Cassidy Gifted and Talented News
September 21, 2017
Announcements
Cassidy App
Make sure to download our Cassidy App! I will use the app to distribute newsletters and announce events. Here is a link to directions on how to get the app. When you click to add GT (this will pop up after you choose your grade(s)), you will need the following password: GTcassidy17
If you already set up your app and did not add GT, then you will need to go to Settings and click on Enroll in GT and then enter the password: GTcassidy17
Homeroom
Within the app, we will also have a Homeroom button where I will post pictures, videos, and notes about what we have been up to in GT. To link to our homeroom, you will click here and set up an account. It will then populate in your Homeroom button on the app. I have posted tons of pictures and videos of our robots and rockets projects!
What We Are Up to This Week!
Students had an exciting visit with some STEM education majors from UK to do some STEM challenges connected to fairy tales and folk tales. Check out pictures on our Homeroom app! Students will be finishing up their one meter drop tests and attaching their satellites to a balloon rocket to make it travel as far as possible down a fishing line. Students are also checked in with Mrs. Fehr to work on their solar project!
Math:
Students are engaged in Problem Based Learning connected to the content they are learning. For example, fourth grade students are working on a project called Algebra at the Mall. This week they learned math tricks to teach them about using algebra and patterns to solve problems. Ask them to show you their trick!
Language Arts:
1st graders are writing their own newspaper to encourage people to do something good for the world (stop littering, stop bullying, etc.). 2nd graders are writing their own Diary of a ... story based on the Diary of a Worm book where they have to research a topic and then weave interesting facts about that topic into a funny story told from the perspective of their topic (e.g., Diary of a Jellyfish). 3rd graders are writing their own historical fiction novel. They have selected the time period for their research and are digging in to find out what life was like back then. 4th graders are writing a myth based on Greek and Roman mythology. 5th grade students are designing their own utopia. They are currently reading novels about utopias/dystopias to investigate the variety of ways societies can be structured and who benefits and who doesn't so that they can use this to inform the development of their own imaginary society.
Art/Creativity/Dance/Music/Drama:
Students are working on self-selected projects where they can make a contribution to something going on in the school (e.g., making Work Hard Be Kind posters for our new school motto, designing advertisements to encourage people to bring in coins for the Hurricane Harvey Adopt a Classroom Project, writing a song to teach others to Work Hard, Be Kind).
Leadership:
Students are self-selecting projects where they can demonstrate leadership within the school. They can participate in an existing program or come up with one on their own.
Resources and Opportunities
STEM Camp for 4th and 5th grade students at Winburn Middle. Click here for more info and here for the registration form.
KAGE (Kentucky Association for Gifted Education) Fall Workshop Parent Night. Unwrapping the Gifts - Joys and Challenges of a Gifted Parent. Monday, Sept. 25. Click here for more information.
Contact Information
Gifted and Talented Teacher
Cassidy Elementary
859-381-3018 ext 21252