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Giftedness:  "It speaks of talent, which includes all areas of a child's life:  academic, artistic, athletic, and social.  Most schools limit their definition and their programs to academics, but it is important to focus on performance and accomplishment

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Giftedness:  "It speaks of talent, which includes all areas of a child's life:  academic, artistic, athletic, and social.  Most schools limit their definition and their programs to academics, but it is important to focus on performance and accomplishment

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Schools are the main source of identifying gifted students which gives the students the opportunity to be in the school's gifted program.

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What parents should use when working with their child's school?

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What parents should use when working with their child's school?

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*tests vs grades
*ability vs achievement
*standardized testing

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School select certain students who they evaluate to see if they qualify
The first round of those selected is often subjective and critical

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1) They are problem solvers
2) They define their success as getting an A and consider themselves failing if they get anything less than an A.
3)They are often idealistic and a perfectionist
4) They are asynchronous
5) They are extremely sensitive to their own expectations and those of others.

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*Students that are gifted will possess some common characteristics. If your student in the classroom shows these characteristics consistently, there is a good chance that student is gifted.

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It can be a joy and a frustration working with a gifted student. A gifted student is someone whose intelligence-usually described as an IQ score resulting from either one test or a multiple of tests of 130 or above. The result is described as a paradox.

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*One who is disruptive, doesn't do well and messes around in class could very well be gifted.

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*One who is disruptive, doesn't do well and messes around in class could very well be gifted.

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*Gifted students usually hold an unusual talent in one or possibly two area.  There are six different areas where you can find giftedness.  Some may have one or more but no child will be gifted in all six.

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*Gifted students usually hold an unusual talent in one or possibly two area.  There are six different areas where you can find giftedness.  Some may have one or more but no child will be gifted in all six.

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*good motor coordination
*observant
*exhibits creative expression

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6 ways to meet the Needs of Gifted and Bright kids' needs...without putting a lot of work on yourself

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6 ways to meet the Needs of Gifted and Bright kids' needs...without putting a lot of work on yourself

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1) Cluster group
2) All or give bright and gifted kids an alternative assignment
3) make them Roving Assistants Occasionally
4) Let the students Teach a lesson
5) As Appropriate, allow students to join a higher grades's class for a given subject
6) skip on or more grades

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What Am I going to do as a Teacher to accommodate a Gifted/Talented Student

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What Am I going to do as a Teacher to accommodate a Gifted/Talented Student

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1) I will let go of the idea of "normal."  I want to give all of my students the opportunity to grow individually, not from where my training courses say where they should be
2) I will involve parents as resource locators, I want to collaborate with the parents and work together to make sure the child's needs are being met
3)I want to Explore Acceleration. I want to allow students to go to classes with other students who are at the same level developmentally, instead of with their age students

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How can Teachers develop an environment in the classroom that will nurture and challenge gifted learners:

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How can Teachers develop an environment in the classroom that will nurture and challenge gifted learners:

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-Independent Projects
-Academic Competition
-Vertical Enrichment
-Find a Mentor
-Try a new approach
-Use Bloom's Taxonomy
-Multiple Intelligences
-Use Technology
-Leveling Assignments

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*Just because a student gets all A's, acts well in class and works hard doesn't mean that they are gifted

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*Just because a student gets all A's, acts well in class and works hard doesn't mean that they are gifted

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*organized
*self-confident
*has good judgement when making decisions

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*Advanced comprehension
*good ability with memorization
*has a high success in academics in a special interest area

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*well coordinated
*high energy level
*challenged by difficult athletic activities

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*Excited about new ideas
*Self-starter
*observant

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*challenges by creative tasks
*Independent thinker
*will come up with several solutions to a problem