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Gifted Services. Central Bucks School District. Chapter 16 Regulations. Characteristics of Gifted Students. Winebrenner , Susan. Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom. Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners. Differentiation. What does it look like?.
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Gifted Services Central Bucks School District
Characteristics of Gifted Students Winebrenner, Susan. Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
What does it look like? • Reading Groups by Level and/or Interest • Choice of Writing Topics • Mathematics Extension Activities • Menus/Choices for Projects and Assignments • Independent Learning Contracts • Independent Reading Conferences • Writing Conferences • Project M3 • Math Acceleration • Honors and Advanced Placement Courses
Vocabulary Enrichment Synonyms: Sentence: Definition: Word: Antonyms: Example: Stems: Analysis: Word Families: Origin: Parts of Speech:
Vocabulary Enrichment Synonyms: Malicious, vicious, spiteful, hostile Sentence: “A bad idea, Professor Lockhart,” said Snape, gliding over like a large and malevolent bat. Definition: Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious having an evil or harmful influence Word: malevolent Antonyms: benevolent, charitable, gracious Example: Malevolent is to villain As benevolent is to hero Maleficent was a malevolent villain. Part of Speech: Adjective Analysis Stems: mal-; male-; bad, badly Volens (velle): to want, to wish Word Families: malice, malicious, malign, malady, malignant, malaria Origin: Latin
Science Enrichment • Go to Gapminder: http://www.gapminder.org/ . Click on the “Gapminder World” tab and learn #2, #3, and #4 as marked on the screenshot below:
Science Enrichment • After you have learned the basics of Gapminder, click the data tab and explore the data sets that are in the ENERGY category. There are about 25 data sets on energy. Here are the first few: • Choose one data set to analyze and present to your class. In addition, research ways that Americans can conserve on energy and build this into your presentation.