McLeod Moments
Moments from the CCE GT Classroom
The North Star
Student Resources
Parent & Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources
Did You Know?
Parent , Teacher & Child Resources
- Did you know that our class has an Instagram account? Want to know what is happening in the GT classroom during the week? Follow @cedarcreekgt on Instagram to find out. The account is private and I will have to grant permission for you to follow. This way only CCE GT people can follow.
- I have a library of parent, teacher and child resources about gifted students that you are welcome to come and view and borrow any time you would like?
- Did you know that I also have 1st-5th grade Scholastic Book Orders available in my classroom for anyone who would like to order from other grade levels other than their own? Often GT children are ready to read above grade level and finding out what those titles are can be challenging. This is one way for student to order from above grade level Scholastic orders. I order about once a month or once I have a few orders to place. My class code for Scholastics is: 2J4UM
- Did you know that I have boxes of labeled teacher resources for any student at CCE that might need a little something extra to be thinking about during the school day, logic, or creative project ideas to build all sorts of different kinds of thinking? All teachers need to do is ask for help!
- Did you know that I have a Pinterest Account and a Twitter Account, where I post links to blog posts, ideas for the classroom, resources for parents, book lists for kids, creative fun for all? I had a parent watch what I was pinning and knew I would need some cardboard for projects and she brought me all kinds of recycled materials.
Curiosities
Units of Study
Here is the daily GT schedule and what each class is studying:
8:00-8:45- 5th Grade- We will be creating Think Tanks where the students will be working together to creatively solve problems. This week we are looking deeper into what Creativity means.
9:35-10:20- 2nd Grade- We will be doing various challenges centered around cardboard creations. This week our challenge was called Date With A Plate.
10:25-11:10- 3rd Grade- We have begun learning about bridges. Our first challenge was to create a span for a bridge with a single sheet of paper. We will also begin working with our new K'Nex sets to build bridges.
11:20-11:55- 1st Grade- We are becoming shape detectives and writing a book along the way!
12:35-1:20- 4th Grade- We have begun discuss what Architecture is; is it art? is it buildings? is it planning, designing or the structures? or all of these things? Our first building challenge was creating Post & Lintels while studying about Stonehenge.
Items Needed
- cereal boxes- save these empty boxes for a project. I need 6 boxes
- toothpicks
- toilet paper & paper towel rolls
- paper cups- if you have some left after a party, send them my way
- drinking straws
- wooden skewers
- cardboard of any kind
- string
Mrs. McLeod
Instagram: @cedarcreekgt
Email: cmcleod@eanesisd.net
Website: mcleodmoments.tumblr.com
Location: 3301 Pinnacle Road, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: 512-732-9120
Twitter: @cbmcleod