This resource helps you guide your students in learning about various countries and cultures around the world. Other curriculum areas are incorporated in the activities provided as you study about each country in depth. Teaching notes, blackline maps, extension activities, a list of foreign words and phrases, and a bibliography of fiction and non-fiction books for each country help you to organize your study. This guide covers Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, China, Japan, India, Russia, Asia, France, Italy, Greece, the U.K., Norway, and finally Egypt and Kenya.
Beyond Five in a Row contains literature unit studies for ages 8 to 12. Chapter books, rather than picture books, are used, but families of profoundly gifted children will probably wish to use these unit studies before age 8 (they may begin anytime the child is ready to read chapter books). Literature selected includes such children's classics as The Cricket in Times Square, Homer Price, The Boxcar Children, and Sarah Plain and Tall. Instructions for the homeschooling parent and interdisciplinary hands-on activities are included.
Recognized gifted curriculum leader Joyce VanTassel-Baska covers acceleration, incorporating higher order process skills into content, concept development, and developing creative student products. Each chapter shows how the integrated curriculum model relates to curricular standards advanced by national organizations.
"The K-6 Everyday Mathematics curriculum encourages teachers and students to go beyond arithmetic--to explore more of the mathematics spectrum by investigating data gathering and analysis, probability, geometry, patterns, and algebra. Mathematics is integrated into other subject areas and becomes part of the ongoing classroom routines, outdoor play, and the spare transitional moments that occur every day."
This curriculum guide contains directions for a number of hands-on activities in geography, such as board games, books, a "Passport Luncheon," a biblical map activity entitled "Joseph's Journey," genealogy geography, relief maps, and active games. The guide was designed by two homeschooling mothers who are also co-authors of the books "Gifted Children at Home," a guide to homeschooling gifted children. Christian emphasis.
The KONOS Character Curriculum is a multi-level, K-8 curriculum guide which allows a homeschooling parent to teach several ages of children from the same materials. The units are designed around desirable character traits, and incorporate many elements appropriate for gifted pupils, including an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum, challenging hands-on projects, enrichment suggestions, and the possibility of placing a child at accelerated or varied levels within the curriculum. A nondenominational Christian curriculum, this program was originally designed for Mrs. Hulcy's own highly gifted children.
In addition to the 12 model lessons provided, this book from Sandra Kaplan and Michael Cannon, includes a step-by-step guide to developing lessons that emphasize depth and complexity. All of the materials focus on ways to align the middle school curriculum wtih established national standards and offer strategies to evaluate learner achievement.
In this book developed from veteran gifted educators Simons, Hood, Peters, Sheets, Gilcrest and Wiedle, introduces five new units of instruction. Students in grades 2-7 will enjoy experimenting with static electricity; exploring the properties of rocks, gems and minerals; creating and presenting advertising campaigns; and investigating and taking action on real-world issues.
This handbook is a great resource for educators and parents. Authors Tomlinson, Kaplan, Renzulli, Purcell, Leppien, Burns, have given a new outlook on developing curriculum and instruction for gifted students by presenting heavyweight curriculum by well known leaders in gifted education.
"We Care" contains thirty units of study organized into nine monthly sections, each unit includes hundreds of activities in multiple curriculum areas, and all units have been classroom tested. "We Care" provides a well-balanced curriculum in an easy-to-follow organizational format and has been proven to have effective content for two through five year olds. This book can be a tool to enrich each child's educational opportunities.
These books teach vocabulary by giving students words to read in context, to write in sentences, and to recognize their meaning in exercises.
More than 3000 different vocabulary words are introduced and taught in a series of nine books of increasing difficulties. Words are drawn from literature, textbooks, and SAT-I vocabulary lists.
This is a comprehensive curriculum guide for developmental word study.
Free Spirit produces award-winning gifted resources that help children and teens think for themselves, succeed in life, and make a difference in the world.
This online curriculum reatiler features an alphabetical list of classic novels that Glencoe has developed into literature study packages. They provide a brief description of each book along with a list of related readings and a downloadable study guide. The related readings include poems, articles, essays and short stories. The study guide is in a PDF format and can be downloaded and copied. They sell the packages complete with a hardcover copy of the book, the readings and the study guide.
As the nation's leading educational publisher for grades 6-12, Glencoe provides more of what you need to teach effectively and efficiently - and to meet the diverse learning needs of your students.
This vendor provides curriculum guides and staff development for English/Language Arts teachers.
Leadership Publishers Inc. was founded by Lois Roets in 1982 to provide educational materials for educators serving talented and gifted students. The company continues to provide books and workshops for talented and gifted students, their parents and school districts.
The purpose of this Colorado-based company is to serve those who live and work with gifted children. A variety of books, CD's, and audio tapes that discuss giftedness are available. They also provide a journal for parents, educators and counselors called Understanding Our Gifted.
Stenhouse Publishing offers a wide variety of curriculum books. According to the website they offer: Professional Materials by Teachers for Teachers.
This online curriculum website is offered by the Californis Department of Education. The SCORE Literature Cyberguides were designed as part of a California-wide effort to create model supplemental and enrichment materials based on California's state standards in reading and language arts. The units are available in four levels: K-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12; a few units are also available in Spanish. Each unit clearly delineates the standards covered by the unit; specifies materials needed; and provides step-by-step instructions for the unit activities, including accompanying websites (some with primary source materials). The units include both modern and classic literature; almost 200 units are currently available.
This mixed-media algebra uses an innovative system of manipulative "weights" to teach the theory behind algebraic math.
This kit includes a teacher's guide (video available seperately), 3 levels of study, classroom sheets, answer key and student manipulatives.