Questions (Multiage Curriculum)

Questions, a book in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, asks students challenging questions that will change the way they look at their world. The books in Prufrock's new Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery.

By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, students will question the world around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. Students will learn about Socrates and his ideas about questioning. And, the Five W's are examined as students gather information to put together a school newspaper. Students also will examine a new type of comedy as they are challenged to create humorous scenes by only asking questions. These activities will help students gain an understanding about how our society has evolved due to people who were bold enough to ask questions.

Questions, along with the other books in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6 (Balances, Choices, Explorations, and Viewpoints), makes teaching advanced learners easier!

Grades 4-6

This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo;
• Fountains of Life: The Story of Deep-Sea Vents by Elizabeth Tayntor Gowell;
• Slippery, Splendid Sea Creatures by Madelyn Wood Carlisle; and
• one or more of the following books: Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones, Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors by Tom Tucker, Accidents May Happen: 50 Inventions Discovered by Mistakes by Charlotte Foltz Jones, or The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories About Inventions by Don L. Wulffson.

Brenda McGee is an experienced, award-winning teacher and published writer. She has taught in public and private schools in kindergarten through eighth grade. She was the cofounder of former publisher McGee-Keiser Academic Enrichment Programs, based in Plano, TX. She is the author of several previous books, two of which have won awards for outstanding curricula for gifted and talented students from the National Association for Gifted Children.

Debbie Keiser is the author or coauthor of more than two dozen books, including Solving the Research Puzzle, Earth Central, Ph.D.: Doctor of Sciences, and several titles in the popular Differentiated Curriculum series. She was the cofounder of former publishing house McGee-Keiser Academic Enrichment Programs, based in Plano, TX.

Charles Nusinov has been a school administrator for more than 5 years, working with students and teachers in grades K–8. He has worked to integrate math curriculum across the other core areas and focused on the success of high-achieving students. Currently, he is on a pilot committee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District in Charlotte, NC, to bring inquiry-based standard math curriculum into the school's elementary classrooms. Nusinov was also a math teacher for grades 3–12. He has taught basic math skills through AP Geometry in both public and charter schools. He assisted in bringing math into the community with Saturday events in the Mecklenburg Math Club and assisted in the University of North Carolina Middle Grades Math research and development opportunities with the North Carolina Department of Instruction. His classroom time led him to win the North Carolina Presidential Award for Mathematics Teaching, NCTM Teacher of the Year, and the NCPTA Educator of the Year. During his time teaching, an opportunity arose to edit and write math curriculum for gifted learners. Nusinov has edited and published more than a dozen pieces of work to inspire teachers to make students reach further.

Mary Hennenfent is a full-time gifted educator in the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles, MO. She has 23 years of classroom experience: 14 years in science and 9 years in gifted education. Hennenfent received her master's degree from Lindenwood University and her Ed.D. from California Coast University. Hennenfent is active in science fairs at the regional and international levels. She also speaks at state and national gifted conferences. She loves reading, traveling, and all things Disney. She resides with her husband, Greg, and her daughter, Samantha, in O'Fallon, MO.