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| literature links activities for gifted readers: Literature Links Teresa Smith Masiello, 2005 Are you looking for books with meaningful themes for discussion and writing, plus classroom activities? This is the book for you. Following a section on why literature is important, readers will find teaching units and activities based on titles from Judith Halsted's book, Some of My Best Friends Are Books. The author takes Halsted's themes and discussion questions and creates additional teaching activities. This book will blend well with the Accelerated Reading Program, or with any reading program. Elementary teachers who want to use literature with gifted students will appreciate the teaching units and lesson ideas in this book. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Some of My Best Friends are Books Judith Wynn Halsted, 1994 |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Research On and Activities For Mathematically Gifted Students Florence Mihaela Singer, Linda Jensen Sheffield, Viktor Freiman, Matthias Brandl, 2016-06-13 This open access Topical Survey offers a brief overview of the current state of research on and activities for mathematically gifted students around the world. This is of interest to a broad readership, including educational researchers, research mathematicians, mathematics teachers, teacher educators, curriculum designers, doctoral students, and other stakeholders. It first discusses research concerning the nature of mathematical giftedness, including theoretical frameworks and methodologies that are helpful in identifying and/or creating mathematically gifted students, which is described in this section. It also focuses on research on and the development of mathematical talent and innovation in students, including connections between cognitive, social and affective aspects of mathematically gifted students. Exemplary teaching and learning practices, curricula and a variety of programs that contribute to the development of mathematical talent, gifts, and passion are described as well as the pedagogy and mathematics content suitable for educating pre-service and in-service teachers of mathematically gifted students. The final section provides a brief summary of the paper along with suggestions for the research, activities, and resources that should be available to support mathematically gifted students and their teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom Susan Winebrenner, 2012-08-15 Fully revised and updated for a new generation of educators, this is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities 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 new edition provides information on using technology for accelerated learning, managing cluster grouping, increasing curriculum rigor, improving assessments, boosting critical and creative thinking skills, and addressing gifted kids with special needs. Already a perennial best seller, this guide’s third edition is sure to be welcomed with open arms by teachers everywhere. Digital content provides a PowerPoint presentation for professional development, customizable reproducible forms from the book, additional extension menus for students in the primary and upper-elementary grades, and a special supplement for parents of gifted children. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Punished! David Lubar, 2013-08-01 Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library―literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth will lift the magical punishment that keeps getting Logan in even more trouble. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Enrichment Activities for Gifted Students Todd Stanley, 2021-09-03 Enrichment Activities for Gifted Students outlines a variety of extracurricular academic activities and programming options for gifted student talent development. This book: Includes strategies for educators to develop enrichment programs that fit the needs of their students. Provides numerous examples of nationally-recognized and easy-to-implement programs and competitions. Helps promote students' academic growth. Categorizes options by subject area, including math, science, technology, language arts, and social studies. Categorizes options by skill type, including creative thinking, problem solving, and adaptability. Enrichment Activities for Gifted Students provides everything busy educators need to know about offering, funding, and supporting enrichment activities and programs that develop students' content knowledge and expertise, build valuable real-world skills, and extend learning beyond the walls of the classroom. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Becoming Experts Lucy Calkins, Amanda Hartman, Celena Dangler Larkey, Lindsay Wilkes, 2015-09 |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Code Orange Caroline B. Cooney, 2013-06-11 While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and all of New York city. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Readicide Kelly Gallagher, 2009 Argues that the standard instructional practices used by most schools is contributing to the decline of reading, and suggests ways in which teachers and administrators can encourage the development of lifelong readers. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Orientation Allis Wade, 2012-07-02 One hundred years in the future, Government Observers roam the classrooms of average learners, looking for the rare gifted learners still left in the general population. One gifted child, who has been carefully coached by his mother to appear average, is unaware that his abilities have been documented by an Observer for years, until he is tricked into showing his mathematical strengths. He is devastated to receive a letter requiring him to test at The School for Gifted Potentials, but he cleverly sabotages the tests and is prepared to leave, only to discover that his mother has abandoned him at the school she has raised him to fear. During his one week orientation, as he undertakes an enlightening journey of self-discovery, he uncovers a secret about his mother's past that leads him to question everything that he once believed. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Supergifted Gordon Korman, 2018-01-02 NYT bestselling author Gordon Korman's sequel toUngifted cleverly sends up our preconceived ideas about intelligence, heroism, and popularity! Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call gifted. But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actuallysupergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it--Donovan's school. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock Hash Hashtag Taggart. Sticking up for Noah lands Donovan in the middle of a huge feud with Hashtag. He's told to stay away from the sports star--or else. That should be the end of it, but when a freak incident suddenly makes Donovan a hero, he can't tell anyone about it since Hashtag is involved. So Noah steps in and becomes Superkid. Now he's gone from nerd to titan at school. And it may have gone more than a little bit to his head. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: 10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties Andrew P. Johnson, 2015-10-09 Brain-friendly strategies to help all students become lifelong readers This book is the definitive resource on how the brain creates meaning from print. Drawing from five key areas of neurocognitive research, Andrew Johnson provides a ten-point teaching strategy that encompasses vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, writing and more. A key resource for creating intervention plans for struggling readers, features include: Information on the importance of emotions in the process of overcoming reading struggles Strategies to promote voluntary reading, even for the most reluctant students Useful resources such as graphic organizers, additional reading and writing activities, and QR codes that link to videos |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan, 2012-10-01 A modern classic for our time and for all time-this beloved, award-winning bestseller resonates with fresh meaning for each new generation. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Rita Williams-Garcia. Pura Belpre Award Winner * Readers will be swept up. -Publishers Weekly, starred review Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis, 2015-01-31 The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud’s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS “The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed.” —The Christian Science Monitor “Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.” —Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred From the Hardcover edition. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 2012-10-23 The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far? |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Two Bad Ants Chris Van Allsburg, 1988 When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs Joseph S. Renzulli, Sally M. Reis, Series Editor, 2004-03-06 The expert guide to the major challenges and promising developments in the identification of gifted and talented students! Focusing on one of the most widely discussed and debated topics in the field, Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs presents a cross-section of the most noteworthy theories and practices the leading experts in giftedness and talent identification have to offer. Key features include: An in depth review of the literature and commentary from Joseph S. Renzulli, Director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented Fourteen seminal articles from highly respected educators and researchers in the field of gifted education Numerous research-based identification policy and procedure recommendations, including the use of both test and non-test criteria Presented in a straightforward, no-nonsense fashion, the key research, ideas, and concepts in this ready-reference lend both wisdom and clarity to the pressing issues surrounding gifted and talented student identification; leading to enlightened policies and more effective practices. The ERGE Series: The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Resources in Education , 2001-10 |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Saving Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 1999-02 When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom Susan Winebrenner, 2001 Since 1992, TEACHING GIFTED KIDS IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM has been the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom. This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the proven best-seller includes new chapters on the characteristics of gifted students and parenting gifted kids. Throughout, the compacting and differentiating strategies that were the core of the first edition have been greatly expanded. Also included are many new forms that teachers will use every day. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Mission to Mars Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David, 2013-05-07 Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK's promise to reach the moon by the end of the 1960 - an audacious, inspiring goal-and a unified vision for space exploration. In Mission to Mars, Aldrin plots that trajectory, stressing that American-led space exploration is essential to the economic and technological vitality of the nation and the world. Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: The Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales Emily Bearn, 2010-10-19 TUMTUM & NUTMEG: THE ROSE COTTAGE ADVENTURES Three amazing adventures. Two adorable and courageous mice. One delightful family-favorite! Perfect for readers of The Borrowers, Winnie the Pooh, and The Tale of Despereaux, this illustrated 3-in-1 book includes three cozy novels: A Christmas Adventure A Seaside Surprise A Circus Adventure Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to live out their comfy lives in peace, unbothered by anything as distracting as an adventure. But the holidays are upon them, and it seems to be the time of year when Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of Rose Cottage, and bumbling veteran hero General Marchmouse are most likely to get into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg want to make things right, but first they'll have to outwit a wicked mouse named Purple Claw, face a crazed circus ringmaster, and even save Christmas! In three delightful new adventures, Tumtum and Nutmeg prove that big heroes come in tiny packages. And for more Rose Cottage stories, read Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Teaching Gifted Children Literature in Grades One Through Three Juliana Townsend Gensley, 1972 |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: The Gift of the Magi O. Henry, 2021-12-22 The Gift of the Magi is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson, 2009-10-06 The timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornery, completely unforgettable young heroine. Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters—by far the strangest family yet—she knows it's only a temporary problem. Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work and get out of there fast. She's determined to no longer be a foster kid. Before long she's devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come rescue her. Unfortunately, the plan doesn't work out quite as she hoped it would... This classic middle grade novel has moved generations of readers and inspired a major motion picture starring Octavia Spencer, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Danny Glover. The acclaim for the book included the National Book Award, the Christopher Award, and the Jane Addams Award. The joys and struggles of adoption, told in a real and accessible way, are beautifully expressed in Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins. Don't miss it! |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Improving Reading Jerry L. Johns, Susan Davis Lenski, 2001 Provides teaching strategies, activities, and resources to help students with specific problems. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Gifted Guild's Guide to Depth and Complexity Lisa Van Gemert, Ian Byrd, 2019-10-16 The Definitive Guide to Depth and Complexity After successfully using the framework themselves, writing about it on their websites, and facilitating hundreds of hours of training, Ian Byrd and Lisa Van Gemert are bringing you an approachable, comprehensive guide to Depth and Complexity. In it, Ian and Lisa share 27 bite-sized chapters that will help you: * Show educators exactly how the framework works in a real, live classroom * Teach you what you need to know about all aspects of the framework * Address special situations, like working with early elementary grades and planning * Take you further in your Depth and Complexity practice than you ever thought possible You will gain a deep understanding By the end of The Gifted Guild's Guide to Depth and Complexity, you will understand the framework, how it fits in your classroom, what parts you may wish to ignore, how to change what you don't like about how you're currently using it, and why it's the tool you need to blow the ceiling off of your classroom. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Pathways Perfection Learning (Firm), Perfection Learning Corporation, 2007-09-01 |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom Susan Winebrenner, Dina Brulles, 2012 Rev. ed. of: Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom, c2001. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: The Absent Author Ron Roy, 1997-09 Dink and his pals Josh and Ruth Rose solve mysteries in the fun and wacky new series for the Stepping Stone line. When Dink writes to his favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, inviting him to visit Green Lawn, he's amazed when the author accepts. But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he's just missed the plane--but Dink suspects foul play. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners No Contributor, Joyce VanTassel-Baska, 2010-07 This newly updated edition provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge curriculum design techniques and aligns the core content with national and state standards. In addition to a revision of the original chapters, the second edition contains new chapters on topics such as second language learning, leadership, arts curriculum, and technology. The text identifies the basic principles of curriculum development : accelerated learning within the core content areas, use of higher order process skills, development of creative student products, and concept development and learning. These techniques are incorporated into a chapter on each core content area : language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as world languages and the arts. The final chapters focus on the roles of teachers, program coordinators, and administrators during curriculum design, including selecting resources and materials, aligning curriculum, and assessing student learning. --from back cover. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Sparrow Sarah Moon, 2019-02-26 Fourteen-year-old Sparrow Cooke of Brooklyn has always been the kind of child who prefers reading books to playing with friends and since fifth grade the one person who seemed to understand her was the school librarian--so when Mrs. Wexler was kille |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Teaching Literature to Adolescents Richard Beach, Deborah Appleman, Bob Fecho, Rob Simon, 2020-12-28 Now in its fourth edition, this popular textbook introduces prospective and practicing English teachers to current methods of teaching literature in middle and high school classrooms. This new edition broadens its focus to cover important topics such as critical race theory; perspectives on teaching fiction, nonfiction, and drama; the integration of digital literacy; and teacher research for ongoing learning and professional development. It underscores the value of providing students with a range of different critical approaches and tools for interpreting texts. It also addresses the need to organize literature instruction around topics and issues of interest to today’s adolescents. By using authentic dilemmas and contemporary issues, the authors encourage preservice English teachers and their instructors to raise and explore inquiry-based questions that center on the teaching of a variety of literary texts, both classic and contemporary, traditional and digital. New to the Fourth Edition: Expanded attention to digital tools, multimodal learning, and teaching online New examples of teaching contemporary texts Expanded discussion and illustration of formative assessment Revised response activities for incorporating young adult literature into the literature curriculum Real-world examples of student work to illustrate how students respond to the suggested strategies Extended focus on infusing multicultural and diverse literature in the classroom Each chapter is organized around specific questions that preservice teachers consistently raise as they prepare to become English language arts teachers. The authors model critical inquiry throughout the text by offering authentic case narratives that raise important considerations of both theory and practice. A companion website, a favorite of English education instructors, http://teachingliterature.pbworks.com, provides resources and enrichment activities, inviting teachers to consider important issues in the context of their current or future classrooms. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Lessons from Mother Earth Elaine McLeod, 2010 With the help of her beloved grandmother, Tess learns some valuable lessons about plants and discover the wonders and joys of nature. