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Re: Getting started? New to gifted
Posted by Raftery on 7/17/08
On 7/14/08, Victoria wrote:
> Hi there! My name is Victoria
and I may be about to embark
> on my first gifted position. I
currently teach fourth
> grade and I'm finishing up my
graduate program this
> summer, so I will be certified
by the end of August.
> Because school will start before
I am certified,
> the "higher-ups" are still
talking it out, but it's
> looking better and better that I
will take over our gifted
> program.
>
> If I get hired for this
position, I will have only 2 weeks
> before school starts to try to
plan out units. So I'm
> trying to get a headstart, but
I'm not quite sure where to
> begin.
>
> My position is with a low socio-
economic school with a
> small population, so I will
serve grades 2nd-5th at the
> elementary and grades 6-8 at the
middle school.
> Thankfully, I have taught most
of the older students, so
> it's semi-familiar territory
there.
>
> Where should I begin? If I get
the job, I will need to
> look through the previous
teacher's records. A professor
> suggested starting with personal
inventories and defining
> giftedness with the kids--work
on a personal level, which
> should give me time to work on
units.
>
> Any and all help will be greatly
appreciated! I'm excited
> but feeling a little overwhelmed
too!
>
> Thank you!
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-Hi ! Vicky, Retired teacher has a
collectin of poetry records from
the 1950's and 1960's converted to
cassettes. If you have a cassette
player I will send you 7 poetry
cassettes free and I will pay the
postage. Kipling, AA Milne (Winnie
Te Pooh poetry), Eugene
Field's "See in Things At Night",
James Whitcome Riley's "Little
Orphant Annie", Vincent Price
reading Casey At The Bat, Jesse
James, Paul Revere's Ride, Casey
Jones, In Flanders Fields, The
Star-Spangled Banner, The Landing
Of The Pilgrim Fathers and If
Nancy Hanks Came Back As A Ghost a
hundred more read by Helen
Hayes, Agnes Moorehead, Alexander
Scourby. mraftery@webtv.net
Marshall Raftery
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Getting started? New to gifted, 7/14/08, by Victoria.
- Re: Getting started? New to gifted, 7/15/08, by GT Teacher.
- Re: Getting started? New to gifted, 7/17/08, by Raftery.
- Re: Prufrock Press Units--maybe for newbies?, 7/20/08, by Tricia.
- Re: Getting started? New to gifted, 7/25/08, by amy.
- Re: Getting started? New to gifted, 8/06/08, by Michelle Denly.
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