The Gifted and Advanced Learning Team has been hard at work locating resources to help ensure continued academic challenge and engagement for our gifted learners during the extended closure. While these resources have been selected with gifted learners in mind, these resources are available to support all of our families. If your child is completing their grade level assignments quickly and needs an additional challenge, these resources are right for you!
Gifted and Advanced Learning - Parent Resources
Digital Resources
Several resources are available for your student to access right within Clever including Everfi, Legends of Learning, Everfi, and HappyNumbers/Plus.HappyNumbers. Below, you will find help & support links to the various platforms if you find yourself having trouble getting connected.
Everfi is a digital platform providing quality, interactive, curriculum-related resources with relevant and authentic real-life scenarios for K-12 students to make deeper connections to abstract concepts. Their material covers five general buckets: financial education, social-emotional learning, health and wellness, career readiness, and a section on early learning for younger GAL students.
Legends of Learning (LoL) is a web and app-based independent learning platform for math and science. LoL offers two appealing ways to access its content: either student-directed, so they can choose the content they’d like to explore, or “teacher” directed, where you can set up a “playlist” of activities for your KIPPster to explore. It’s free; it’s fun. Content is geared for grades 3-8. Parents can sign up as a teacher in order to get started, but we also have access through Clever!
- Information for parents (broad overview)
- How to set up a parent (as teacher) account
- Trying games before you assign them to your KIPPster
- System Requirements: Legends of Learning runs on the following computers and devices:
- Nearly all laptops and desktops running Windows or Mac OS. Chrome is the preferred browser.
- Chromebooks (ideally minimum 4GB RAM, Intel Celeron or Core processor)
- iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro. Note: Math games and Awakening are not compatible with iPads.
All KIPP students have access to Happy Numbers through Clever. Happy Numbers allows your child to access additional individualized math content for grades K-5. You can access Happy Numbers using the link to Happy Numbers for more information, and you can also your students’ account via Clever. If you need more information or support, you can access the Help Center. You can also view this link for login directions if you get stuck.
PLUS HappyNumbers
In addition to using Happy Numbers for individualized math work, some classes are using PLUS Happy Numbers to engage your child in logic puzzles focused on higher-order thinking. Unfortunately, PLUS Happy Numbers can not be accessed via Clever. If your child’s class is using PLUS Happy Numbers, you can access their account using the following steps:
- Go to plus.happynumbers.com
- Enter your class code and password (Message your teacher for login info)
All KIPP students have access to Renzulli learning. You will need to contact your ELA teacher for your login if your teacher hasn’t posted this information already. Once you login, you will be asked to take a short interest survey. This will help the website recommend learning projects based on your interests. Then, you will be able to explore topics that you’re curious about! Your teacher is there to guide you, but they generally won’t be assigning you work. You will have the ability to learn and explore based on what you’re passionate about!
Additional Digital Resources
In addition to the resources which we are able to provide through Clever, you can also access the following websites to provide additional enrichment and academic challenge for your gifted child.
- Mensa for Kids – Grades K-8 has a lot of challenges, activities, lessons, and games for gifted students that can easily be done at home. https://www.mensaforkids.org
- Scratch Jr. – Grades K-2
Students learn how to code with games, problems, and interactive stories. https://www.scratchjr.org/ - Scratch – Grades 3-8
Students can create their own interactive stories, games, and animations by using coding. https://scratch.mit.edu/ - National Association for Gifted Children
A digital clearinghouse for resources vetted by the preeminent voice in gifted education in America, this site features links to a wide variety of additional resources from daily performances by the Metropolitan Opera to webinars teaching students in grades 3-8 how to code. Visit nagc.org to learn more
Printable Resources
Baltimore City Schools Resources for Gifted and Advanced Learners
Baltimore City’s Gifted and Advanced Learning Office is producing weekly supplemental activities designed to spark the creativity and imagination of your gifted learner. If your KIPPster is ready to dive into more challenging work, they can access these resources now in paper format.
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In addition to the Gifted and Advanced Learning packets, you can also access the following folders with printables your KIPPster can work on for added challenges in reading and math. There are also interest-driven inventories, weekly plan templates, and project proposals for your KIPPster to begin their own learning projects!