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Deeper Reading Kelly Gallagher, 2024 Do your students often struggle with difficult novels and other challenging texts? Do you feel that you are doing more work teaching the novel than they are reading it? Building on twenty years of teaching language arts, Kelly Gallagher shows how students can be taught to successfully read a broad range of challenging and difficult texts with deeper levels of comprehension. In Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 , he shares effective, classroom-tested strategies that enable your students to: Accept the challenge of reading difficult books and move beyond a first draft understanding Consciously monitor their comprehension as they read and employ effective fix-it strategies when comprehension starts to falter Use meaningful collaboration and metaphorical thinking to achieve deeper understanding of texts Reflect on the relevance the book holds for themselves and their peers by using critical thinking skills to analyze real-world issues Gallagher also provides guidance on effective lesson planning that incorporates strategies for deeper reading. Funny, poignant, and packed with practical ideas that work in real classrooms, Deeper Reading is a valuable resource for any teacher whose students need new tools to uncover the riches found in complex texts. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Every Child a Super Reader Pam Allyn, Ernest Morrell, 2015-12-21 Literacy change agents Pam Allyn and Ernest Morrell show educators how to help students develop 7 key strengths to become self-reliant super readers Belonging, Curiosity, Kindness, Friendship, Confidence, Courage, and Hope. Includes reading/writing lesson ideas for each strength, as well as ways to meet speaking and listening standards. Embedded videos show ways to cultivate each strength. Supports the Lit Camps curriculum. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Barbara Kerr, 2009-06-15 Library Journal Best Reference 2009 Educators have begun to recognize that identifying and accommodating students who are slower to learn may leave behind those who learn rapidly and think creatively. The nature of intelligence, the sources of innovation, and the ways to nurture special abilities are now topics of great interest to scholars in a wide variety of disciplines and to the general public. Policymakers, ranging from school board members to leaders of nations, must also make practical decisions about how communities and societies will treat their brightest, most promising students. With more than 400 entries, these two volumes review research findings on giftedness, talent, and creativity and their effect on education, training, science and the arts, government policy, and everyday life. The Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent provides a balanced, objective assessment of the various perspectives on the nature of intelligence, innovation, and optimal states. This state-of-the-art resource covers all major facets of the field, including achievement motivation, artistic ability, creative personality, emotional intelligence, gender differences, genius, intelligence testing, learning styles, minority underrepresentation, multiple intelligences, musical ability, prodigies, scientists, self actualization, thinking skills, and more. Key Themes Assessment and Identification Creativity Studies Cultural Issues Education Eminent People Exceptionalities Intelligence Neuroscience and Genetics Populations Programs and Interventions Psychological Issues Talent Domains Theories and Models Key Features Provides a balanced and critical discussion of the controversies that have animated research and theory making Clarifies which grouping and instructional strategies promote the best outcomes in achievement and social/emotional development of gifted children Helps educators make informed decisions about the identification strategies and the curriculum models that best meet their students' needs Contains thousands of pertinent facts from the fields of education, psychology, sociology, and the arts Evaluates policies that have hindered gifted children and makes a persuasive case for appropriately challenging and differentiated education Examines how giftedness, creativity, and talent were defined in the past and how current meanings have emerged. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: International Handbook on Giftedness Larisa Shavinina, 2009-08-12 This handbook presents a panoramic view of the field of giftedness. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative account on what giftedness is, how it is measured, how it is developed, and how it affects individuals, societies, and the world as a whole. It examines in detail recent advances in gifted education. The handbook also presents the latest advances in the fast-developing areas of giftedness research and practice, such as gifted education and policy implications. In addition, coverage provides fresh ideas, from entrepreneurial giftedness to business talent, which will help galvanize and guide the study of giftedness for the next decade. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Content-Based Curriculum for Advanced Learners Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Catherine A. Little, 2023-01-23 The fourth edition of Content-Based Curriculum for Advanced Learners provides readers with a complete and up-to-date introduction to core elements of curriculum development in gifted education with implications for school-based implementation. Written by key experts in the field, this text is essential to the development of high-powered, rich, and complex curricula that treat content, process, product, and concept development considerations as equal partners in the task of educating gifted learners. Along with revised chapters, this edition contains new chapters on culturally responsive curriculum, the performing arts, robotics, and engineering design, as well as social and emotional learning. Additional material concerning talent trajectories across the lifespan accompanies a discussion of honors curriculum in higher education, rounding out this comprehensive resource. This master text is a must read for educators interested in executing effective curriculum and instructional interventions to support learning for gifted and advanced learners. |
| literature links activities for gifted readers: Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II James Flood, Shirley Brice Heath, Diane Lapp, 2015-04-22 The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II brings together state-of-the-art research and practice on the evolving view of literacy as encompassing not only reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also the multiple ways through which learners gain access to knowledge and skills. It forefronts as central to literacy education the visual, communicative, and performative arts, and the extent to which all of the technologies that have vastly expanded the meanings and uses of literacy originate and evolve through the skills and interests of the young. A project of the International Reading Association, published and distributed by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Visit http://www.reading.org for more information about Internationl Reading Associationbooks, membership, and other services. |
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