Description
Become introduced to some exciting and innovative ways you can serve your G/T students in a traditional classroom. Not only will you learn the concepts and theory for serving gifted students, but you will also discover specific resources, project ideas, and activities that you can begin using in your classroom right away.In this course you will learn:
- The importance of pre-assessing students before accelerating them
- How to take a literature circle experience and make it meaningful
- The benefits of teaching Bloom’s Taxonomy in literature
- Ways in which depth and complexity can be developed in book studies
- The importance of “non-standard problem solving” for gifted students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Jose Luis – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great training
CHASETIE – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
easy to follow and understand
Cynthia – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting, and loads of information.
Salome – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was was very helpful for my classroom.
Brandi – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked a little more indepth connections to TAG.
Brandee – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Allison – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
loves the book choices presented
Veronica – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that they explained literature circles and their way of doing it including the bloom’s taxology questions
Josephine – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jakeira – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative. Some of the slides/ideas were quick and rushed.
Donna – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
John – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great job
Fernando – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Amy – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Mostly common sense, but a good refresh.
Marie – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Helpful if specific literature examples and problem solving examples are needed for mid-upper elementary
Amanda – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for lit circles!
Katelyne – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Immediately applicable, well-organized, and full of project ideas!
Sydney – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very thoughtful insight that makes it easy to implement in the classroom.
Kim – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Emily – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The personality and humor made this training easier to stay engaged while still doing a good job of sharing information.
Maria Junna – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and so informative
Gloria – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a great introductory lesson for TAG in the elementary classroom. It focuses more on upper elementary and not lower elementary if that is what you are looking for.
Brittany – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I love this course!
Vikki – EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course!
Jassmine – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
I liked the ELA activities.
I do not teach math so that part was not useful.
James – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
I didnt like this topic at all
Lauren – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Valuable information!
Jean Ann – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I felt that this course provided some excellent choices to use when teaching a book study, as well as, gave me some insight into how to help gifted students think for themselves on a more creative level.
Erin – HUFFMAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very useful
Rhonda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas presented for the lit circles really were such an easy shift in thinking for me. The students will have think deeper and in turn get a much deeper understanding of the book. The problem solving ideas really help develop metacognition.
Jose – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information.
Shanna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ideas on how to teach students to summarize a book.
Melissa – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Helpful for pre-assessment data
Patricia – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
This course gave me real hands on information that I can use in my classroom right now!
Lendi – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
good course
Marcela – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The course helps to remember and reinforce the way GT students think
Norma – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Jose Luis – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned new instructional strategies that I can use in my classroom.
Alicia – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Fact paces, specific, high-quality work examples.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Stephanie – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
helped me to better understand how to get students to critically think.
Deena – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the way the presenters allowed students ownership of their learning in the projects and lessons taught.
Maria E. – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting course.
Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Jennifer – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Very imformative!
Vicki – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
It has some good points on how to get students to write questions on higher level thinking