Heritage Elementary
Primary Talent Pool and Enrichment
January 2015
Referred 3rd Graders Will Take TAG Assessments in the month of February
- Art, Creativity, and Leadership testing will occur at Wright with Mrs. Berlin.
- 3rd Grade Day at Blair Center Will be February 11th (Thursday)
Welcome To The Monthly Newsletter for PTP/Enrichment
How Are K-3 Students Served in Primary Talent Pool?
Focus During Pull Out Services for Primary Talent Pool in the Month of January
Kindergarten
Students have been working on listening to fiction and nonfiction and asking questions about the text. We have read articles from tweentribune from Smithsonian, novels ( All Four Stars and Misadventures of Maude March), and picture books (like Finding Winnie).
Kindergarten Reading group will be changing. I will be working with a smaller group so we can do a guiding reading group that focuses on comprehension skills. Please ask your homeroom teacher for an update on if your child will be attending this group now.
First Grade
Reading:
Students have been working predictions, visualization, asking questions, and comparing texts. We have used Wemberly Worried, Finding Winnie, and a poem called: Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take Garbage Out.
Math:
Students have been working on 2nd grade level mathematical modules (Mr. Wolfe's Interactive Whiteboard Math Games and Calculation Nation from NCTM) dealing with numbers and operations, geometry, and telling time.
Second Grade
Reading:
Students have been working on reading plays and reading the Misadventures of Maude March while connecting activities to the MAP RIT level such as:
ELA Workshop
Directions: Please complete all of the activities in column 1 first, then column 2, then column 3. When finished turn into Ms. Berlin with your work. RIT Band 211-220 Reading
Get a dictionary and write the definitions and draw a picture of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words
What is dialogue?
What is plot?
From the book you are reading this week write down 10 different dialogues
Write all parts of the plot.
Write the characters and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way.
From the book you are reading this week write the chronological order in which the major events happen.
Sketch a story of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words.
Draw a story in pictures using 10 of the vocabulary words. You may choose one big picture or several scenes in squares. Explain your picture to your partner. You will make 3 of these pictures
What does conflict mean?
What is a the conflict in the story?
Why is that a conflict?
What is a conflict you think the character has but did not tell anyone? Why do you think they didn’t tell anyone?
What is a metaphor? Simile? Write 15 examples of each
What is an idiom? Synonym? Homograph? Write down 15 examples in a sentence. What is a fact? Opinion? Write 15 examples of each in a sentence. What is mood? Write down 15 examples
Write a short story using 15 of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words. Draw a picture to illustrate your story.
What is a main character?
Read the story and answer who is the main character?
How do you know?
How does the main character act?
Why do you think he acts that way?
Would you want to be friends with the main character? Why?
What is an irregular verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Linking verb? Auxiliary verb? Compound Noun? Possessive noun? Singular noun? Reflexive pronoun? Adjective? Give 10 examples of each in a sentence.
RIT Score Range: 211–220
allusion
appendix
cause
characterization
characterize
chronological
classified ad
connotation
coupon
Reading a-iv
debate
diagram
exposition
falling action
flashback
foreshadowing
guide letters
headline
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
instruction
irony
memo
memorandum
metaphor
narrate
onomatopoeia
parable
personification
persuasive
picture book
prediction
present tense
primary source
primary source historical
document
pun
quote
research paper
resolve
revision
subject
suspense
thesis paper
word play
RIT Score Range: 211–220
abstract
active voice
alphabetical order
analyze
application
appositive
capitalization
characteristics
cluster
comma splice
common noun
comparison
complex sentence
compound-complex
sentence
conjunction
contrast
documentation
editorial
exposition
expository essay
figure of speech
fragment
generalization
how-to essay
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
independent clause
infinitive phrase
instructions
interjection
Language Usage a-viii
journalistic
language
limerick
main clause
main point
metaphor
modifier
noun clause
noun phrase
onomatopoeia
organization
parallelism
part of speech
participial phrase
participle
persona
personification
plural possessive
preposition
present participle
prewrite
prewriting
primary source
problem and solution
process essay
purpose
resumé
rhetorical question
rough draft
simple sentence
source
summarize
summary
synonym
theme
to explain
tone
verse
visualize
voice
Math:
Students have been working on 3rd grade level mathematical modules dealing with numbers and operations.
Third Grade
Reading:
Students have been working on reading plays and reading the Misadventures of Maude March while connecting activities to the MAP RIT level such as:
ELA Workshop
Directions: Please complete all of the activities in column 1 first, then column 2, then column 3. When finished turn into Ms. Berlin with your work. RIT Band 211-220 Reading
Get a dictionary and write the definitions and draw a picture of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words
What is dialogue?
What is plot?
