by Nancy Polette

Blunder or Brainstorm presents not only fact and fiction statements, but also offers an original limerick for each of the inventors. From Archimedes to the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell to Alfred Nobel. Students learn about the first friction match, the first computer program, the first car, Velcro®, Coca-Cola,® Smith Brothers’® Cough Drops, Colt’s revolver and more. Great for just reading or to stimulate socialstudies research

by Nancy Polette

What do the stories of these famous people tell us about persistence, perseverance, resolve, determination, achievement, accomplishment, victory and success? Enjoy the humor of the cariactures - writers, entertainers, musicians, sports figures, inventors, scientists, presidents, and military and world leaders, and discover how life experience influenced their successes.
THIS BOOK IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH “IMAGES OF GREATNESS”

WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
Leaders Guide CD-ROM

By Dr. Karen Meador

Make these 12 standards-based learning centers an integral part of your instruction, providing enrichment or a learning place where students go after completing or compacting out of their work. Differentiation is accomplished by tiering – varying student resources and materials, adjusting the level of thinking, required, changing the product, or modifying the objective. These tiered activities provide for various ability levels in math, language arts, science and social studies and higher levels of critical and creative thinking.

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR STUDENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & EVALUATION

by Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D.,& Kristen R. Stephens, Ph.D.

Looking for ways to make teaching more fun? Introduce your students to the wonderfully creative projects found in The Ultimate Guide for Student Product Development & Evaluation! This book offers a step-by-step introduction to using creative projects in your classroom confidently. It includes ideas for integrating projects into your existing curriculum; ways to help students plan and create their projects; and easy, effective evaluation strategies, as well as strategies for making sure your students’ hard work is noticed by students, parents, and community members. This book promises to bring life to your classroom!

INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS FOR GIFTED & TALENTED LEARNERS

Featuring 13 ready-to-use instructional units that were designed and tested by classroom teachers and aligned with established national standards, Instructional Units for Gifted & Talented Learners is guaranteed to save you hours of planning time. Units such as a Middle Ages simulation, a folktale analysis, and an exploration of law are found in this exciting book. The creative lessons included cover all of the core academic areas for grades K-6. Lessons include clear standards-based objectives; creative activities; assessments strategies for each unit.

Helping Gifted Children Soar:  A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers

Carol A. Strip with Gretchen Hirsch

This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working together, evaluating classroom programs, forming parent support groups, choosing appropriate curriculum, meeting social and emotional needs, surviving the ups and downs, and much more!  The information and useful advice provided make this book an idea resource both for those just starting out in the gifted field as well as those who are seasoned veterans.

QUICK AND LIVELY
Meaningful Ways to Keep Kids Engaged During Transition Time, Downtime or Anytime. Book & CD-ROM

by Linda Nason McElherne, M.A.

Make the most of every moment in the classroom. These enjoyable activities are perfect for 15- to 20-minute periods during the day. The 260 activities are grouped into 52 themes, including My Special Talent, Celebrating Differences, Managing My Time, Imagining My Future, Showing My Art and Soul, and more. Each includes an inspiring quotation, discussion questions, an affirmation, and resources. Includes 53 reproducible handout masters. The included CD-ROM is for PC and Macintosh. Previously titled Jump Starters.

Writing: One Day At a Time

by Liz Bass

The secret to writing is writing! 201 writing exercises, sequentially designed. Includes grammar, vocabulary building, and spelling exercises. Writing opportunities include descriptions, mottoes, narratives, expository paragraphs, as well as stories, poems, research skills. Great for a year-long journal experience.

The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids: How to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Programs for Gifted Youth K-12

by Jim Delisle, Ph.D. & Barbara A. Lewis

Being a gifted education teacher has always posed special challenges. This book gives gifted teachers the information, advice, and encouragement they need. They explain how to set the foundation for gifted programs; how to evaluate, identify, and select students; how to differentiate the regular curriculum for gifted kids (with lesson samples); and how to extend or enrich the content areas among parents, other teachers, and students, and how to develop the necessary survival skills. Recommended for any teacher who works with gifted kids in any setting.

Growing Good Kids

Deb Delisle & Jim Delisle

Creative and fun activities build students' skills in problem solving, decision making, cooperative learning, divergent thinking, communication, and more, while promoting self-awareness, tolerance, character development, and service to others. Teachers will turn to Growing Good Kids whenever they need a meaningful and enjoyable enrichment activity. Students create books, write stories, resolve to help others, consider the character traits of successful leaders, explore their own values, and more. All activities are step-by-step and classroom-tested; many include extensions and variations for use in the classroom, at home, and in the community.

Teaching Tools for the 22nd Century

Carolyn Coil

New and experienced teachers need the best teaching tools to meet the needs of students entering the 22nd century. This book presents "tools" to success to use to teach creatively, tools to provide for different Learning Styles. Learning Modalities, the Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, Assessment, Cultural Diversity, Inclusions. Gifted Education, Conflict, Parent/Teacher Collaboration; and discusses the role of technology. Her lesson plan formats are essential for teaching the whole child.

The Research Book for Gifted Programs K-8

By Nancy Polette

A detailed, practical discussion of Thinking Skills and Research Skills precedes 100s of ready-to-reproduce activities for primary, intermediate, and middle school students. The Research Skills Taxonomy checklist helps teachers manage student skill levels before they proceed with suggested activities. Resources students use include the dictionary, encyclopedia, Internet, atlas, and almanac.

Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than Four Hundred Famous Men and Women

Victor Goertzel, Mildred Goertzel, Ted Goertzel, and Ariel Hanson

What were the common childhood experiences of 400 eminent adults? This exciting update of the 1964 edition includes new biographies and key findings such as: Most had at least one ambitious, driving parent; Their parents were highly opinionated; Many parents, especially mothers, dominated their children's lives; As children, few liked school or their teachers; Nearly all showed the characteristics used today to identify gifted children.

Motivating Underachievers
(with cd-rom)

By Carolyn Coil

This edition is jammed with workable, practical strategies to manage and solve the problem of underachievement in all learners. Strategies address self esteem, study skills, time management, organizational skills, test taking tips, intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, how to work with parents, and how to work within the school environment.

Independant Study: Where Creative Minds Expand
(with cd-rom)

by Dodie Merritt

Independent study allows students to experience the excitement and empowerment that comes from setting learning goals, generated steps to achieve them, and finally achieving them. The teaching suggestions, tools, reproducibles, and graphic organizers in Independent Study help students move from structured independence to shared independence, and ultimately to self-guided learning.