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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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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 just
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
How to Develop Your Child’s 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
Why We Need to Manage Expectations of Schools
In speaking of the efforts of Britain’s Royal Air Force, who were then tirelessly fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill said,
Changing the Color Palette in Microsoft Office
Sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference in life. Things like changing the color palette in Word, PowerPoint or Excel. I know it
Good Citizenship: Eleanor Roosevelt on Education
Not long ago I tweeted out a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt. Deciding to find the full text of the speech, I went hunting. I thought
The Gifted Mask: A Student Speaks
The students are the core of what we do, and I think it’s critical that they are also able to be the corps, or body,
Using Jeopardy Labs for Pre-Assessment
In the article about creating a differentiated lesson plan step-by-step, I shared a lesson plan on landforms that used a cloud-based Jeopardy! game as a