From the book you are reading this week write down 10 different dialogues
Write all parts of the plot.
Write the characters and how they are feeling and why they are feeling that way.
From the book you are reading this week write the chronological order in which the major events happen.
Sketch a story of each of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words.
Draw a story in pictures using 10 of the vocabulary words. You may choose one big picture or several scenes in squares. Explain your picture to your partner. You will make 3 of these pictures
What does conflict mean?
What is a the conflict in the story?
Why is that a conflict?
What is a conflict you think the character has but did not tell anyone? Why do you think they didn’t tell anyone?
What is a metaphor? Simile? Write 15 examples of each
What is an idiom? Synonym? Homograph? Write down 15 examples in a sentence. What is a fact? Opinion? Write 15 examples of each in a sentence. What is mood? Write down 15 examples
Write a short story using 15 of the words in the 211-220 vocabulary words. Draw a picture to illustrate your story.
What is a main character?
Read the story and answer who is the main character?
How do you know?
How does the main character act?
Why do you think he acts that way?
Would you want to be friends with the main character? Why?
What is an irregular verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Linking verb? Auxiliary verb? Compound Noun? Possessive noun? Singular noun? Reflexive pronoun? Adjective? Give 10 examples of each in a sentence.
RIT Score Range: 211–220
allusion
appendix
cause
characterization
characterize
chronological
classified ad
connotation
coupon
Reading a-iv
debate
diagram
exposition
falling action
flashback
foreshadowing
guide letters
headline
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
instruction
irony
memo
memorandum
metaphor
narrate
onomatopoeia
parable
personification
persuasive
picture book
prediction
present tense
primary source
primary source historical
document
pun
quote
research paper
resolve
revision
subject
suspense
thesis paper
word play
RIT Score Range: 211–220
abstract
active voice
alphabetical order
analyze
application
appositive
capitalization
characteristics
cluster
comma splice
common noun
comparison
complex sentence
compound-complex
sentence
conjunction
contrast
documentation
editorial
exposition
expository essay
figure of speech
fragment
generalization
how-to essay
hyperbole
idiom
imagery
independent clause
infinitive phrase
instructions
interjection
Language Usage a-viii
journalistic
language
limerick
main clause
main point
metaphor
modifier
noun clause
noun phrase
onomatopoeia
organization
parallelism
part of speech
participial phrase
participle
persona
personification
plural possessive
preposition
present participle
prewrite
prewriting
primary source
problem and solution
process essay
purpose
resumé
rhetorical question
rough draft
simple sentence
source
summarize
summary
synonym
theme
to explain
tone
verse
visualize
voice
Math:
Students have been working on numbers and operation activities and projects that are above grade level. These activities and projects (problem based learning) typically come from Problem of The Week (POW) at Drexel University, the National Council of Teacher for Mathematics (NCTM), and NextLesson.
We have been working with multiplication, division, fractions, perimeter, and area.
The students have Math notebooks that have their projects in them this will allow you to see their work and thinking.
Articles For Enriching Your Child
Math Article:
Practıcal Problems: Using Literature to Teach Statistics
READING ARTICLE:
Reading With Gifted and Talented Readers:
A Series of Unfortunate Events or a Sequence of Auspicious Results?
Parenting For High Potential
Parenting for High Potential is the magazine designed for parents who want to make a difference in their children's lives, who want to develop their children's gifts and talents, and who want to help them develop their potential to the fullest.
January 2015 edition
http://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/Publication%20PHP/NAGC%20PHP%20Jan%202015.pdf
Websites or Apps For Enrichment
http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
http://www.education.com/games/reading/
Apps for Gifted Kids
When my kids were young, folks started getting Personal Computers. A few had Macs, most had PCs. Now this sounds like "the dark ages," but my kids are still in school! More and more of us have smart phones or tablets, mostly based on either Apple or Android operating systems. And whatever we want to do, "There's an app for that!"
Here's a quick list of popular apps for gifted kids. The apps are arranged by ages... preschoolers, young school-age kids, and older kids and teens. There are also apps for parents: apps for tracking your homeschooling efforts, and even apps for tracking your knitting! Enjoy! And if you find an app your kids, or you, just adore, please tell us about it! carolyn@hoagiesgifted.org
Apple apps are sold through the Apple Apps store. Android apps are available either through the Android Market, or through the Amazon App Store. Remember to check the Amazon App Store for their daily free app, often a regularly-priced app available only briefly for free.
