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Interactive Discovery-Based Learning for Gifted Students

My students need five new Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High Ability Learners for enrichment during our Response to Intervention time.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Olson's classroom raised $180

This project is fully funded

My Students

"What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning." - Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senator I have many students for whom a letter grade for their time with me does not matter, so I make sure their experiences do!

I am privileged to spend my days teaching gifted and talented students in a Title 1, PreK-8, school in a major metropolitan city.

The students I work with daily are in grades 3 through 8. Depending on their "gifts", I work with these students either in a push-in model where I go to their class and work with them to deepen thinking and add rigor to their learning or I lead the kids in a pull-out setting where they come to me for content replacement, typically with a year of acceleration. For our middle school students, I work with them daily on enrichment units of study to stretch and grow their thinking in highly engaging and interactive units to catch their interest. As such, we've done a Civil War simulation with primary source documents, a Zombie geography unit to plan using data and graphic novels as our texts, creative writing units using fine works of art and photography to inspire writing, and a debate unit using an interactive unit from the same series I'm seeking more titles.

My Project

The Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High-Ability Learners, for grades 6–8, are engaging curriculum units that culminate in authentic performance platforms that provide students with open-ended opportunities to demonstrate academic understanding without traditional grades involved. The titles I'm requesting will meet these needs: Ecopolis has students run their own government to learn about issues including scarcity, resource allocation, needs vs. wants, opportunity costs, entrepreneurship, and global interdependence. In Mathematics in the Marketplace, student bankers, stockbrokers, and investors use the stock market to make investment decisions. Order in the Court: A Mock Trial Simulation gives students the opportunity to conduct a trial based on a classic fairytale in order to develop their courtroom skills. In Fables and Folktales, students learn about story structure, word choice, and folktales and participate in a writers workshop. Philosophy is also an identified interest.

Finding resources that are well written, thorough and highly engaging is key to successful learning in gifted classrooms.

In testing out this series with the title I bought, "What's Your Opinion?", I am getting the results I want - learning for life! I'm hearing great peer discussions and respectful debate, seeing outside of the box thinking and watching kids work collaboratively, and I'm enjoying their frustration at knowing they just can't Google an answer to the questions this learning presents!

Mrs. Olson Paseo Hills Elementary School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Phoenix, AZ View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ecopolis: An Interactive Discovery-Based Economics Unit for High-Ability Learners (Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High-Ability Learners) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Fables and Folktales: An Interactive Discovery-Based Language Arts Unit for High-Ability Learners (Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High-Ability Learners) • Amazon Business $24.12 1 $24.12
Philosophy for Kids: 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder about Everything! • Amazon Business $21.84 1 $21.84
Math Road Trip: An Interactive Discovery-Based Mathematics Unit for High-Ability Learners (Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High-Ability Learners) • Amazon Business $21.20 1 $21.20
Order in the Court: A Mock Trial Simulation: An Interactive Discovery-Based Social Studies Unit for High-Ability Learners (Interactive Discovery-Based Units for High-Ability Learners) • Amazon Business $20.95 1 $20.95

Materials cost

$113.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$152.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.97

Total project goal

$179.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.81

2 Donors

-$179.81

Donations toward project cost

-$152.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.97

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