Students enjoy borrowing the cordless mike from our principal to read aloud their narrative writing. Instruction of geometry lessons such as tessellation, translations, rotations, and reflection is more meaningful with visual and tactile instruction in the lab. The results are graded and emailed to me. Our entire school uses the Accelerated Reader to promote reading for pleasure and the STAR program helps set student levels and check their progress. Recently, I put the AR list online for our parents and students.
All children are gifted, some just open their presents earlier than others.
More than fifteen years ago, I began to notice the inattentive behavior and learning problems evident in my young son and even some of my own students. The more I explored ADHD, the more I began to realize that is was not an indication of low ability or poor discipline. Further study revealed that these children do not lack the ability to pay attention, but more likely the ability to focus on one task and screen out all of the external stimuli. Many behavior problems are merely a frustration with certain teaching styles. While equipping myself to teach the academically and intellectually gifted, I was reacquainted with the different learning styles present in every classroom.