Head U Gator News
March 26, 2017
A grateful heart...
My heart is grateful for....
...Karly, who joined us for a challenging parent conference this week and did an excellent job supporting her position.
....Linda Fullhart, who in addition to planning creative instructional approaches to challenge oh-so-callous 5th grade ASPIRE students, also had the wisdom to address a delicate behavioral issue head on.
...Angela, for remaining cheerful in spite of the difficulties of testing (and notifying) season.
...Michael, for volunteering to organize Watch DOGS. He's doing a great job and reports that we have dads almost every Friday between now and the end of the year. (There won't be dads this coming week because of testing.)
...Jessica, who remains gracious in response to parent emotions.
Energy STARS!
Please no holes in the jeans...I know they are in style, but that's just too much for me!
A Nation Empowered
Here are four of the types of acceleration:
Grade-skipping (or whole-grade acceleration)
(Telescoping and grade skipping)
Students are placed in a grade level ahead of chronological age peers. Decisions to grade-skip a student must be made by a team of professionals using a wide range of data. The Iowa Acceleration Scale was created to provide an objective analysis of the data to assist in the decision-making process. The 2015 report, A Nation Empowered, contains chapters on both grade-skipping and radical acceleration.
Continuous progress
(Leigh Ballard is working on a self-paced model for math that is going very well)
Students engaging in this option are given new content as prior content is completed and mastered. The practice is considered accelerative when the students' progress outpaces that of chronological peers in rate and level.
Subject-matter acceleration/partial acceleration (Or content-based acceleration)
This is a practice that we are doing well with some kinder-second grade students, but I'd like to see us systematize.
Students are placed in classes with older peers for a part of the day in one or more content areas. Students could physically move to a higher-level class for instruction, or they could use higher-level curricular materials within their original classroom. Subject-matter acceleration can also be used in tandem with a number of other accelerative options, including extracurricular programs, and whole-grade acceleration. Information about subject-matter acceleration decisions in STEM subjects can be found in IDEALSolutions. Also see Developing Math Talent and other books for details about accelerating in mathematics. The chapter about Talent Searches and another chapter on Acceleration and STEM Education in A Nation Empowered provide additional details about content acceleration. The chapter about Content Acceleration in A Nation Empowered includes a special focus on adapting the Core Curriculum while accelerating gifted students.
SAGE
Calendar
Monday, March 27
Tuesday, March 28
CAMPUS CLOSED- testing
Spanish 2:55-4:00
Wednesday, March 29
CAMPUS CLOSED-testing
1st grade to Perot Museum
2:55-4:00 4/5 grade choir
Thursday,March 30
Kinder to zoo
Good News 2:55-4:00
Marimba Band practice 2:55-4:00
Mad Science 2:55-4:00
Friday, March 31
Lunch with Principal
Running Club 2:55-3:45
Bowman Sports 2:55- 4:00
Spanish 2:55-4:00
Bricks 4 Kids 2:55-4:00