GT LEAD
Learning Experiences for Academic Discoveries
Thankful
What a treat it is to work with your children day in and day out! They are precious and have so much to share! I have the best job in the world!
FIRST GRADE
Sharing favorite Thanksgiving food or memory
Planning our SCAMPER piccollages
Discussing the logic puzzle we will do at the end of class
SECOND GRADE
Creating a creature that has been extinct
Designing with partner
Discussing possible reasons for extinction
Sketching what creature would have looked like
Using the Creative Problem Solving Process
Determining if creature was an amphibian, reptile, mammal
Names on the Back
Asking Yes/No questions to figure it out
Names related to fall and Thanksgiving
Brainstorming possible names for their creature
THIRD GRADE
Collaborating on school tools to improve
Narrowing down an idea to improve
Listing possible materials for prototype
FOURTH GRADE
FIFTH GRADE
Getting ready to record mini-presentation
On Geometric Cakes video using the icon Over Time
Writing script for presentation on a shared Google Doc
On Geometric Cakes video using the icon Over Time
Collaborating on Google Doc script
On Feeding Frenzy Video Using the icons Over Time and Multiple Perspectives
Creating a shared Google Sites on Marble Run Video
Using the icon Multiple Perspectives
Topics of the Week
Here are two on-line resources that deal with anxiety and anger in Gifted Children. As elementary students are in such a growth/developmental age, these articles deal with two very real issues and provide some coping strategies to nurture our kids.
Anger -- Please click on link: https://goo.gl/HWwVgA
Anxiety -Please click on link: https://goo.gl/jEFekT
Kathy Griffin
GT Specialist
Email: kathy.griffin@gcisd.net
Phone: 817-305-4870
Twitter: @OCTGriffin