Comments on Parenting Gifted Kids: Lateral Lessons: Qestions and Answers

I LOVE your idea of having the kids write a story ...

2009-06-10T12:21:23.865-07:00

I LOVE your idea of having the kids write a story to explain a mathematical process! I will be giving that a try for sure next year!

Re: your 4-box question, we do a word problem every morning and use a strategy called SPDR (sometimes nickenamed The Spider). It stands for See, Plan, Do, Reflect. In the See box, they write the important numbers and units, in the Plan box, they draw a picture or a table, in the Do box, they write the number sentence and solve, and in the Reflect box, they write a sentence that answers the original question. Sounds very similar to your approach.

Thanks alot! We are getting a new GT teacher next ...

2009-05-30T04:57:57.310-07:00

Thanks alot! We are getting a new GT teacher next year and I hope to share some of your resources with her to get our changing GT program going in the right direction.

Oh thank you! I have so many in my class stretchin...

2009-05-29T13:55:41.028-07:00

Oh thank you! I have so many in my class stretching past the work we're 'supposed' to be doing. I particularly like the four box concept - looking forward to using it, and to passing these ideas on to my student teacher.