GT Parent Update May 2022
Principal's Perspective of GT
Our coaches work with our students, staff, and administration on a regular basis. The GT coaches work with our students in small group instruction and through canvas courses that students can complete in the classroom. Our GT coaches have a central location in our building where they can pull students to work in small groups to push students’ thinking and challenge them. The students look forward to the fun and exciting lessons they get to complete in the GT classroom.
The GT coaches work with our teachers through PLC and canvas course trainings. We have the GT coaches share strategies with all of our teachers that they can use in their classrooms. The teachers love learning from our GT teachers, and we see them using the strategies they learn from them in their classrooms as we are doing walk-throughs. The PLCs that the GT teachers lead are our teachers’ favorite ones!
The GT coaches work with our administration to discuss the goals of the school. They get a big picture of our goals for the school year. They then find ways to help us address those goals through their small group lessons with students and sessions with teachers.
We are so thankful for everything the GT teachers do to support our students, staff, and administration here at Brickey!
Megan O'Dell
Principal
Brickey-McCloud Elementary
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GRADE LEVEL NEWS
Due to all of the school events, schedule changes, and excitement in May, GT Coaches may implement various activities in their groups. Activities may include Perplexor challenge puzzles, Open Middle math challenges, and/or various modules in Canvas. As always, students will be using critical thinking and problem-solving skills each week during GT. Check-in with your students to find out what they did this month!
Second Grade
Students will also have access to ASYNC modules in Canvas for weeks that they may not be meeting in person for GT small groups. Some of their AYSNC modules may include:
Famous Person Project
Open Middle
Third Grade
Owen and Mzee What Does Freedom Mean? Let’s Talk About Time
Fourth Grade
Multiple Meaning Words:Synonyms, Antonyms, and Contronyms
Perplexor Logic Puzzles
Stated and Inferred Information with poetry by Shel Silverstein
Fifth Grade
Bubble Tape/Line Plots Adding and Subtracting Decimals ELA: Steve Jobs