Gifted and talented activities

This critical thinking activity is all about getting your students to think deeper and to synthesize in your elementary classrooms via forced relationships!

Challenge your students with 100 games for gifted kids. See this resource list by Renée at Great Peace #gifted #homeschool #games #ihsnet

Hi friends! I have been working hard all day on this blog post and I hope it helps you in your support of GT kiddos in your classroom! As t...

Lesson plans and resources for teachers and parents of gifted, talented, and high-achieving students.

Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom can be a challenge. Do you sometimes feel like you're "losing it" and don't really know how to meet the needs of these kids when you have so many kids who have IEP's, 504 Plans, or are in the RTI process? Don't despair, there is help!

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Are you wondering how to use Magic Square Puzzles? These fun, engaging math and literacy puzzles work great for centers, review, early and fast finishers, enrichment, GATE (gifted and talented education), and critical thinking skills. With this fun game format your preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom or home school students will stay engaged while practicing necessary skills! {preK, Kinder, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders, free…

For your gifted and talented students, check out these available GATE materials.

Hi friends! I have been working hard all day on this blog post and I hope it helps you in your support of GT kiddos in your classroom! As the GT teacher for my grade level, I'm expected to take 18 hours of training on supporting GT kiddos, and I just finished last weekend. It

This unit contains both a printable packet version AND individual JPEG files for each document so that you can easily upload to Google Classroom. Since they are in JPEG format, students should be able to write on the documents in Google Classroom. Additionally, this unit now includes a PARENT INSTRUCTIONS edition that you can easily pass on to parents when students are out of school. The instructions are easy to follow and allow parents to work with students just as you would in the…

Got gifted students, high-achievers or early finishers? Here's your solution for engaging and enriching differentiation. I've put together a wide assortment of tried and true classroom workshops that have been used for a school GATE Program. These activities were created to be enriching and unlike standard curriculum found in a regular classroom. Check them out if you're looking for support materials to meet the needs of these students in grades 4-6! Click on the picture to follow the link.

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Workshop model is a fantastic instructional method in most classrooms, but you still have to make tweaks to help it reach all of your learners. If you've been wanting to try it with gifted students but haven't been able to figure out how to accommodate them in the workshop model, then this blog post's for you! I share my best suggestions for differentiating instruction for advanced learners in workshop. A free framework is included to help you get started! #giftededucation #workshopmodel

With divergent thinking, the possibilities are endless! For some students, thinking creatively and out-of-the-box comes naturally. For others, modeling is needed in the beginning. With practice, all your students can train their brains to think creatively and see things in a different way. If you follow my blog, you have read about my V-8 moments in teaching. Do you remember the old commercials where the actor is drinking something and then sees V-8 and bangs his/her head and says, "I should…

These playful puzzles encourage critical thinking, creativity, and laughter, making them perfect for any time kids need a brain-boost!

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One of my goals as a teacher is to bring out the creativity and joy of learning out in students. I like to pose questions, get them to think, and have them create. I mean, that's what all of us want to do, right? But, honestly, it seems as though somewhere along the lines, the inquiry and ingenuity that kids should intrinsically show has disappeared. They simply want to be TOLD what to do at all times. I understand why. In an age of testing and dog and pony shows and the need to "get stuff…

Teach STEM challenges and Growth Mindset activities together using fairy tale partner plays (free download)

Ever wondered if a gifted language arts curriculum could be a good fit for your #homeschool? Here's our experience using curriculum from William & Mary's Center for Gifted Education.