Category: teaching
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Starting the new year with Gifted Education
The start to the new school year is a great time to reassess what worked well in the past and the changes that can be made. However, most importantly, it is a time to connect with formally identified students and classroom teachers so that assessment and support can be started immediately. Supporting teachers through looking…
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The first six weeks – Gifted students
The first six weeks is vital in any classroom – for the teacher and students and seeing as this is a gifted blog – how can we make sure we are supporting our gifted students in the first six weeks? We still need to get to know them but go beyond just likes and dislikes.…
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Remote learning and Gifted Education
Many of us in NSW have been suddenly thrown into stricter lockdowns and remote learning once again but we need to remember that there is so much opportunity to extend and challenge our gifted students when they are learning from home as it can be more self directed, higher challenge and much more opportunity to…
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Using the Kaplan model – novel studies
The Kaplan model is an excellent model to help you to add more challenge to your literacy lessons. This model was developed by Sandra Kaplan & Bette Gould with the underlying aim to develop students skills in different real life expertise areas. They looked at different experts from many disciplines and worked out which 11…
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Adding challenge to a passion project
Passion projects are a bit of a buzz word and can be lots of fun for students to take part in – they get to choose what they study and also how the present it. But are they learning? When we create passion projects we need to make sure that there is: Challenge Limited amount…
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Programming for challenge
When we start a new year or a new topic most teachers are lucky enough to be given a program from the year before to use. This can be fantastic as it saves time and also inspires ideas for the current year but there are many things we need to do before we use the…
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Encouraging creative thinking
All children need to be encouraged to think creatively but our gifted learners are able to really go beyond what we imagine the responses to be. Having a weekly prompt to encourage more than just creative writing helps with not only creative thinking but also problem solving, independent ideas, collaborative planning and working on ideas…
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Asking open ended questions
Open ended questions and activities are what gets kids moving, excited and engaged. What are open ended questions? Open ended questions are those that have a myriad of responses. Open ended questions allow us to embrace different ways of thinking and responding and can often, at times, waken our own thinking up as we learn…
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Mathematics and Gifted Education
Many educators and parents are often quick to jump onto online games, free worksheets and you tube tutorials to help support mathematics. But what about gifted students? At times, most gifted students do need support from a teacher in the classroom – even if it is a quick five minute lesson. But do they need…
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Depth and Complexity for Gifted students
So you have a gifted child and you are remote learning? The activities being provided online may not be ideal for your child as teachers juggle the new platform and catering for all students. So what can you do with a frustrated child and perhaps worried parent? Projects! A great way to support your gifted…
Extend, Empower, Enrich 