Middle School Resource Library
We have created a library of GATE
resources for our middle school students and families. Various books, program
information and videos are available for check-out from Susan Loganbill, our
Middle School Counselor. Stop by and visit Mrs. Loganbill to see what’s
available. Donations are always welcome; please let us know if you have any
books or resources you would like to share.
Books
Available for Check-out
·
The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide, A Teen Handbook –
Galbraith and Delisle
·
When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers –
Delisle and Galbraith
·
You’re Smarter Than You Think, A Kid’s Guide to
Multiple Intelligences – Barrett
·
Creating Portfolios for Success in School, Work, and
Life – Kimeldorf
Program
Information/Enrichment Opportunities
·
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·
“Hang With the Best” art contest
Note: Additional books for gifted and talented youth are also available
for check-out in the
Parent Resource Library
The Parent Resource Library is located in the school's front lobby. Books and videos on various education and parenting topics are available for check-out. A number of books and articles are available on gifted and talented education. Please complete the check-out card (located inside all books) and leave it in the box provided when checking out any books or materials.
District Advisory Council (DAC), GATE-DAC and GATE Parent notebooks are also available in the Parent Resource Library. These notebooks contain agendas, minutes, and handouts from the various meetings. The notebooks must remain at school, however parents may copy articles and other material from any of these notebooks.
Books Available for Check-Out
- The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids - Walker
- The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children - National Association for Gifted Children
- The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide - Galbraith
- Diverse Populations of Gifted Children - Cline/Schwartz
- Cross-over Children: A Sourcebook for Helping Children Who are Gifted and Learning Disabled - Bireley
- The Educated Child - Bennett
Articles in the GATE Parent Notebook 2002/2003
· Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
· Parent to Parent – sharing ideas that work
· Gifted Kids in Trouble
· Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students
· The Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children (workshop packet from Dr. Maureen Neihart; includes featured article “Systematic Risk-Taking”)
· Some of the Best Resources in Gifted Ed
· Must Have Books for Educators of the Gifted and Talented
· CAG Resource List of Books and Journals on Gifted Education
· “gifted all day long” by Margaret Gosfield
· “Invitations to Learn” by Carol Ann Tomlinson
· Parenting The Gifted, The Same But Different
· Curriculum and Instruction – some of the questions answered in this article include:
- Should I enrich or accelerate the curriculum for gifted learners?
- Should there be a separate or special course for gifted students
- What is the meaning of the term differentiation?
- How can a differentiated curriculum be developed?
- Should all students be provided with differentiated curricular activities similar to those provided to the gifted?
- When and how do teachers implement a differentiated curriculum?
· Differentiated Programming: What It Is and What It Isn’t
· Most Likely to Yield Sophisticated Products – examples of activities and projects
Additional Resources
This list of resources was
provided by Margaret Gosfield, CAG Representative, when she visited our school
in June 2005. Many of the books and magazines are available for check-out in
our Parent and Middle School Resource Libraries. Some of the books are also
available at the
Some of Margaret Gosfield’s Favorite Books:
·
Adderhold, M. (1999). Perfectionism: What’s Bad About
Being Too Good?
·
Clark, B. (2002). Growing Up Gifted
·
Delisle, J. (2002). Barefoot Irreverence
·
Delisle & Galbraith. (2002). When Gifted Kids Don’t
Have All the Answers
·
Diamond & Hopson. (1998). Magic Trees of the Mind
·
Galbraith, J. (Rev.) The Gifted Kids Survival Guide (10
& Under)
·
Galbraith & Delisle. (1996). The Gifted Kids Survival
Guide (Teen)
·
Halstead, J. (2002). Some of My Best Friends are Books
·
Neihart, et al. (2002). The Social & Emotional
Development of Gifted Children
·
Piirto, J. (2004). Understanding Creativity
·
Silverman, L. (2002). Upside Down Brilliance
·
Smutny, J. (2001). Stand Up for Your Gifted Child
·
Webb et al. (1982). Guiding the Gifted Child
Publishers:
·
Free Spirit Publishing
800-735-7323,
www.freespirit.com
·
Prufrock Press
800-998-2208,
www.prufrock.com
·
Creative Learning Press, Inc.
Phone:
888-518-8004, www.creativelearningpress.com
·
Great Potential Press
Phone:
602-954-4200, www.giftedbooks.com
Research & Resource Centers:
·
The
Phone:
860-486-0283
www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
Organizations:
·
562-789-9933,
Fax: 562-789-9833
·
National Association for Gifted Children
·
SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted)
Phone:
(602) 399-9090
·
World Council for Gifted Children
Phone:
818-368-7501, Fax: 818-368-2163
Journals - Scholarly/research (primarily
aimed at higher education):
·
Gifted Child Quarterly (published quarterly)
National
Association for Gifted Children
Membership
benefit: $50.00 yearly
·
Roeper Review (published quarterly)
The Roeper Institute
Individual:
$49.95 yearly Institution: $75.65
yearly
·
Journal of Secondary Gifted Education (published
quarterly)
Prufrock
Press
Individual:
$35.00 yearly Institution: $55.00
yearly
·
Journal for the Education of the Gifted (published
quarterly)
Association
for the Gifted (division of Council for Exceptional Children)
P.O.
8813,
Individual:
$44.00 yearly Institution: $60.00
yearly
Journals - Application/synthesis (primarily aimed at K-12
educators and parents):
·
Gifted Education Communicator (published quarterly)
Membership
benefit: $65.00 Subscription
only: $35.00 yearly
·
Gifted Child Today (published quarterly)
Prufrock
Press
Individual:
$29.95 yearly
·
Understanding Our Gifted (published quarterly)
Open
Space Communications
5.00 yearly
·
Parenting for High Potential (published quarterly)
National
Association for Gifted Children
Membership
benefit: $50.00 yearly Parent
Associate: $25.00 yearly
Websites:
·
Strictly gifted sites
Connie
Belin &
California
Association for the Gifted - www.CAGifted.org
Counseling
the Gifted - www.counselingthegifted.com/
Davidson
Institute for Talent Development - www.davidsoninstitute.org
Gifted
Children - www.gifted-children.com
Gifted
Gifted
Education Policy (
Hoagies’
Gifted Education Page - www.hoagiesgifted.org
Jacob
K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program - www.ed.gov/programs/Javits
National
Association for Gifted Children - www.nagc.org
SENG
(Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) - www.sengifted.org
·
Other important sites
C-SPAN
(Public Affairs on the Web/America’s cable companies - www.cspan.org click on “classroom”
Center
for history and New Media - http://chnm.gmu.edu
The
College Board - www.collegeboard.com