G.A.T.E.WAYS
October Newsletter
Southwest Elementary G.A.T.E.
Just a reminder that Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, October 22 from 1-8 pm. I will be in and out of both the elementary and middle school on that day, but I plan on trying to attend your child's conference with his/her teacher. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to give me a call.
The 3rd and 4th grade students are currently doing a mystery unit. We have been reading "Who Dunnit? How to be a Detective in 10 Easy Lessons" and using details and information from the story and pictures to make higher level inferences, as well as, supporting those inferences with evidence. In the next few weeks, our classroom will turn into a crime scene lab as we solve the "Case of the Missing Lunch". Students will have the opportunity to practice observation skills, expand their forensic science vocabulary, evaluate the scene by analyzing footprints and perform experiments on mystery substances (ex. cornstarch, powdered sugar, etc.)
Critical Thinking Skills
There are twelve aspects to critical thinking:
1. Grasp the meaning of a statement
2. Judge whether ambiguity exists
3. Judge if contradictions exist
4. Judge if a conclusion necessarily follows
5. Judge the specificity of a statement
6. Judge if a statement relates to a certain principle
7. Judge the reliability of an observation
8. Judge if an inductive conclusion is warranted
9. Judge if a problem has been identified
10. Judge if a definition is adequate
11. Judge if a statement is credible
12. Judge if something is an assumption
Life Lessons for Gifted Students (Seng)
- Working hard to achieve may sometimes result in frustration. Others may misunderstand those frustrations. Keep working hard anyway, and reach out those who understand you.
- You will come up with some great ideas. Others may not always be as enthusiastic about them as you would like. Keep generating new ideas and be excited about them anyway; they will find their audience.
Picture This!
Brooklyn Bauerle
Email: bauerleb@lawson.k12.mo.us
Website: lawsoncardinals.org
Location: 307 West Moss Street, Lawson, MO, United States
Phone: (816) 580-7272