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Erica
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gifted and talented?
my SD does not have one, but my principal wants me to try to start a G&T in disguise (to please the parents)
I'm going to pull out a few students at a time to do special projects. I really have no clue what to do with them that it will be fun. I would like to start out with a book club, but other than that, I have nothing.
any ideas or websites/resources that you use?
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Posted 9/4/09 7:17 PM  |
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mathteach
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Re: gifted and talented?
I sadly can NOT offer you any help from a teaching stand point, but maybe I can help as a parent.
In our schools they do a math, science, technology component in the elem schools and then a focus on Russia in the middle school. In the elem schools they took trips to Cold Spring Harbor labs, got to do dissections (yep, 5th gr) and would get to do way more with computers (research, etc...) than they could in class.
In middle school they learned all about Russian life and culture and spent 3 years on the language.
When I was in G&T we did a whole unit on Greek Mythology. 25 years later, I still remember most of it.
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| Posted 9/4/09 9:06 PM |
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EK52508
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Re: gifted and talented?
i will be teaching the gifted class this year. I am a big fan of renzulli.com they have a lot of online projects that are tailored to students interest. Also I am a big fan of portalportal where you can post link to websites they can vist and investigate topics.
hth
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| Posted 9/5/09 11:07 AM |
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Erica
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Re: gifted and talented?
thanks for the ideas! renzulli looks interesting, but there server is down - i can't register right now...hopefully on tuesday
maybe I can do cultural studies: ancient greece-learning the greek alphabet; ancient rome - learning latin phrases; etc with China, Japan, South America, Mexico, etc
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| Posted 9/5/09 12:23 PM |
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jerseychick
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Re: gifted and talented?
I teach a g&t pullout. We study 2 in-depth topics per year (such as inventions, mysteries), and do some projects associated with those topics. We do brainteasers, and the Math Olympiads (a math contest). I love this website for their "brain games"
sheppardsoftware
FM me if you want more info.
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| Posted 9/6/09 10:54 AM |
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4monkeys
boys will be boys =)
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Re: gifted and talented?
wow, erica, sounds like an amazing opportunity for you! (& you should be proud to be asked by the Principal to head something like that!)
Im sure you'll run with it and do great !
lots of luck with it ! 
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| Posted 9/6/09 10:16 PM |
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