Resources for gifted learners
Printables I have made for my own students, and for the teachers and parents working alongside them.
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Gifted Learner Conversation Starters
Twenty questions that get you further than "how was school." Four printable cards covering self-reflection, social and emotional ground, creativity and risk taking, and the purely fun. Several of them do quiet work: asking a child when learning feels too easy, or how they know they have been challenged, tells you more about whether they are actually growing than a report card will. Put one on the dinner table and see what happens.
Download the PDF Free. No email required.All About Me: The Gifted Learner Profile
A one-page profile a student fills in themselves. Strengths, goals for the year, favorite topics and books, what challenges them in a good way, what makes them curious, how they like to learn, and what they want to learn more about. I use it at the start of a year or a new class, because it is the fastest way to find out what a child actually cares about before you plan anything for them.
Download the PDF Free. No email required.Getting to Know My Gifted Brain
A ten-question self-reflection sheet for the first week of school. It asks what kind of challenge a student actually enjoys, what kind frustrates them, and what they wish a teacher understood about them, instead of favorite book and favorite color. I made it because I wanted to learn something real about my students, and because they get something out of answering it too.
Download the PDF Free. No email required.Gifted Learner Support Sheet
A one-page profile to keep on each of your gifted students. Academic interests and passions, identified strengths, learning needs, which differentiation strategies actually work for this child, social and emotional considerations, the specific signs this student is bored, and what re-engages them. I keep one for everybody I teach, and it is also what I share when a classroom teacher asks what this child needs, because telling someone a student is gifted communicates almost nothing on its own.
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Who made this
I'm Elizabeth Greenwood. I have spent more than fifteen years in gifted education as a classroom teacher, curriculum designer, and now a gifted education coordinator. Through EverCurious Minds I work one to one with families making decisions about their gifted child, and I speak, train, and consult for schools, conferences, and organizations.
If you have a student who needs more than their school can offer, or a parent asking you where to send them, I would be glad to talk. Schedule a consultation.