Unit 2 was such a success! First, we designed & built parachutes in order to airdrop animals into ecosystems. Next, we utilized our engineering skills to construct beaver dams to help restore the salmon population. Finally, we rounded off our unit by discussing the importance of relationship skills & how our approach to situations can differ, yet still result in a successful outcome!

Tuesday 2:00-3:00pm 2nd grade

Wednesday 8:45-9:45 3rd grade

Wednesday 2:00-3:00pm 1st grade

Friday 8:15-9:15am 2nd grade SIP

Friday 9:35-10:35am 5th grade

*days and times subject to change based on testing schedule or unexpected events*

• Classroom teachers provide differentiated instruction in the core subjects.
• Students are clustered in classes with a teacher who has met the state G/T training requirements.
• Students participate in G/T Expo, which highlights their completed independent study projects.
• G/T students are met with each week to work on research instruction, independent project work, and other group activities.
• Classroom teachers are supported with strategies and training specific for G/T students.

Thursday, November 18, from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern time (Parent Focus)

Books and More for Promoting Literacy and Thinking in Kids
with Dr. Susannah Richards – Eastern Connecticut University

Looking for recommendations to ignite, delight, and cultivate lifelong readers? This session will highlight recently published books that kids will want to binge read. It will include suggested fiction and nonfiction, middle grade and young adult novels, picture books, graphic novels, and more.

Susannah Richards is an associate professor of Education at Eastern Connecticut State University where she teaches courses on literacy and literature. She has a PhD in Gifted Education from the University of Connecticut where she studied talented readers. She has served on the Newbery, Geisel, Connecticut Book Award, Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature, and other award committees for children’s literature. She actively reads and presents on books for youth and how to use them at international, national, and local conferences. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @SussingOutBooks.

Register here: https://gifted.uconn.edu/register/

Helping Your 2E Child (Sally Reis and Susan Baum)

Streamed Jan. 21, 2021 (view recording here)

Technology Roulette in the Age of COVID-19 (Stacy Hayden)

Streamed Feb. 18, 2021 (view recording here)

Talking with Children About Their Giftedness (Del Siegle)

Streamed March 18, 2021 (view recording here)

Perfectionism and Productive Struggle (Catherine Little)

Streamed April 15, 2021 (view recording here)