Overview
This book is designed to help Ku8 teachers identify a studentAEs areas of potential giftedness and provide appropriate activities and units of study to develop and nurture their talents. Strengthening instruction by helping educators identify childrenAEs strengths early, Identifying and Enhancing the Strengths of Gifted Learners, K-8: Easy-to-Use Activities and Lessons offers challenging and engaging lessons and activities that lead to immediate informal assessment of studentsAE strengths and needs. The materials cover the cognitive, affective, and creative areas and assist teachers in planning programs and learning experiences to develop studentsAE abilities, including 'analysis activities' to extend and enrich the everyday curriculum.
Full Product Details
Author: Ann Marie Maccagnano
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9781412951982
ISBN 10: 1412951984
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 20 June 2007
Recommended Age: 0 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
The projects are teacher-tested and the ideas presented are challenging, creative, and fun. The author is very experienced and uses that experience to give proven and useful activities, evaluative tools, and rubrics for the gifted. -- Ken Klopack, Art & Gifted Education Consultant The ideas in this book are great! Teachers are looking for ideas to work with children with diverse strengths and talents. This book offers those ideas. -- Raynice Jean-Sigur, Assistant Professor An extensive and useful collection of easily implemented lessons and activities that teachers will use often. In particular, I appreciated the rationale for providing unique educational experiences for gifted students. -- Mary Johnson, Principal The activities are wonderful. They are clearly explained, easy to administer, and entertaining. -- Frank Buck, Curriculum Supervisor Provides teachers and student teachers with easy activities and lesson plans to be integrated into any school curriculum. -- The Bookwatch, July 2007
The projects are teacher-tested and the ideas presented are challenging, creative, and fun. The author is very experienced and uses that experience to give proven and useful activities, evaluative tools, and rubrics for the gifted. -- Ken Klopack, Art & Gifted Education Consultant 20061128 The ideas in this book are great! Teachers are looking for ideas to work with children with diverse strengths and talents. This book offers those ideas. -- Raynice Jean-Sigur, Assistant Professor 20061128 An extensive and useful collection of easily implemented lessons and activities that teachers will use often. In particular, I appreciated the rationale for providing unique educational experiences for gifted students. -- Mary Johnson, Principal 20061128 The activities are wonderful. They are clearly explained, easy to administer, and entertaining. -- Frank Buck, Curriculum Supervisor 20061128 Provides teachers and student teachers with easy activities and lesson plans to be integrated into any school curriculum. -- The Bookwatch, July 2007 20070810
Author Information
Ann Maccagnano is a gifted and talented specialist in the Kenmore Town of Tonawanda School District in New York. A teacher of gifted students for the past 11 years, Maccagnano has a master’s degree in elementary education with a Gifted Education Extension Certificate and has received the Outstanding Undergraduate in Elementary Education (OUEE) Finalist Award.
