Eventually, each resource below will be linked to its Amazon.com page. This is so that you can see the cover, the author(s), the date, a description, reviews, and other related texts. We have them here at Springville, so please just email me or stop by to request these materials.
NEW! Making Differentiation a Habit: How to Ensure Success in Academically Diverse Classrooms
NEW! The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners (for 5-12 Grade)
Assessing Differentiated Student Products: A Protocol for Development and Evaluation
Student Product Development & Evaluation: The Ultimate Guide
Serving Gifted Students Within An RtI Framework
Kinggore Observation Inventory (KOI)
Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics With Gifted and Advanced Learners
Iowa Acceleration Scale (IAS), Third Edition
Normalizing Data for Identification of Gifted Students
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students - Volume 1 and Volume 2
Below are many resources for differentiation and for gifted students. We have some series that have the same title but are for a different grade level. In this case, the different books will be separated by comma. That will be shown in this way:
Resource for Gifted Students - Grade 1, Grade 2, Grades 3 & 4
In the example below, it shows that we have 3 different copies of "Resource for Gifted Students" - one for grade 1, another for grade 2, and another for grades 3 & 4. If you have a question, please ask!
25 Complex Text Passages to Meet the Common Core: Lit. and Info. Texts - Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grades 7 & 8
Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program - Level 1, Level 2, Level 3
Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Language Arts - Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Grammar Minutes: One Hundred Minutes to Better Basic Skills - Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Editor In Chief - Grades 2 & 3, Grades 3 & 4
Editor In Chief - A1 - Grades 4 & 5, A2 - Grades 4 & 5
Reading Detective: Using Higher-Order Thinking To Improve - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 7 & 8
Basic Skills: Compare & Contrast - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Summarizing - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Inferencing - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Cause & Effect - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Story Elements - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Main Idea - Grades 1 & 2
Basic Skills: Sequencing - Grade 3, Grade 5
Spotlight on Reading: Inferring - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6
Spotlight on Reading: Cause & Effect- Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6
Spotlight on Reading: Summarizing - Grades 3 & 4
Spotlight on Reading: Compare & Contrast - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6
Spotlight on Reading: Story Elements - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6
Reading for Details - Reading Level 1.7 - 3.3
Word Roots Beginning - Grades 3 & 4
Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes: Short Daily Warm-Ups - Grades 4 - 8+
Analogy Challenges - Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Analogy Crosswords - Grades 2 - 4, Grades 4 - 6, Grades 8 - 12
Project-Based Writing - Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Fluency Practice: Read-Aloud Plays - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6
Greek Myth Plays - Grades 3 & 5
Readers' Theater: Ten High-Interest Plays With Differentiated Reading Levels - Level 2
Readers' Theater Volume Two: Famous People
25 Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing - Grades 3 - 6
Comics in Your Curriculum - Grades 3 - 6
Art Activities from Children's Poetry - Grades PK - 3
100+ Games That Makes Kids Think - Grades 4 - 12
Brain Games - Elementary Level
Critical Thinking Activities - Grades 4 - 6
The Thinker's Toolbox - Grades 3 - 6
Venn Perplexors: Sorting Starters - Grades PK - 2, Grades 3 - 6
Grid Perplexors: Deducive Logic Puzzles - Grades 3 - 4, Grades 4 - 5, Grades 5 - 6
Deducibles: Eliminate Your Way to the Correct Sequence - Grades 3 - 5, Grades 6 - 8
More Word Winks
Following Directions - Grades 1 - 2, Grades 3 - 4, Grades 5 - 6
Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Social Studies - Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
U.S. Civic Holidays: 5 Short Plays with Multi-Leveled Reading Parts to Build Fluency - Grades 3 - 5
Fairy Tales On Trial - Grades 3 - 9
Greetings From America
People of the World - Elementary Level
Jury Trials in the Classroom - Grades 5 - 8
More Jury Trials In the Classroom - Grades 5 - 8
Mythology for Teens - Grades 7 - 12
It's A Myth!: Greek, Roman, and Norse Mythology - Grades 3 - 9
Differentiating Instruction with Menus: Math - Grades K - 2, Grades 3 -5, Grades 6 - 8
Math Problem-Solving Skills - Grades 3 - 4, Grades 5 - 6
Math Path Puzzle - Grades 2 - 4, Grades 4 - 6
Teaching and Learning: Money - Elementary Level
Math Perplexors - Grade 3, Grades 3 & 4, Grades 4 & 5, Grades 5 & 6, Grades 7 & 9, Grades 9 and up
Math Minutes - Grade 3,
Dice Activities for Multiplication - Grades 3 - 6,
25 Super Cool Board Games - Grades 3 - 6
3-D Problem-Solving Drawing, Building & Evaluating With Omnifix Cubes
Brain Compatible Activities for Mathemathics - Grades K - 1, Grades 2 - 3, Grades 4 - 5
Challenging Common Core Math Lessons - Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Advanced Pattern Block Book - Grades 3 - 6
Math Rules! - Grades 1 & 2, Grades 3 & 4
Adding Fractions - Grades 3 - 6
Subtracting Fractions - Grades 3 - 6
Multiplying Fractions - Grades 3 - 6
Dividing Fractions - Grades 3 - 6
Visual Math Dictionary
It's Alive! - Grades 4 - 8
It's Alive! And Kicking! - Grades 4 - 8
MathART Projects and Activities - Grades 3 - 5
STEM Perplexors - Grades 3 & 4, Grades 4 & 5, Grades 5 & 6, Grades 6 & 7, Grades 7 and up
Stepping Into STEM: A guided-to-independent approach to STEM-based learning - Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Engineer Through the Year: 20 Turnkey STEM Projects - Grades 3 - 5
STEM to STORY: Enthralling and Effective Lesson Plans for Grades 5 -8
Year Round Project-Based Activities for STEM - Grades 1 & 2, Grades 2 & 3
Building Toothpick Bridges - Grades 5 - 8
Differentiating Instruction with Menus: Science: Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5, Grades 6 - 8
Challenging Puzzles: Earth Science
Challenging Puzzles: Human Body
Crime Scene Investigations - Elementary Level
Human Body Questivities - Grades 3 - 8
Weather Questivities - Grades 3 - 9
Insects Questivities - Grades 3 - 9
Invitation to Invent: Project Clarion Science Unit for Primary Grades - Graades 3 - 4
Hands-On Physics Experiments - Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Hands-On Chemistry Experiments - Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Exploring the Planets! - Grades 3 - 6
Standards-Based Science Learning Centers - Grades 1 - 3
101 Science Projects - Elementary Grades
The Scientific Method in Fairy Tale Forest - Grades 3 - 6
Soda Bottle Science - Grades 4 - 8
25 Science Plays for Beginning Readers - Grades 1 & 2
The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf - Grades K - 3
25 Solve-The-Riddle Science Mini-Books - Grades 2 - 4