Gifted Learner Resources

https://www.cde.ca.gov/

https://cagifted.org/

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

http://sengifted.org/

https://www.nsgt.org/

https://www.mensaforkids.org/

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.nitrotype.com/

http://slither.io/

https://www.coolmathgames.com/

https://www.prodigygame.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