019, I was in Houston
Summer Learning Lures: The Alternative to the Summer Assignment
Look, I get it. We want kids to read. We want to avoid the dreaded “summer slide.” We want kids prepared for the work they’re
Why Schools Should Ditch Summer Assignments
It’s summer vacation where I live right now (shout out to my Southern Hemisphere peeps in the middle of winter), but if you peek
