Gifted

Virtual Gifted Conference November 8th

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:18:35 GMT

http://www.nagc.org/nagcvirtualconvention.aspx

District gifted pullout for the top 1%

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:20:14 GMT

Abby's been invited to something new. All the kids who scored in the 99% on the Cogat in 3rd grade are invited, as 5th graders to attend a special "class" this year. There are 9 days this year where she will go from 11:45-1:30 and take her lunch to another school where all the district kids in this category will meet. They'll learn about multiple intelligences, challenging themselves and get time to just get to know each other. The district did this because of the research...

Renzulli Online and Offline Work

feeds@yuku.com (mommyatlaw) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:17:44 GMT

Good morning, all. I was wondering if any of you have utilized Renzulli's database of online activities. My daughter's school is encouraging use of the Renzulli resources, so I am curious. I have read the existing thread regarding the Renzulli philosophy, and I'm looking for some practical opinions regarding the activities. As with many of you, I have only a limited time to afterschool my daughter, and a growing list of extra resources that I would like to focus on.

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Should Gifted Children be told they are gifted?

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:19:16 GMT

http://giftedkids.about.com/od/socialemotionalissues/a/tell_children.htm

For us the answer was yes. Partly because of the application process to get them identified for GT services in PS and thus once identify - they are told they are gifted. lol. However, we have not told our children what their IQ scores are, we do not want them defined by a number. Also they are very...

Myths about Gifted Children

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:01:17 GMT

http://cfge.wm.edu/conference%20documents/Myths%20about%20Gifted%20Students.pdf

Myth #1: They are aloof, proud of their own abilities, and care little for others.

Myth #2: Blog

On the typical standardized IQ scale of 50 to 150, a child whose IQ is 120 could finish the typical elementary curriculum in about 4½ years, not six. A child whose IQ is 130 could finish it in less than three years. Above 140 needs only one year, but in most cases they are required to stay all six and go at the pace of everyone else their age. You can see how this would...

TIME: Saving the Smart Kids

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:43:15 GMT
Saving the Smart kids

5% of the 3,520 gifted students they followed dropped out after eighth grade. Astonishingly, that's almost as high as the 5.2% of nongifted kids who dropped out. Untold numbers of other highly intelligent kids stay in school but tune out.

G&T Testing in NYC

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:54:37 GMT
G&T Testing in NYC

The changes to the G&T programs reflect a fundamentally misguided premise: That only the very highest-scoring students "need" classes for the gifted and...

executive function talk

feeds@yuku.com (browniegirl1) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:54:33 GMT
I heard a talk by a private counselor for gifted children. It was focussed on executive function issues vs. intelligence. I thought I'd share my notes here. It was fairly superficial as he only had 1.5 hrs and was also answering questions but it helped readjust how I view things.

The further intelligence is from average, the more asynchronous development/intelligence profile tends to be ->you get a more complex kid. The higher the IQ score, the more at risk the...

Must read in "MOre Child" blog

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:03:17 GMT
I know I've posted about this blog before but I don't see. THis blog which includes an email from a verbally gifted high school boy. I see this already happening to DS8.5.

Cogito website for the G&T

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:38:56 GMT
Cogito website

Welcome to Cogito.org,
an online community for academically talented youth.

What a difference a supportive school makes

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:09:34 GMT
When we were applying for my oldest to try to get into a GT center school. His homeschool gave us little to no information. We received one handout in our Tuesday folders with dates of the county GT meetings and a link to the web site. When I tried to talk to the GT counselor - her response was I travel to 3 different schools and I am difficult to get a hold of. She never gave me direct information when things were due - always referred me to the time table on the website. She did end up...

Study Guides for the NNAT and cogAT

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:31:41 GMT
I found and bought these study guides on amazon. My dd said they looked like the same test she just took, but not the same problems. If you have kids with testing issues this might be a good review on what the test is looking for before they took it. They are very expensive for what you get. You get one sample test and the book is closer in size to a paperback book then a work book. So the words are small. However I wish I had these before my kids took the test 1) to help my oldest...

What to do in a whole school TAG pull-out?

feeds@yuku.com (talexand) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:53:37 GMT
Our school does not have any separate instruction for gifted students. The school councelor is responsible for being the TAG coordinator along with all her other hats and all she does is a 30 minutes weekly pull-out for all the TAG kids together, about 15 kids, grade 2-6. This year our school has a new staff member in that role who has never done TAG before. I've been waiting to see how she does in this position. The previous TAG coordinator ran a pretty sloppy program, in my opinion. But...

Center for Talented Youth

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:44:23 GMT
I know we've talked about this program before but I couldn't find it in a search? Has anyone here participated? Abby's gifted teacher sent home the application to register to take the EXPLORE test (older kids take the ACT or SAT). Summer programs are available at Denver University, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and Duke.. Abby wants to take the test so we're going to register her for January. We're not committing to anything beyond taking the test...

Do you have moments

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:32:29 GMT
where you're amazed by your gifted child and think maybe you're not doing all you can for them? We just got back the state 3rd grade assessments. Abby got a math score that I didn't think was possible, it was a perfect score so she must have gotten full points on all the questions. It's sort of overwhelming and humbling to think about the brain walking around in that body... And sometimes I question that she's having the opportunities she needs to fully develop her...

Why teachers overlook the verbally gifted child

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:00:39 GMT
Why teachers overlook the verbally gifted child - blog

Unwrapping the Gifted

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:42:15 GMT
Unwrapping the Gifted

Her blog on "what gifted is NOT" is deserving of it's own thread! I think this is a great one to give school personnel. I sent this blog to DS8's 2nd grade teacher. She sent me a big Thank You! I hope she's still reading it.

"Letters from Rapunzel"

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:25:27 GMT
book

I came across this and thought some here might be interested in it.