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West Virginia Association for Gifted and Talented

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Articles Of Interest

* Where do I even start? A common cry. - In this article, Ian Byrd breaks down three places to begin differentiating for gifted kids.

* What teachers can do to support gifted/talented students in the classroom

* Gifted Challenges: Three essential tips for teachers of gifted children.

* Making the Case for a Gifted Program

* Giftedness Knows No Boundaries

* Growth Mindset - Carol Dweck Revisits the "Growth Mindset"

* The School Administrator - Featured articles in gifted education

* Differences Between High Achievers and Gifted Students

Links to Resources

* Artifact Box Exchange - learn more about city, state, region. Focuses on developing research and creativity skills

* Byrdseed - Resources in Gifted Education

* Izzit.com - Every school day, 2 current events at different reading levels

* Engine-Uity, Ltd.

* Google News Archive - a searchable database of newspapers from around the world, dating back to the 1700s

* MINDS - posters the classroom

* Newsela - news articles from major publications, Provides the same article at five different reading levels and includes a short quiz with the article.

* Socratic Seminar

* Stossel in the Classroom

* Smithsonian Institution

* Webquest.org - creating Webquests

About us

The West Virginia Association for the Gifted and Talented is a non-profit organization of parents and educators who recognize the need to foster the growth and development of gifted and talented individuals in our state. Our goal is to ensure that every child in West Virginia has an opportunity to be educated fully and commensurate with his/her ability.

The West Virginia Association for the Gifted and Talented is a non-profit organization of parents and educators who recognize the need to foster the growth and development of gifted and talented individuals in our state. In this organization, the unique needs of gifted students are identified and the necessity of specialized instruction to meet those needs is recognized as right and not a privilege as provided in West Virginia state code.