A gifted person is someone who shows, or has potential for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression. Some of these abilities are very general and can affect a broad spectrum of the person’s life. Some are very specific talents and are only evident in particular circumstances. It is generally recognized that approximately 5% of the student population in the United States are considered gifted.
• Superior Cognitive
• Specific Academic
(Mathematics, Science, Reading, Social Studies)
• Creativity
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Outstanding mental capacity compared to other children their age
• abstract reasoning• logical reasoning• memory• spatial relations
Preformed at or above the 95%
on an approved individual or group standardized nationally normed achievement test
Cognitive Abilities Test, Form 5 (CogAT)
Criteria: Screening score higher than 112;
Identification score of 128 or higher
Raven Progressive Matrices
Criteria: Screening score higher than 112;
Identification score of 128 or higher
• Possessing either potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptional high level in a specific academic area
• Typically at least above average intelligence• Extremely capable of high performance in one or
few academic areas• Achievement tests 95% or higher in Reading,
Language Arts, Math, Science or Social Studies.
Terra Nova (CTBS/5) Survey
Criteria: Screen score higher than the 85%; Identification score of 95% or above in any area
Metropolitian
Criteria: 95% or higher in any area
• Perform at exceptional high levels in creative thinking and divergent approaches to conventional tasks
• Innovative or creative reasoning• Advanced insight and imagination• Unique problem solvers• Demonstrate fluency, elaboration ,
flexibility, and originality
Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale
(GATES) Section 3
Criteria: Identification Score of 77
Cognitive Abilities Test, Form 5 (CogAT)
Criteria: Identification score higher than 112;
Demonstrating outstanding aesthetic production, accomplishment, or creativity in one of the following areas:
ArtMusicDanceDrama
Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scale (GATES) Section 3
Criteria: Identification Score of 77
Audition Process
Very Alert
Long Attention Span
Excellent Memory
Rapid Learner
Advanced Vocabulary
Very Observant
Very Curious
More Than One Imaginary Companion
Vivid Imagination
High Degree of Creativity
Intense Interest in Books Interest in Math Games Interest in Puzzles Interest in Calculators Interest in Computers Many Talents Great Number of Interests Willing to Invest Time in Interests
Sophisticated Sense of Humor
Intense Reactions to Frustration
Perfectionistic
Chooses Older Companions
Likes to Play Alone
Great Concern with Morality and Justice
Acts Mature for Age
Highly Competitive
Strong Leadership Ability
• Differentiation• Clustering • Resource Room Pull-
out • Acceleration by
Subject or Grade• Mentorships
• Honor Classes• Academic
Competitions• Seminars, Small
Group Enrichment
• Adjustment of pace, depth, and delivery of content to meet student needs
• Replacement or adjusting assignments so that they assure appropriate level of challenge and continuous progress
• All students cover same comparable material but process and product are varied
• Teachers design multilevel activities into assignments that allow students to succeed and progress wherever they are in content.
• Allows students to build on prior knowledge and prompt continuous progress
A 3-step process
• assess what the student knows
• plans for learning what is not known
• plans for freed-up time in enrichment or acceleration
Provides experience for students to develop planning and research skills at advanced levels
• student and teacher identify problem that would enrich or extend the basic curriculum unit.
• identify resources• identify methods• identify strategies• establish time lines• provide guidance and feedback
• Analytical thinking
• Creative thinking
• Critical thinking
• Organizational thinking
• Encourages content related connections
• Pursuing to intensity topics of interest or passion
• Incorporates multiple intelligence's
• Students are a part of many groups - based on match of task to student
• Teachers may create skill-based or interest-based groups
• Movement among groups is common
• Differentiation occurs by moving grouped students into advanced skills
Primary Education Thinking Skills Program
• Deductive Logic
• Analysis
• Inventive Thinking
• Creative Thinking
• Judging
• Mental Manipulation of Shapes
Grades 1 & 2 meet in the Matrix Room during the Waterford Lab Time approximately 55 minutes per week.
This minimizes the amount of direct instruction the students miss in their regular classroom.
Progress reports will be issued twice a year.
Look for the Clear Take Home Folders.
Mrs. Goad is at Kilgour on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.
Subject Level Acceleration
• moving students or groups of students through content at a rapid pace or moving students where the appropriate pace or instruction is occurring
Grade Acceleration
• moving students who needs can best be met by grade advancement
Students work with resource teacher, parent volunteer, older student or community member who can guide their growth in a particular area.
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Courses which offer more challenging material through higher levels of content, process, and products.
• Provide enrichment for students who demonstrate mastery and competence with work
• Are differentiated so that they are appropriately challenging
• Offered during the school day
Scholarly competitions and organizations
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Imagination Destination
Includes Student Assessment Data File
Includes your child’s strengths and interest
Includes Service Delivery During Regular School Day
Includes Grade level service specifications
Includes Parent/Guardian signature
Completion Date Prior to December
Please Sign –up for a conference time or return conference
preference sheet as soon as possible.
Dates and times to be announced.
Raising and nurturing a gifted child can be an exciting yet daunting challenge.
A gifted child often develops cognitively at a much faster rate then they develop physically and emotionally, posing some interesting problems.
The key to raising gifted children is respect: respect for their uniqueness, respect for their opinions and ideas, respect for their dreams.
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Parent Association TabDues are requiredOffers informational and a political voiceSponsors professional and parental workshopsMembership handouts available
Websites Containing Information Pertinent to Gifted Parents/Guardians
Resources to Investigate
Handout available
• Contact your child’s teacher.
• Call Carol Goad or Kirk Haynes, Gifted/Talented
Resource Teachers at Kilgour Elementary or e-mail
• Contact your Principal, Angela Cook
• Contact Betsy Onnen, Coordinator of Gifted
Programming, Cincinnati Public Schools