SCUC Gifted & Talented Newsletter
Elementary Edition - Fall 2020
What's New this Year?
The monthly modules are virtual documents that may be assigned to your child online. They will include 6 assignments per month in the following categories: Holidays & Events, My Wonders, Science, Social Studies, Math, and Social & Emotional Learning.
Wondering what is included in the monthly module activities? Careful consideration was taken when creating the activities. All monthly module assignments were created with common GT instructional strategies in mind.
GT Instructional Strategies Included:
- Independent Investigations
- Acceleration & Flexible pacing of content
- Social & Emotional need of gifted learners
- Opportunities to Pursue Areas of Interest
- Age Appropriate Advanced Products
- Critical Thinking
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Open-Ended Questioning
- Use of Differentiated Resources
Raising a Child With Grit
Grit, the combination of passion and perseverance, has more of an influence on success than cognitive ability, and parents want nothing more than to raise happy, successful children. Raising Children With Grit: Parenting Passionate, Persistent, and Successful Kids provides the strategies that parents need to teach, motivate, and inspire children to pursue their passions with grit―and succeed.
Success Strategies for Parenting Gifted Kids
Chapters address such topics as underachievement, twice-exceptionality, acceleration, underrepresented populations, student advocacy, and more. Additionally, the book includes discussion and reflection questions that are perfect for parent support groups, conversations with families and children, and individual parent reflections.
The Caring Child: Raising Empathetic and Emotionally Intelligent Children
The Caring Child: Raising Empathetic and Emotionally Intelligent Children pulls together the latest research from positive psychology to provide parents specific tools to help their children develop healthy empathy and emotional intelligence. Presented in an easy-to-read, conversational style, the book uses a combination of evidence-based strategies, real-world examples, and role-playing scenarios to provide parents with the tools needed to develop these important skills.
Coming Soon....SCUCISD GT Advisory Council
The GT Advisory Council will serve in an advisory capacity to the district administration and GT staff regarding the GT program. The committee will be open to GT students, parents of GT students, teachers, campus administrators, district curriculum coordinators, and community members.
Looking for some gift ideas for your gifted child?
Encouraging Curiosity in our Gifted Children!
1. Make books and magazines in various genres and subjects available. Suggestions
2. Find family-friendly websites for your child to explore. Suggestions
3. Visit community resources. Examples: museums, aquariums, plays, concerts, library events
4. Allow your child to tinker. Examples: build new things with material from around the house, take old or broken appliances apart