GT Parent Update December 2021
December 2021
Looking for Parent Feedback
Answers to Parent Questions
What can I do at home to foster my child’s gifts and talents?
Each month use the GT Parent Newsletter to ask your child about the work they have been doing in small group. Don't forget to review the links and events that might be of interest to you and your child in this newsletter.
My one recommendation is that you let your child be a kid (be silly, make mistakes, allow creativity and exploration)...and while they are busy having fun as a kid, you promote their love of learning by asking open-ended questions. Keep them curious and allow them to dive into interests and learn about them. There can always be a great question to ask your child and a problem for them to solve! Just find that learning opportunity in your everyday moments!
Here is another resource for working with your child at home.
GRADE LEVEL NEWS
5th Grade
In December, fifth-graders extended their learning in our anti-bullying lesson. We focused on decimal operations and calculated how much revenue the university would acquire by selling the shirts. We even had a quick business discussion about profit and cost of goods sold. Ultimately, students were able to determine how much money the university would be donating to an anti-bullying campaign. We wrapped up our module by returning to our fifth-grade competency related to advocacy. Students shared examples of what they need to do to advocate for themselves and how they can be courageous to speak up for themselves when needed. They created a tweet with an anti-bullying message to promote kindness and compassion for others.
4th Grade
3rd Grade
Third graders learned all about critical thinking in the month of December. Our Clue Me In module teaches students about critical thinking and models for them how to implement the steps of critical thinking to solve a puzzle. Students then put their critical thinking skills to use when analyzing a math challenge to determine the correct answer based on their knowledge of place value and clues provided.
2nd Grade
Tessa Arwe from Spring Hill Elementary
Tessa describes her GT experience below.
GT is where talented kids from 2nd to 5th grades learn about extra life helping problems. So far in 3rd grade GT I have learned:
- Abstract Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Real-Life Math Problems
What I think of GT so far is that it is very fun to learn in my extra time. We also get to see and work with other 3rd graders at a time other than recess. I hope I am in GT in 4th grade!