Re: Need ideas for first grade gifted

On 10/28/09, TeePea wrote:
> I have a first grader who is a gifted student and is pulled
> out four times a week. I'm having a really hard time
> challenging her in the classroom. I need help on where to
> start and what to present to her. Can anyone help me?

What signs is she giving you in the classroom that she is not
being challenged? That would be my first question. There
should be a certain amount of natural challenge that simply
comes from being in school in a classroom with a group of
children. If you art and gym and recess, science and social
studies - these things should be challenging to any 1st
grader gifted or not.

You can individualize a curriculum for her for math - if she
is gifted in math. Where do her strengths lie? If reading,
you can access a list of good books - try
www.hoagiesgifted.com - or something near to that. Or punch
it into google and good reading lists for gifted 1st graders
will likely come right up.
Allow her to go the library and find some of those books. let
her discuss them with you, it would be very good if you could
read them too. Let her present her books to the class if
she'd like.
How is her writing? Gifted children are not necessarily
gifted across the board and can indeed have learning
differences or weaknesses in some areas. To give you better
advice, I'd need to know more about this child.