Re: How to challenge high IQ students?

by Sue

Mar 30, 2014

Guess this is always a challenge for me...how do I challenge my high level/high IQ third graders? The ones who consistently score over 100 on spelling tests, everything seems to come so easy to them, most well behaved however I know they are overall bored and not challenged enough.

There is a resource teacher who puts a few of these students out of class for a book club...they read and book together, answer questions on a sheet of paper, discuss...doesn't seem very creative to me.

My students complain that then they have to make up the classwork that they missed when in the book club. They feel they then have extra work.

I'm somewhat new to teaching...not sure how to handle this. I try to do things in the classroom but you know it's difficult with 30 students.

Be advise asap. Thank you in advance.

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Vet Teacher On 3/30/14, Sue wrote: Are you saying they're bored in spelling or you see much of the school day is boring for them? I've always been skeptical in regard to bright children being bored in school - kids enjoy other kids. Do you have recess? Specials? Kids enjoy games in gym class, projects in art class. Intelligence is not always accompanied by a n...See More

Mar 31, 2014

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Sue Vet Teacher, You have several wonderful ideas! I'm going to sit down tonight and read them more carefully. (feel they are bored overall) The resource teacher's book club idea is really bothering me. I know the school is trying to reach these children, but don't think the book club is the way to do it. How should I approach this? I really think ther...See MoreVet Teacher, You have several wonderful ideas! I'm going to sit down tonight and read them more carefully. (feel they are bored overall) The resource teacher's book club idea is really bothering me. I know the school is trying to reach these children, but don't think the book club is the way to do it. How should I approach this? I really think there's a better way to challenge the gifted children for a pull out program. Maybe work on science experiments or something. What does everyone think on that aspect? Again, going to read through all your responses. Thank you so much! Sue On 3/31/14, Vet Teacher wrote: > On 3/30/14, Sue wrote: > > Are you saying they're bored in > spelling or you see much of the school day is > boring for > them? > I've always been skeptical in regard to bright children > being bored in school - > kids enjoy other kids. Do you have > recess? Specials? Kids enjoy games in gym > class, projects in > art class. > > Intelligence is not always accompanied by a > natural ability to spell but if your > bright kids are also > natural spellers, I'd say give them crossword puzzles to do > during spelling. There's a website - likely several - that > offer activities for > brighter kids- hoagies.com. > > Kids > don't mind easy, easy isn't inherently boring. You can put > together a pile of > "challenge sheets" of mazes. Are they > readers as well as spellers? Let them > read independently. > > I'd agree the resource room teacher is not hitting their mark. > And 30 kids is too > many but can you ever play games? Bright > kids enjoy games. > > I'll post some websites. > >> >> There is a resource teacher who puts a few of these >> students out of class for a book club...they read and book >> together, answer questions on a sheet of paper, >> discuss...doesn't seem very creative to me. >> >> My students complain that then they have to make up the >> classwork that they missed when in the book club. They feel >> they then have extra work. >> >> I'm somewhat new to teaching...not sure how to handle this. >> I try to do things in the classroom but you know it's >> difficult with 30 students. >> >> Be advise asap. Thank you in advance.

Mar 31, 2014

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Vet Teacher On 3/31/14, Sue wrote:

In my experience there are two reasons teachers do things like book reports for gifted kids - One is they equate giftedness with just doing more work and two - they can't think of anything else to do. The resource teacher doesn't sound gifted in what she's coming up with.

Science experiments would be great b...See MoreOn 3/31/14, Sue wrote:

In my experience there are two reasons teachers do things like book reports for gifted kids - One is they equate giftedness with just doing more work and two - they can't think of anything else to do. The resource teacher doesn't sound gifted in what she's coming up with.

Science experiments would be great but it's work to set them up and you need space to do experiments in. There are one minute mysteries, there's chess, there's reading aloud to them, there's art - give them paper, brushes and tempura paint. Study some sculpture about famous people and make their own sculptures from clay.

There are the wonders of the world - study them - who declared them wonders and did they miss any? What's the most wondrous wonder? Let them vote.

First people - who was the first person to.... Go down the Grand Canyon ( a one armed Civil war soldier), climb Mt. Everest?

Make puppets out of socks and sticks and write a play and act it out with puppets.

> Vet Teacher, > > You have several wonderful ideas! I'm going to > sit down tonight > and read them more carefully. (feel they are > bored overall) > > The resource teacher's book club idea is really > bothering me. I > know the school is trying to reach these > children, but don't think > the book club is the way to do it. > > How should I approach this? I really think there's a better way > to challenge the gifted children for a pull out program. Maybe > work on science experiments or something. > > What does everyone > think on that aspect? > > Again, going to read through all your > responses. Thank you so > much! > > Sue > > > On 3/31/14, Vet > Teacher wrote: > >> On 3/30/14, Sue wrote: >> >> Are you saying they're bored in >> spelling or you see much of the school day is >> boring for >> them? >> I've always been skeptical in regard to bright children >> being bored in school - >> kids enjoy other kids. Do you have >> recess? Specials? Kids enjoy games in gym >> class, projects in >> art class. >> >> Intelligence is not always accompanied by a >> natural ability to spell but if your >> bright kids are also >> natural spellers, I'd say give them crossword puzzles to do >> during spelling. There's a website - likely several - that >> offer activities for >> brighter kids- hoagies.com. >> >> Kids >> don't mind easy, easy isn't inherently boring. You can put >> together a pile of >> "challenge sheets" of mazes. Are they >> readers as well as spellers? Let them >> read independently. >> >> I'd agree the resource room teacher is not hitting their mark. >> And 30 kids is too >> many but can you ever play games? Bright >> kids enjoy games. >> >> I'll post some websites. >> >>> >>> There is a resource teacher who puts a few of these >>> students out of class for a book club...they read and book >>> together, answer questions on a sheet of paper, >>> discuss...doesn't seem very creative to me. >>> >>> My students complain that then they have to make up the >>> classwork that they missed when in the book club. They feel >>> they then have extra work. >>> >>> I'm somewhat new to teaching...not sure how to handle this. >>> I try to do things in the classroom but you know it's >>> difficult with 30 students. >>> >>> Be advise asap. Thank you in advance.

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