As the story goes~ little Gillians school life was a mess. Poor tests scores~ shabby work~ disorganized. Worse~ she couldnt sit still. After receiving a call from the school~ Gillians mom took her to a psychologist. After interviewing the mom and Gillian for a while~ the psychologist left Gillian in the room~ but not before turning on a radio.

Watch your daughter~ he told Gillians mom.

Within minutes~ Gillian began moving to the beat in a very natural~ almost primal manner.

Traditionally~ the term gifted was considered a noun~ rather than a verb.

Being gifted was something you are~ not something you do.

That theory was rattled when Dr. Joseph Renzulli of the University of Connecticut questioned whether gifted was strictly determined by an individuals I.Q. or whether other factors were involved. Renzulli developed the Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness~ which basically stated that gifted behavior was displayed when three elements overlapped: above-...

Using the News in your Classroom
Homing pigeons are known for their abilities to return back to a destination but it sees that one particular bird took a detour during a 600 mile race in Japan. Last week~ the year old racing pigeon~that left during a race on May 10th~ was found on Vancouver Island~ Canada-5000 mile away from Japan! It is believed that the unnamed racing pigeon may have hitched a...

If you have read any of my previous posts~ you know I am a huge advocate of incorporating gifted best practices into mainstream education.
Im going to share another model~ designed by gifted education researchers~ that could make a big difference in your reading instruction~ and subsequently~ students reading scores

.
The program is called SEM-R and was designed by Dr. Sally Weis and other researchers from the University of Connecticut. SEM-R has been tried and tested...