Gifted Learner Resources
https://www.state.gov/m/a/os/70150.htm
https://www.thetechedvocate.org/6-must-apps-tools-resources-gifted-children/
https://www.notsoformulaic.com/resources-gifted-kids/
http://blog.connectionsacademy.com/supporting-a-gifted-child-a-quick-guide-to-online-resources/
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/http://www.davidsongifted.org/Young-Scholars
Societies and Conferences
GATE theorists (these are the most current)
Parnes
https://prezi.com/ae99kapkqx6y/the-osborn-parnes-model-of-creative-problem-solving/
Kohlberg
https://www.verywellmind.com/kohlbergs-theory-of-moral-developmet-2795071
Hilda Taba
https://prezi.com/u6ekcdtsnsix/hilda-taba-teaching-strategies/
The district stresses the Icins for depth and complexity:
https://www.byrdseed.com/introducing-depth-and-complexity/
Favorite websites/games for gifted learners
https://www.coolmathgames.com/
General Information and Testing
https://www.testingmom.com/tests/cogat-test/
District GATE information
https://www.sandiegounified.org/gifted-and-talented-education-gate
Book Recommendations for gifted readers and parents
https://www.mensaforkids.org/achieve/excellence-in-reading/excellence-in-reading-4-6-list/
http://www.parentbooks.ca/Gifted_Children.html
Distinctive Language and Word Play
Chess Rumble by G. Neri
Palindromania by Jon Agee
Challenging Structures
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Unusual Perspectives or Points of View
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
Ambiguous Endings
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Thought Provoking Content: Social and Emotional Issues
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Thought Provoking Content: Historical and Cultural Themes
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (more appropriate than the Tuscan Sun!)
Role Models
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
Gifted Protagonists
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Fantasy
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Chima Williams
Science Fiction
H.I.V.E.: The Higher Institute for Villainous Education by Mark Walden
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Epic by Conor Kostick
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld