Websites for Current Gifted Students:
Creek View TAG Students Website:
www.cvestagstudents.weebly.com
Websites for Gifted Education
American Association of Gifted Children
https://sites.duke.edu/aagc/
Ask ERIC
https://eric.ed.gov/
Georgia Association of Gifted Children
https://www.gadoe.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Georgia Department of Education
www.doe.k12.ga.us
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
National Association for Gifted Children
www.nagc.org
Talented and Gifted
https://www.fultonschools.org/advancedstudies
Websites for Summer Camps and Supplementary Programs
https://dev.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-parents/planning-summer
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/summer.htm
https://atlantamom.com/in-around-atlanta/summer-camp-georgia-atlanta/
https://mommypoppins.com/atlanta-family/camps/atlanta-summer-camp-guide
http://www.mysummercamps.com/camps/georgia-summer-camps.html
https://www.lavnercampsandprograms.com/location/atlanta-ga-decatur-summer-camps-tech-camps-agnes-scott-college/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZltyGDCwhIz24ucREq5PTbN5OsNHaIkXKldXzuhCnR_tHw1P8K4uAaAkcLEALw_wcB
https://giftedatlanta.com/category/enrichment/
www.giftedstudy.org
https://tip.duke.edu/
https://cty.jhu.edu/
Children's Books for Fostering Creativity
The Dot by Peter Reynolds (Everyone can be creative.)
Ish by Peter Reynolds (It doesn't have to be perfect.)
Sky Color by Peter Reynolds (Inspiration and creativity)
Elephants Can Paint, Too! by Katya Arnold (Even elephants can be creative.)
Going Places by Paul and Peter Reynolds (Thinking outside the box)
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Creative kid creates civilization.)
Art by Patrick McDonnell (Trying different types of art)
Perfect Square by Michael Hall (One square, many possibilities)
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (Being creative with color)
A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch (Creative urge, art all around)
Beautiful Oops! by Barnie Saltzberg (Mistakes become creativity.)
A Little Bit of Oomph by Barnie Saltzberg (Make ordinary extraordinary.)
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (Being imaginative about a simple cardboard box)
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis (Being imaginative about a simple stick)
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
Lots of Dots by Craig Fraizer (Looking creatively at the world)
Look-Alikes Series by Joan Steiner (super creative series!)
What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobe Yamada (Creativity in ideas)
Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller (Creative problem solving)
Art and Max by David Wiesner (Fun with art mediums)
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Super creative approach to a very familiar story)
Flotsam by David Wiesner (super creative book!)
Sector 7 by David Wiesner (super creative book!)
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson (Creative problem solving and a little history as well)
Books for Gifted Education
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live with and Stick up for Your Gifted Child.
by Sally Yanhke Ph.D.
Helping Gifted Kids Soar:A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachersby Carol Ann Strip
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What do we Know? by Maureen Neihart
This website provides a wealth of information about books for gifted students: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR/booklist%20index2.html
Finding age-appropriate books for gifted readers:
http://giftedparentingsupport.blogspot.com/2015/07/finding-age-appropriate-books-for.html
MENSA for Kids Excellence in Reading Program:
https://www.mensaforkids.org/achieve/excellence-in-reading/
Products
Pieces of Learning
www.piecesoflearning.com
phone 800-729-5137
fax 800-844-0455
The Brain-Based Learning Catalog
www.CHPUS.com
phone 877-925-1213
fax 802-864-7626
Bright Ideas
https://id18510.securedata.net/brightideascatalog.com/merchantmanager/view_information.php?pId=7
phone 800-451-7450
fax 973-423-5569
Prufrock Press
www.prufrock.com
phone 800-998-2208
fax 800-240-0333
Free Spirit Publishing
www.freespirit.com
phone 800-735-7323
fax 612-337-5050
MindWare
https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/?source=google&ms=search&cm_mmc=GoogleBrand-_-319458763-_-20811126643-_-mind%20wear&cm_mmca2=Brand&cm_mmca4=kwd-6353223373&cm_mmca8=e&cm_mmca11=mind%20wear&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZ6DrkeAoJOlTLmv2URrI3dlx4ZP7ZTEJCyPOVvKqHiLsfsmtGX5ZwaAmCeEALw_wcB
phone 800-999-0398
fax 888-299-9273
Creek View TAG Students Website:
www.cvestagstudents.weebly.com
Websites for Gifted Education
American Association of Gifted Children
https://sites.duke.edu/aagc/
Ask ERIC
https://eric.ed.gov/
Georgia Association of Gifted Children
https://www.gadoe.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Georgia Department of Education
www.doe.k12.ga.us
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
National Association for Gifted Children
www.nagc.org
Talented and Gifted
https://www.fultonschools.org/advancedstudies
Websites for Summer Camps and Supplementary Programs
https://dev.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-parents/planning-summer
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/summer.htm
https://atlantamom.com/in-around-atlanta/summer-camp-georgia-atlanta/
https://mommypoppins.com/atlanta-family/camps/atlanta-summer-camp-guide
http://www.mysummercamps.com/camps/georgia-summer-camps.html
https://www.lavnercampsandprograms.com/location/atlanta-ga-decatur-summer-camps-tech-camps-agnes-scott-college/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZltyGDCwhIz24ucREq5PTbN5OsNHaIkXKldXzuhCnR_tHw1P8K4uAaAkcLEALw_wcB
https://giftedatlanta.com/category/enrichment/
www.giftedstudy.org
https://tip.duke.edu/
https://cty.jhu.edu/
Children's Books for Fostering Creativity
The Dot by Peter Reynolds (Everyone can be creative.)
Ish by Peter Reynolds (It doesn't have to be perfect.)
Sky Color by Peter Reynolds (Inspiration and creativity)
Elephants Can Paint, Too! by Katya Arnold (Even elephants can be creative.)
Going Places by Paul and Peter Reynolds (Thinking outside the box)
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Creative kid creates civilization.)
Art by Patrick McDonnell (Trying different types of art)
Perfect Square by Michael Hall (One square, many possibilities)
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (Being creative with color)
A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch (Creative urge, art all around)
Beautiful Oops! by Barnie Saltzberg (Mistakes become creativity.)
A Little Bit of Oomph by Barnie Saltzberg (Make ordinary extraordinary.)
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (Being imaginative about a simple cardboard box)
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis (Being imaginative about a simple stick)
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
Lots of Dots by Craig Fraizer (Looking creatively at the world)
Look-Alikes Series by Joan Steiner (super creative series!)
What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobe Yamada (Creativity in ideas)
Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller (Creative problem solving)
Art and Max by David Wiesner (Fun with art mediums)
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Super creative approach to a very familiar story)
Flotsam by David Wiesner (super creative book!)
Sector 7 by David Wiesner (super creative book!)
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson (Creative problem solving and a little history as well)
Books for Gifted Education
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live with and Stick up for Your Gifted Child.
by Sally Yanhke Ph.D.
Helping Gifted Kids Soar:A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachersby Carol Ann Strip
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What do we Know? by Maureen Neihart
This website provides a wealth of information about books for gifted students: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR/booklist%20index2.html
Finding age-appropriate books for gifted readers:
http://giftedparentingsupport.blogspot.com/2015/07/finding-age-appropriate-books-for.html
MENSA for Kids Excellence in Reading Program:
https://www.mensaforkids.org/achieve/excellence-in-reading/
Products
Pieces of Learning
www.piecesoflearning.com
phone 800-729-5137
fax 800-844-0455
The Brain-Based Learning Catalog
www.CHPUS.com
phone 877-925-1213
fax 802-864-7626
Bright Ideas
https://id18510.securedata.net/brightideascatalog.com/merchantmanager/view_information.php?pId=7
phone 800-451-7450
fax 973-423-5569
Prufrock Press
www.prufrock.com
phone 800-998-2208
fax 800-240-0333
Free Spirit Publishing
www.freespirit.com
phone 800-735-7323
fax 612-337-5050
MindWare
https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/?source=google&ms=search&cm_mmc=GoogleBrand-_-319458763-_-20811126643-_-mind%20wear&cm_mmca2=Brand&cm_mmca4=kwd-6353223373&cm_mmca8=e&cm_mmca11=mind%20wear&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZ6DrkeAoJOlTLmv2URrI3dlx4ZP7ZTEJCyPOVvKqHiLsfsmtGX5ZwaAmCeEALw_wcB
phone 800-999-0398
fax 888-299-9273
Suggestions To Extend Creative Thinking Skills
A definition of creativity is “What do I do when I confront a problem for which I have no learned solution?” Creativity is not only the arts. Successful people in all disciplines use creative thinking skills. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in creative thinking skills include:
· Analyze paintings, sculpture, music as they pertain to content
· Create riddles, jokes, or cartoons based upon content
· Create analogies based upon content: “How is a ___like a ___?”