Aqueduct (iPad/iPhone)Aqueduct – a world of jumbled waterways and mixed-up pipelines. It's up to you to rearrange the tracks and restore the flow. Locked gates, shifty conveyor belts, puzzling warp portals, and more stand between you and order. Over 200 unique puzzles... ($2.99) Also Aqueduct 101 (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch) with 48 different challenges (free)
BananaGrams (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Award winning game that will drive you bananas! Just like the board game, Scrabble without a board, played against yourself in a race against your opponents or the clock... (paid $0.99)
BrainPop Featured Movie (iPad)Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz... (free)
Chicktionary Lite (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Unscramble a roost full of letters and create as many words as possible. Each hen bears a letter. Touch the hens and spell out a word, then watch as the word appears below them. Press Enter to submit the word (free for Lite version, $1.99 forChicktionary for the iPad)
CargoBot (iPad)A puzzle game where users teach a robot how to move crates; create this game programmed entirely on iPad using Codea
Code Academy: Hour of Code (iPhone/iPad)learn to use JavaScript to create an animation, in an hour! Available for the iPhone/iPad or PC
DC Comics (iPad/iPhone and Android)Download and enjoy great comic books from DC Comics current weekly offerings plus their vast, legendary classics library.Check out Tiny Titans... (free)
Daisy the Dinosaur (iPad)Free, fun app with simple drag and drop interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy to dance across the screen
DragonBox (Android and iPad)Become an algebra star in no time! It doesn't matter if you hate maths or love it; you'll enjoy this game. In just one hour of playing, you will master difficult algebraic equations. Impress your friends, parents or even your teacher. Or simply prove to yourself that you are smart. The fast track to understanding algebra... $2.99 for theiPad. Review from Wired: GeekDad
DragonBox Algebra 5+ (Android and iPad)
DragonBox Algebra 12+ (Android and iPad)
DragonBox Elements (Android and iPad)
Evernote (Android and iPad)Easy-to-use app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go... (free)Fractals (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your Fractals album... ($2.99)
Frog Dissection (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch and Android)Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your Fractals album... ($2.99)
Game About Squares (iPad/iPhone and Android and PC/Mac) (free)
GeoBee Challenge (iPad and Android) by National GeographicIn the multiple-choice round, answers come from a library of more than 1300 National Geographic Bee questions. In the map challenge round, zoom, pinch and tap your way to find spots on an interactive map from a catalog of 1000+ locations. For an added challenge, bonus rounds include National Geographic photographs; you have to locate what's in the photo on the interactive map...but you don't know where the photo was taken or what is in the picture! The faster you answer, the more points you get... For grades 4-8 ($1.99)
Glogster (PC only, see Rover for iPad)create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings (PC version uses Flash editor). (free)
Google Earth (Android and iPad)Explore the world from the palm of your hand... (free)
Google Goggles (Android and iPad)Search the real world by taking a picture. Image recognition technology to recognize objects and return relevant search results... (free)
Hakitzu Elite: Robot Hackers (iPad and Android)Learn JavaScript. No programming knowledge is required. Go from beginner, to coder, to hacker in both the single player mode and on the battlefield. The more students code by hand, the more points they receive to unlock ultimate weapons for a “battle royale” in the gaming arena. In-game leaderboards rank users against their friends, taking rivalry to a new level...
Hopscotch (iPad)Teaches kids to code using simple, intuitive building blocks. Create games, animations and other programs in this colorful, interactive environment. Program characters to move, draw and collide with each other, and use shaking, tilting, or even shouting at the iPad to control them. Inspired by MIT’s Scratch...
Khan Academy (iPad)A convenient way to watch Khan Academy videos.... not the full Khan Academy experience (free)
KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun (iPad/iPhone)Teaches number recognition, counting and math to pre-schoolers, kindergarteners and elementary school aged children using flash cards and puzzle games... (free)
LightBot (iPad and Android) Also LightBot Jr 4+, LightBot - One Hour Coding (free)Get kids hooked on coding in minutes! Lightbot is a programming puzzle game; a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve levels. Guide a robot to light up tiles and solve levels using commands, Lightbot cultivates a real understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals for players...
Minds of Modern Mathematics (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Takes you on an interactive journey that spans nearly 1,000 years. It tells the story of mathematics and how it has impacted almost every aspect of human progress, from science to music, art, architecture, and culture (from IBM)... (free)
Minim (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)Obliterate molecules by combining connected atoms, reducing the subatomic matter to a single particle. Become a minimalist in no time... ($1.99)
Move the Turtle (iPad) Teaches children the basics of creating computer programs, using intuitive graphic commands, using the Logo programming language. A friendly Turtle will introduce your child step by step to the basic concepts of programming in a colourful graphic environment...
