Assignment:
Discussion: 250 to 300 words
• Part A: Discuss the misconceptions you had about dyslexia before looking at the Mississippi Best Practices Dyslexia Handbook. Then discuss what you learned from the handbook that will inform your future instructional decisions for students with reading difficulties.
• Part B: Compare/contrast the outcomes included in the Outcomes for Intellectually Gifted Education Programs 2017 to your general knowledge about the Mississippi College and Career Ready Standards. Share a strategy you will use in the future (or have used) to differentiate instruction so that gifted students are challenged appropriately in your classroom.
Readings:
1. Outcomes for Intellectually Gifted Education Programs
By Carey M. Wright
2. Mississippi Department of Education Office of Curriculum and Instruction
By Tom Burnham