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Developing Lesson Plans to Spark the Interest of Your Gifted Students
How do lesson plans for gifted students differ from regular lesson plans? How can you ensure that your students are being challenged sufficiently? This article will answer all your questions about lesson plans for gifted students. Includes ideas for appropriate lesson plans.

Published by Keren Perles (13,061 pts ) on Nov 17, 2009 to
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The RtI Model: Does It Address the Needs of Gifted Students?
The RtI model has become an important component of many modern classrooms. But does it really benefit everyone? Some question whether students who are gifted and RtI model instruction can ever truly combine. Here's why.

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Motivating Gifted and Exceptional Students With Enrichment Activities
Students who are classified as gifted and exceptional are extremely intelligent and understand many concepts beyond their years. When they enter school, it's easy for them to become bored and unmotivated by what their classmates are learning. Enrichment activities provided by teachers can help.

Published by WritingBug (3,838 pts ) on Oct 13, 2009 to
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Student Goal Setting For Year-Long Service Learning Projects
If you teach gifted students and are looking for a year-long project, service learning projects are perfect. It is important for students to be involved in goal setting at the beginning of the project and throughout to keep them focused and on track to completion.

Published by Margo Dill (7,771 pts ) on Sep 23, 2009 to
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Project Assessment Tool for Year-Long Service Learning Projects
If your gifted students are taking part in a year-long service learning project, then you will need to assess their progress as well as skills they learned and objectives they met. You can use the following project assessment tools for your gifted program.

Published by Margo Dill (7,771 pts ) on Sep 23, 2009 to
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Tips for Year-Long Service Learning Projects for Gifted Students
Year-long service learning projects are perfect for gifted and talented classrooms. Once gifted students have set their goals and chosen a project, they are ready to begin. Here are some tips for helping students stay on track and getting the most out of their service learning projects.

Published by Margo Dill (7,771 pts ) on Sep 22, 2009 to
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Activities for Gifted Students in the Classroom
Gifted students often get bored in regular classrooms. Giving them more challenging activities can keep them motivated and focused on learning. By differentiating instruction and curriculum materials that challenge and motivate gifted students, teachers can keep them engaged and on task in class.

Published by stacy1172 (733 pts ) on Sep 9, 2009 to
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Addressing the Emotional Needs of Gifted Students
It is easy to fall into the trap of looking at your exceptional learners as small adults. It is important to their overall wellbeing that we recognize they are not miniature adults, but children, with all the social and emotional needs other children have.

Published by jennyflores (1,086 pts ) on Jun 13, 2009 to
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Differentiated Instruction for Parents of Gifted Students
Parents of gifted students want the best learning opportunities for their children. Working with parents and providing them with differentiated instruction and effective collaboration will go a long way in creating a meeting of the parent-teacher-student minds in teaching gifted learners.

Published by Barbara (10,640 pts ) on May 30, 2009 to
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Identifying Culturally Diverse Gifted Students
Culturally diverse students identified as gifted continue to be underrepresented in mainstream classroom. In the global world and in school communities, gifted students span the globe in ethnic and cultural identity. Gifted students of all cultural backgrounds must be challenged in the classroom.

Published by Barbara (10,640 pts ) on May 29, 2009 to
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