Frank Carlson Library

Forging a powerful bond in the mid-1970s that lasts throughout subsequent decades, six individuals pursue challenges into their midlife years, including an aspiring actress who harbors jealousy toward friends who achieve successful creative careers. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence....

Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.

A young girl tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her. Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of work and dating a married man, 10-year old Evelyn Bucknow learns early how to fend for herself.

Presented an unusual "birthday gift" by his teammates in the person of a ravishing young woman, a temperamental quarterback learns that the woman, a genius physicist, is using the scheme for a special project of her own.

Latest edition of the go-to classroom resource since 1992 for reaching and challenging gifted students. This fourth edition of the "orange bible" brings fresh updates to the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom-seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. Included are practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them. The book provides...

Many school doors have been opened and the classrooms occupied; however many doors of education have also been closed. The gifted and talented program has been a household name to some families when it comes to education, especially during the 1980s. However, being gifted and talented can also have a down side. That same "bright intellectual" who is probably failing classes right now, may in fact have another serious challenge. I am speaking of the...

The children learn about water quality, what can be a problem, and what may not be a problem. They witness the care of fish eggs by the mother fish and the emergence of baby fish. They learn the value of keeping the environment natural. They run tests of their own to see how long it takes for very small bits of dust and soil to settle out of the water. They learn about the need for patience. The children come to understand the nature of rainstorms...

This practical guide is designed to help collaborative teams at all grade levels address the critical question "How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient?" Mark Weichel, Blane McCann, and Tami Williams identify five elements of personalized learning, along with five instructional strategies for extended, differentiated instruction, that give all students the opportunity to reach their personal best. Rethink how to respond...

Rely on Enriching the Learning to help your school community answer critical question 4 of the Professional Learning Community at Work® process: How will we extend the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency? The book's wide range of student enrichment strategies, templates, and tools is designed to fully prepare collaborative teams to plan and execute engaging extensions for any subject area or grade level. Lesson extensions and...

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his...