· Use guided imagery/visualization
· Practice fluency: How many ideas can you make?
· Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
· Ask“What might happen if…?”
· Ask“What don’t we know about…(content)?”, Generate lists of questions
· Ask“How can you improve…?”
· Ask“What are the ethical or global implications of…?”
· Ask“How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
· Ask“What possible explanations are there for…?”
· Ask“What possible consequences are there for…?”
· Write dialogue between historical characters, scientific processes, etc.
· Combine characters from different stories to make a new story
· Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
· Participate in such programs as: Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problem-Solving, Georgia State Saturday School, Camp
Invention
· Field trips to such places as art museums
· Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
· Use fantasy to discuss content
· Analyze content from more than one point of view/perspective
· Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
A definition of creativity is “What do I do when I confront a problem for which I have no learned solution?” Creativity is not only the arts. Successful people in all disciplines use creative thinking skills. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in creative thinking skills include:
· Analyze paintings, sculpture, music as they pertain to content
· Create riddles, jokes, or cartoons based upon content
· Create analogies based upon content: “How is a ___like a ___?”
· Use guided imagery/visualization
· Practice fluency: How many ideas can you make?
· Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
· Ask“What might happen if…?”
· Ask“What don’t we know about…(content)?”, Generate lists of questions
· Ask“How can you improve…?”
· Ask“What are the ethical or global implications of…?”
· Ask“How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
· Ask“What possible explanations are there for…?”
· Ask“What possible consequences are there for…?”
· Write dialogue between historical characters, scientific processes, etc.
· Combine characters from different stories to make a new story
· Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
· Participate in such programs as: Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problem-Solving, Georgia State Saturday School, Camp
Invention
· Field trips to such places as art museums
· Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
· Use fantasy to discuss content
· Analyze content from more than one point of view/perspective
· Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
- Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Nature Watch, Museum Tour, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
Adapted from: Primarily Creativity by Dandylion Publications
Flexibility - to be able to look at things from different perspectives or points of view, to see things in a new way
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these questions.
Fluency - to be able to generate lots of ideas, creating a long list in response to a question or topic
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these topics.
Imagination- to be able to form new ideas
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
Curiosity- the ability and inclination to wonder about things and mentally explore the possibilities
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
Originality- the ability to create something new
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
Elaboration- the ability to add details or expand upon an idea
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
Flexibility - to be able to look at things from different perspectives or points of view, to see things in a new way
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these questions.
- How can you catch a flying insect without using a net?
- How can you open a car door without touching it?
- How could you cook dinner without a stove, oven, or microwave?
- How is a pencil like a plant?
- How is a teacup like a telephone?
- How might these people view playground balls differently: children, custodian, principal, the neighbors?
- Describe your mood as a weather forecast.
- Draw things you can do with an old gym shoe.
Fluency - to be able to generate lots of ideas, creating a long list in response to a question or topic
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these topics.
- Uses for a seashell
- Ways to pop a balloon
- Things that can be cold
- Words that make you think of fun
- Titles for a book about sports
- Types of hats
- Things that are invisible
- Things that make crunchy sounds
Imagination- to be able to form new ideas
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
- What would happen if all the oceans dried up?
- What if insects were as large as cats?
- What if animals could talk to humans?
- What would it feel like to be a letter lost in the mail?
- What if people couldn’t walk, but could only run?
- What would it be like if people hibernated like bears?
- What if people could only smile, not frown?
- What if you were a feather? Describe your best adventure.
Curiosity- the ability and inclination to wonder about things and mentally explore the possibilities
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
- What would it be like to be an astronaut?
- What might happen if kindergarten started at age 3?
- What would you like to ask an alien?
- How would your life be different if you lived in Alaska?
- What things don’t you know about out state?
- What might be some types of cereal someone with no teeth could eat?
- How are trees made into paper?
- Create I wonder questions about nature.
Originality- the ability to create something new
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
- Create a new animal that might become a household pet.
- Create a remedy for meanness.
- Create your own recipe for happiness.
- Design a hat that would also serve as a purse.
- Create a conversation between sweet and spicy.
- Create a new game using equipment from other games.
- Create a new holiday that would celebrate something special.
- Invent a new kind of ice cream.
Elaboration- the ability to add details or expand upon an idea
Try to see how many ideas you can create for these tasks. Write or draw your response.
- Describe what a television show called “All of Us Together” might be like.
- Write an ending for the sentence: Joy is the color of_____.
- What can be added to a plain bedroom wall to make it more attractive to kids your age?
- Illustrate an idiom like “That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
- Draw a long straight line and then add details to make it into something.
- Create a thought web with all the ideas that you can think of that are related to the beach.
- Create a thumbprint. Add details to it to turn it into something else.
- Plan a party with a theme of your choice. Elaborate on all of the details.
Suggestions to Extend Non-Verbal Reasoning Skills
Non-Verbal reasoning skills include understanding, remembering, and making visual sequences, interpreting the meaning of and
relationships between the visual presentations or pictures. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in non-verbal abilities include:
· Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
· Take picture notes as well as word notes for content
· Pre-read the visuals in a chapter
· Create a mind-map of content
· Use metaphors to make connections between content
· Analyze paintings, sculpture, music, dance
· Experiment with different mediums to create art projects
· Build with Legos or K’Nex
· Do puzzles, create puzzles
· Identify similarities and differences between shapes in the world around you
· Create complicated color patterns and tessellations
· Draw objects from unusual perspectives
· Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
· Create a new picture by changing a picture already made
· Create a larger picture by adding to a picture already made
· Combine two pictures into one new picture
· Practice showing emotion, movement, humor in drawing
· Practice drawing symmetry
· Ask“How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
· Use guided imagery/visualization
· Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
· Participate in such programs as Georgia State Saturday School and Camp Invention
· Field trips to science museums, art museums, nature centers
· Use the software program Making More Music (voyager.learntech.com)
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Nature Watch, Delta Education, Museum Tour, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
· Learn more at http://www.visualspatial.org/
Non-Verbal reasoning skills include understanding, remembering, and making visual sequences, interpreting the meaning of and
relationships between the visual presentations or pictures. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in non-verbal abilities include:
· Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
· Take picture notes as well as word notes for content
· Pre-read the visuals in a chapter
· Create a mind-map of content
· Use metaphors to make connections between content
· Analyze paintings, sculpture, music, dance
· Experiment with different mediums to create art projects
· Build with Legos or K’Nex
· Do puzzles, create puzzles
· Identify similarities and differences between shapes in the world around you
· Create complicated color patterns and tessellations
· Draw objects from unusual perspectives
· Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
· Create a new picture by changing a picture already made
· Create a larger picture by adding to a picture already made
· Combine two pictures into one new picture
· Practice showing emotion, movement, humor in drawing
· Practice drawing symmetry
· Ask“How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
· Use guided imagery/visualization
· Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
· Participate in such programs as Georgia State Saturday School and Camp Invention
· Field trips to science museums, art museums, nature centers
· Use the software program Making More Music (voyager.learntech.com)
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Nature Watch, Delta Education, Museum Tour, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
· Learn more at http://www.visualspatial.org/
Suggestions to Extend Quantitative Reasoning Skills
Quantitative reasoning skills include high-level problem solving with mathematical computation, quantitative symbols
and concepts. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in this area include:
· Identify connections between different math processes
· Discuss and practice using math in other disciplines such as architecture, physics, chemistry
· Use math in real-life such as baking, grocery store, travel planning
· Ask “How could we improve…(the triangle, long division, etc.)?”
· Have students generate a list of questions about the math concept
· Study number systems not based on 10
· Use a variety of problem-solving strategies, such as: make a list, look for a pattern, guess and test, draw a diagram, work backwards
· Have children create their own math problems, number system, or problem-solving strategy
· Practice multi-step math problems
· Ask students to prove their answer to a math problem
· Use open-ended problems and decide what processes should be used and what outcomes are expected
· Teach children to ask “Is this answer reasonable?”
· Ask “What is the chance of (an event) occurring?
· Create charts, tables, graphs to show Social Studies content
· Use data to make predictions for a science experiment
· Ask“What might happen if…?” questions such as: What might happen if the numbers 84 and 95 changed places or circles
developed a straight side?
