Viewpoints (Multiage Curriculum)

Viewpoints, a book in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, asks students to examine the concept of viewpoints from many different and exciting angles. The books in Prufrockv?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 studentsv? 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 discover various viewpoints and gain a lifelong desire to learn. From the history of child labor laws, to optical illusions, students will learn to consider other perspectives as they learn the process of formal debate. In one particular activity, students examine the different ways that viewpoints can be expressed through art, such as with linear perspective, orientation, orthogonals, and materials.

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

Grades 4-6

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

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell;
• Back to the Future (movie);
• If... by Sarah Perry; and
• Zoom and Rezoom by Istvan Banyani.

Debbie Keiser is 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 at integrating 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 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.