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Sunday, April 11 is Holocaust Remembrance Day: Links to Lessons and Classroom Activities

Sunday, April 11 marks the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. In Hebrew, Holocaust Remembrance Day is called Yom Hashoah. When the actual...
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Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" a great read...share it in the classroom before the Movie Nov 13

Fantastic Mr. Fox was written by Roald Dahl in 1970, but its humor, charm and lessons are timeless. This is a fun read-aloud, full of surprises and...
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C-SPAN 2010 StudentCam Competition for students in grades 6-12

C-Span 2010 StudentCam Competition C-SPAN's StudentCam is a national video documentary competition that encourages students to think about...
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Spooktacular classroom reading for Halloween: Cinderhazel by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Great reading instruction is a combination of phonics/published series approach and literature based whole language instruction. Literature-based...
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Standards through literature: Louis Sachar "Dogs Don't Tell Jokes"

Teaching lessons through literature is an engaging way for students to learn important content standards while discovering the joy of reading....
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Rainard parents raise $75,000 in one night; Reach for the Stars Gala

Head of School, Dr. Todd Deveau, announced this week that the Gala raised over $75,000 earlier this month as donations continue to trickle in. The...
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What is Gifted Education(part1) on Chinese International TV

Here is the first segment of an hour long interview on International (Chinese) TV 55.5 KTBU-Houston. It is in English and Chinese.I have edited out...
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Newspaper ad for Rainard School for Gifted Students

I wrote this newspaper advertisement to coincide with the TV ad I told you about last week (click on the boy‘s picture at the left). The ad...
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2012 Hawaii Gifted Conference

It’s hot. No doubt about it. But six months from now it is likely to be very cold for most of us, at least in the northern hemisphere, and we...
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The WiseOnes program from “down under” now available for gifted students

Pat Slattery in Melbourne, Australia owns a unique gifted program called WiseOnes which she has successfully used “down under” since...
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