· Create riddles, jokes, cartoons about math concepts
· Use fantasy to discuss math content
· Learn computer programming
· Use the computer program Study Island for advanced content
· Participate in such programs as: Georgia State Saturday School, Camp Invention
· Read books that use math content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
Quantitative reasoning skills include high-level problem solving with mathematical computation, quantitative symbols
and concepts. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in this area include:
· Identify connections between different math processes
· Discuss and practice using math in other disciplines such as architecture, physics, chemistry
· Use math in real-life such as baking, grocery store, travel planning
· Ask “How could we improve…(the triangle, long division, etc.)?”
· Have students generate a list of questions about the math concept
· Study number systems not based on 10
· Use a variety of problem-solving strategies, such as: make a list, look for a pattern, guess and test, draw a diagram, work backwards
· Have children create their own math problems, number system, or problem-solving strategy
· Practice multi-step math problems
· Ask students to prove their answer to a math problem
· Use open-ended problems and decide what processes should be used and what outcomes are expected
· Teach children to ask “Is this answer reasonable?”
· Ask “What is the chance of (an event) occurring?
· Create charts, tables, graphs to show Social Studies content
· Use data to make predictions for a science experiment
· Ask“What might happen if…?” questions such as: What might happen if the numbers 84 and 95 changed places or circles
developed a straight side?
· Create riddles, jokes, cartoons about math concepts
· Use fantasy to discuss math content
· Learn computer programming
· Use the computer program Study Island for advanced content
· Participate in such programs as: Georgia State Saturday School, Camp Invention
· Read books that use math content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
Suggestions to Extend Verbal Reasoning Skills
Verbal reasoning thinking skills include using reasoning, flexibility, fluency, and adaptability in working with words
and solving verbal problems. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in this area include:
· Read a variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, memoir
· Generate a list of questions about a vocabulary word, a story, a character, a setting, etc.
· Create a drawing, model, or action for vocabulary words
· Write vocabulary word definitions in your own words
· Write synonyms and antonyms for unknown words
· Learn Greek and Latin word roots
· Learn which English words are based upon words from other languages
· Analyze multiple-meaning words and decide when to use each meaning
· Use fantasy to discuss vocabulary words or write stories
· Write a sentence where each word begins with letters in alphabetical order
· Create new titles for pictures, stories, cartoons, etc.
· Create riddles, jokes, cartoons
· Create new idioms (“in hot water”)
· Create new similes (“mean as a snake”)
· Create analogies, “How is a ____ like a ____?”
· Write poetry in different styles.
· Put poetry to percussion music.
· Use adjectives and adverbs
· Perform plays, puppet shows, readers’ theatre.
· Create dialogue from an unusual perspective, like that of an animal, an object, a historical person, etc.
· Research the facts behind historical fiction, write historical fiction
· Learn a foreign language
· Participate in such programs as Georgia State Saturday School
· Attend plays or puppet shows at such places as Center for Puppetry Arts or Kudzu Playhouse
· Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
Verbal reasoning thinking skills include using reasoning, flexibility, fluency, and adaptability in working with words
and solving verbal problems. Some things you could do to support children’s growth in this area include:
· Read a variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, memoir
· Generate a list of questions about a vocabulary word, a story, a character, a setting, etc.
· Create a drawing, model, or action for vocabulary words
· Write vocabulary word definitions in your own words
· Write synonyms and antonyms for unknown words
· Learn Greek and Latin word roots
· Learn which English words are based upon words from other languages
· Analyze multiple-meaning words and decide when to use each meaning
· Use fantasy to discuss vocabulary words or write stories
· Write a sentence where each word begins with letters in alphabetical order
· Create new titles for pictures, stories, cartoons, etc.
· Create riddles, jokes, cartoons
· Create new idioms (“in hot water”)
· Create new similes (“mean as a snake”)
· Create analogies, “How is a ____ like a ____?”
· Write poetry in different styles.
· Put poetry to percussion music.
· Use adjectives and adverbs
· Perform plays, puppet shows, readers’ theatre.
· Create dialogue from an unusual perspective, like that of an animal, an object, a historical person, etc.
· Research the facts behind historical fiction, write historical fiction
· Learn a foreign language
· Participate in such programs as Georgia State Saturday School
· Attend plays or puppet shows at such places as Center for Puppetry Arts or Kudzu Playhouse
· Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
· Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
· Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.