A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years
A Teacher’s 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 self-discovery 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.

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A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years
A Teacher’s 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 self-discovery 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.

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A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years

A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years

by DJ Graham
A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years

A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Gifted Middle School Students: Reaching Adolescents in the Pivotal Years

by DJ Graham

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A Teacher’s 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 self-discovery 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032363684
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 04/04/2023
Pages: 172
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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. It’s Elements of Differentiation, My Dear Watson 6. Let There Be Dinosaurs! 7. Lesson Planbook Commentary 8. What’s in a Grade? 9. The Need for Mentors 10. Every Sidekick Needs a Hero Conclusion Appendix

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