NASA (Android and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos, mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... (free)
Numbers League (iPad)Clever use of basic math skills will save the day. The more you play the sharper these skills will become until no villain is safe from your numerical onslaught... ($3.99)
Oregon Trail (Android and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos, mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... ($0.99) Also available, Oregon Trail American Settler (Android andiPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
PDANet (Android)Shares your phone's Internet connection with your computer and does not require rooting your phone! (free for 30 days, creates but does NOT require tethering)
Pixelogic Daily (iPad)Puzzle game using hints and logic to reveal a hidden picture made of colored tiles. Numeric hints are used to uncover a pixelated surprise... (free)
Planets (iPad)3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers, including Sky 2D: locate planets with flat view of sky, Sky 3D: planetarium style view of the sky, Visibility: find out when planet will be visible, and Globe: rotating 3D globe of planets and moon (free)
Presidents vs. Aliens Lite (iPad)Learn presidential facts, quotes, nicknames and historical events, and use your knowledge to help the presidents defeat the aliens. Fling the presidents at the aliens to knock them all down. Use the many special objects and "Executive Powers" to increase the fun! Collect all 44... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Presidents vs. Aliens)
Presidents! (iPad/iPhone)Learn about presidents from Washington to Obama through visual recognition. Multiple choice quiz to track your progress, keeps you challenged by remembering what you got right and wrong. Browse the presidents to become more familiar; each president has a full biography... ($0.99)
Rover (iPad)Enhances the K-12 education experience, bringing the best online learning content to your iPad, including access to content ordinarily available on the Apple tablet (e.g. Flash content) (free)
Scramble With Friends (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)It's like Boggle at home, now for your handheld devices. Play against friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child via the game chat.
SET Game (iPad/iPod/iPhone) (Android)SET, the classic card game of visual perception. Match or don't match three shapes, colors, shading and number of items on each card. For multi-touch, multi-player action, try SET Pro HD (iPad/iPod/iPhone).
SimplePhysics (iPad/iPhone and soon, Android)Design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulate your design with a sophisticated physics engine... (free)
SketchBook Pro (iPad and Android)Professional-grade paint and drawing application... ($4.99 iPad or Android)
Sky Map (Android)Turn your Android device into a window on the night sky... previously called Google Sky, now open source (free)
Smithsonian Channel App (iPad or Android)Smithsonian Channel’s original series, documentaries and fun facts, full episodes and hundreds of video clips... (free)
Space Physics Lite (Android)Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to 'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free for Lite version, $1.99 for Space Physics)
Stack the Countries Lite (iPad)Learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Stack the Countries)
Stack the States Lite (iPad)Learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for Stack the States)
Story Dice by ThinkamingoAnother pair of story-creation apps, for Android and iTunes devices.
Tetravex (Android)Classic puzzle game where pieces must be positioned so that the same numbers are touching each other... (free for Tetravex, $1.49 for Tetravex Pro)
Touch Physics (iPad)Draw shapes with a crayon that come to life. These shapes interact with the wheel, causing it to move according to physical laws. When it reaches the star, the level is complete. Beware, this is not as simple as it sounds! ($1.99)
Trainyard (iPad/iPhone)Easy to learn but very tough to master. Your job is to get each train to a goal station. Red trains go to red stations, blue trains go to blue stations, etc. You control the trains by drawing track for them to follow. There isn't a time limit or even a score; the only thing you need to do is figure out a solution for each puzzle. ($2.99)
Unblock Me (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)Ssimple and addictive puzzle game. Get the red block out of the board by sliding the other blocks out of the way, 4200 puzzles in four difficulty levels...
Vexed Pro (Android)Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to 'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free)
Ultimate Dinopedia (iPad) by National GeographicDig into more than 700 dinos with National Geographic’s interactive Dinopedia! ($4.99)
Where's My Water? Free (iPad and Android)Swampy the Alligator lives in the sewers under the city. He is a little different from the other alligators — he’s curious, friendly, and loves taking a shower after a hard day at work. The other alligators have damaged his plumbing and disrupted the water flow. Help Swampy by guiding water to his shower! (free version, $0.99 for Where's My Water?, iPad andAndroid)
WolframAlpha (iPad and Android)Remember the Star Trek computer? It's finally happening--with Wolfram|Alpha. Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha has rapidly become the world's definitive source for instant expert knowledge and computation! ($2.99)
Words With Friends (Android and iPad/iPod/iPhone)Your favorite crossword game, now for your handheld devices. Play against friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child via the game chat.
X Construction (Android)Build a bridge with the given amount of materials to let the train safely cross the valley. Great physics game. (Lite version is free, and I haven't gotten through it yet...)
How to get in touch with Mrs. Berlin
Email: ashley.berlin@shelby.kyschools.us
Website: http://www.shelby.kyschools.us/Content2/56
Location: 8300 Frankfort Road, Waddy, KY, United States
Phone: 859-806-1724
Twitter: @aberlintag