A Teachers Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students
provides insight to help you gain a better understanding of your gifted students during a pivotal time in their development.
Employing pop culture, personal stories, and prompts for reflection, this text considers major factors impacting gifted middle school students including self-image, the need for differentiated content, the importance of slowing down, the value of mentors, and ways to instill hope during this ? more often than not ? difficult time. Full of practical examples for how you can work to address both the academic and social-emotional needs of your students, this book champions middle school as an important time for selfdiscovery and developing passions.
Engaging and informative, this inspiring new book is a must read for all teachers seeking to positively influence their students during this unique and critical time in their lives.
A Teachers Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students provides insight to help you better understand your gifted students during a pivotal time in their development.
Acknowledgements Meet the Author Foreword Introduction
1. Lisa Simpson,
Calvin, and Spider-Man Walk into a Classroom
2. Looking in the Mirror and
Liking Who You See
3. A Mantra Not Worth Living By
4. Putting it into
Practice
5. Its Elements of Differentiation, My Dear Watson
6. Let There Be
Dinosaurs!
7. Lesson Planbook Commentary
8. Whats in a Grade?
9. The Need
for Mentors
10. Every Sidekick Needs a Hero Conclusion Appendix
DJ Graham is Principal of the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy, a middle and high school for gifted learners in Phoenix, Arizona. He provides insights, experience, and guidance as a speaker at state and national education conferences, focusing on the social-emotional and academic needs of gifted adolescents and integrating pop culture into the curriculum.
