Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work, also has a book called Newspaper Blackout. He recently participated in a Twitter chat, #edbookchat, co-moderated by Chris Couch (@the_explicator), which found its way into my Twitter stream. Austin, who lives in Austin (fancy that!), has posted some of his poetry on his … Read more
Frontiers for Young Minds is a journal about neuroscience that is actually edited by kids between 8 and 18 years old. According to this article from CBC News, the idea for the journal was dreamed up by Bob Knight, who serves as the editor in chief, and is also a professor at UC Berkeley. It … Read more
UPDATE 1/26/2021 – Here is my up-to-date Wakelet collection of Valentine’s Day resources. Since I only see most of my students once a week, I have to think ahead when it comes to holidays. It suddenly struck me that we are in the middle of January, and I haven’t given thought to Valentine’s Day, yet. … Read more
Update 4/11/2022: This poetry lesson, along with many others, appears in my Poetry Wakelet collection. Click here to find more free ideas! I don’t often repeat lessons from one year to the next. But this has been one of my favorites to use with my 4th grade GT students during my career. The only change … Read more
I am continuing my series of “Gifts for the Gifted” posts today by recommending a game that occupied my daughter for many days after receiving it for Christmas a couple of years ago when she was 8. And, I must admit, I played it a lot, too! My daughter and I both love word games … Read more
My gifted 2nd graders study the theme, “Structures,” and begin the year with animal structures. I recently saw this fabulous article on Edutopia, “Superhero Science” by Autumn Ware, that inspired me to leverage student interest in superheroes as a route for researching interesting animals. Experience has taught me that scaffolding is particularly important with these … Read more