Curriculum
Curriculum
- Quitman Elementary School Curriculum - The kindergarten through sixth grade curriculums presented on this school's website do an excellent job of summarizing the Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies knowledge and skills required by the TEKS.
- The John Cooper School Curriculum Guide - This private school's curriclum guide is an outstanding model for teaching seventh through twelfth grade students.
Sample Calendars for Covering Curriculum
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Kelly's Kindergarten Monthly Homework - These monthly calendars do a great job presenting the order in which an experienced kindergarten teacher introduces and covers those skills which make up the kindergarten curriculum.
- Mrs. Fischer's Kinder Themes - Monthly calender of themes with links to activities, songs, lessons, and books. Suitable for Pre-K and Kindergarten.
- Little Giraffes Themes - Monthly calender of themes with links to cross-curricular, hands-on activities.
- Holidays Pre-School Activities and Crafts - Monthly calender of common and not so common holidays with links to activities and crafts. Themes include Chinese New Year, Martin Luther King Day, Mozart's Birthday, Black History Month, Dental Health Month, Groundhog Day, Mardi Gras, President's Day, Valentine's Day, Dr. Seuss's Birthday, Nutrition Month, Poison Prevention Week, St. Patrick's Day, Arbor Day, Earth Day, Easter, Firefighter Day, Cinco de Mayo, Space Day, Aesop's Birthday, Paul Bunyan Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, Picasso's Birthday, Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, and Christmas.
- Mrs. Bonzer's First Grade Themes - Monthly calender of themes with links to rhymes, lessons, activities, crafts, and boook lists.
Lesson Plans
- A Nation at Risk - The Imperative for Educational Reform - This 1983 report by President Reagan's National Commission on Excellence and Education highlighted the nation's failure to adequately identify and serve Gifted Students and contributed to the development of gifted education.
- National Excellence - A Case for Developing Amercia's Talent - This 1993 U. S. Department of Education report described how the United States had not challenged gifted and talented students to reach their full potential, making it impossible for Americans to effectively compete in the global economy.
- A Nation Deceived - This 2004 research-based report supports the acceleration of gifted students.
- National Association for Gifted Education - Resources for Educators - This site offers information and support for teachers wishing to best meet the needs of gifted students.
- Pre-K Through 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards - Nationally accepted standards for gifted education. Topics include Assessment, Curriclum Planning and Instruction, and Learning Environments.
- Gifted Glossary - The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented's glossary of terms.
- What is Giftedness? - This Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented webpage describes indicators and characteristics of gifted students, needs of gifted students, and strengths commonly found in gifted students and the corresponding challenges they face.
- Gifted and Talented Teacher Toolkit - Compiled by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), this site includes information on the practical application of Bloom's Taxonomy, Bruner's Discovery Learning, Kaplan's Scholarly Behaviors, Differentiated Instrction, the Pacing and Enrichment of Content Knowledge, Student Product Development, and Student Research of Special Interest Topics.
- The State of Gifted Education in Texas - This 2008 document from the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented covers state mandates and standards for gifted education.
- Hoagie's Gifted Education Page - This page describes characteristics of the gifted and links to sub-pages filled with advice for working with Young Gifted Students, Gifted Adolescents, and Highly Gifted Individuals.
- Issues Associated with Highly Gifted Students - This page links to dozens of pages dealing with issues associated with Highly Gifted and Generally Gifted students.
