DOUBLE TAP TO ZOOM WITH PHONE OR TABLET T V teachers cultural biases of, 123 as math role models, 95 modeling metacognition, 52 reassuring parents, 119–22, 123–24 resources for, 125–32 teacher-to-child strategies. See conversation teaching strategies teacher-to-class strategies. See differentiation teaching strategies Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3 (Puerling), 95 teaching practices differentiation strategies, 33–35 for early readers, 76–80 Teaching Strategies Gold, 23 TEC. See Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center, Erikson Institute technology for mathematics learning, 94–95 in science curriculum, 105–6 Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center, Erikson Institute, 95 terminology and labels, 14–15 thinking words, 52 Tishman, Shari, 52 To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 72 twice-exceptional children, 12–14 Van Allsburg, Chris, 75 verbal/linguistic intelligence, 15 vocabularies assessing through dictation, 24 of big talkers, 10 of exceptionally bright children, 1–2, 9 See also language abilities Vygotsky, Lev, 4, 60, 62 W Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI), 22 Wiesner, David, 75 Willems, Mo, 76, 77 work samples. See portfolio documentation Work Sampling System (WSS), 23 WPPSI. See Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) WSS. See Work Sampling System (WSS) Z zone of proximal development, 62–64 U University of Southern Mississippi, Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies, 18 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Let’s Go Outside!, 131 146 | Index COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL