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Exceptional Student Education
Gifted Education
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From Middle School to High School for Gifted
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Communicating with your
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2011 Parent’s
Workshop
→ Behavior
→ Motivation
→ Gifted Book List
→ Book List by Teri Lesesnee
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Parent’s Night Presentation for High School
Gifted (.ppt)
Parent's Night
Presentation for High School Gifted Hand Out
(.doc) |
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Stock
Market Wizards of the
Future!
Tanglewood Elementary won
first and second place in
the Florida Stock Market
Challenge sponsored by the
Florida Council on Economic
Education. Both teams came
from Sue Valentine’s gifted
class. The first place team,
with a portfolio value of
$105, 947.19 and a portfolio
return of 5.95% included
four students from fourth
and fifth grade. The second
place team, with a portfolio
value of $105,148.00 and a
portfolio return of 5.15%
also included four fourth
and fifth graders on the
team. Gulf Elementary’s
gifted class taught by
Elizabeth Olancin won third
place with a portfolio value
of $104,542.67 and a
portfolio return of 4.54%.
Student teams bought and
sold stocks in this ten-week
simulation to see how much
they could increase their
original $100,000.
If
you’d like to explore this
outstanding simulation
activity, please visit
www.floridasms.com
and register your team for
the spring challenge. It’s
free and open to all grade
levels.
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“More Resources for Gifted Students”
Duke Talent
Identification Program
In Florida, the Department of Education defines a gifted student as
One who has superior intellectual development and is capable of high performance, including
those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability.
To be eligible for gifted program services, a student must demonstrate a need
for a program, a majority of characteristics of gifted students according to a
standard scale or checklist, and superior intellectual development as measured
by an intelligence quotient of two standard deviations or more above the mean on
an individually administered standardized test of intelligence. A gifted student may also be a member of an under-represented group and
meet the criteria specified in the approved school district plan for increasing
participation of under-represented groups in gifted programs.
Students are eligible for gifted services from kindergarten through grade 12. All Lee County Schools offer services for gifted students.
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*Handbook for Parents
of Students Who Are Gifted*
<--Click here |
Gifted Program Goals
1. To develop higher levels of thinking
2. To develop self-directed learning skills
3. To develop a positive self-concept
4. To develop positive interpersonal relationships
5. To develop creative thinking and expression
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Lee County's Statewide Award Winner!
Competition in
"Working on Gifted Issues" (WOGI)
Sue
Valentine,
Tanglewood Elementary
Ms. Valentine’s
lesson plan,
DIGGING
DEEP: Excavating the Habitat of the
Gopher Tortoise through Group Research
will be posted on the WOGI website. Her
lesson plan aligned with the Lee County
Collaborative Curriculum Challenge Grant
for 2008-09,
Gopher
the Cache. See the full grant
summary at
www.unfwogi.com.
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Helpful Websites &
Information
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The needs of the gifted are unique to the individual. Gifted students
have strengths and weaknesses just as other students. A program that
provides for their needs is important in helping students develop their
abilities. To help meet these needs, Lee County offers a menu of services
for the gifted.
Jeffrey Nelson
Teacher on Assignment for Gifted
TO CONTACT US:
PHONE: 239-337-8366
FAX: 239-337-8653
JeffreyWN@leeschools.net
“There is no heavier burden than that of great potential.”
-Charlie Brown
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