Discovering Gifted Students

Here are Some Black Line Masters found from Kanevsky, l (2013) Tool Kit for High End Differentiation (possibilitiesforlearning.com). These pages will help to find those students who may be gifted in your class. These following Brilliant Behaviour Checklists will NOT provide sufficient information for designation, identification or labeling a students "gifted", however the information collected is valuable data to support the identification process.

Snapshot of the differences between a Bright Child and a Gifted Learner
  Bright VS Gifted Students 

Indicators and Descriptors of Brilliant Behaviours Chart
Descriptors of Brilliant Behaviours

Teachers Checklist of Student Behaviours  - helpful for School Based Referrals
Teacher's Checklist for Individual Students

Brilliant Behaviour Checklist for Group Observations - class wide tool for teachers
Group Brilliant Behaviours Checklist

Self-Rating Form of the Brilliant Behaviours - helps students to express their needs for differentiating learning.  The students should be prompted to have something they love in their thoughts (ie. Math, Drawing).
Students' Self-Rating

Brilliant Behaviours Referral Form - For teachers to reflect on their class and find the top three students in each subgroup, such as  Best sense of humor, Most creative &  Most curious.
Brilliant Behaviours Referral Form