Mrs. Branton's May 2016 GE News
Gifted Education News for Woodland and Edinbrook
Needs Based Classes for Grades 3-5
NBC #4 for Grades 3-5:
Grade 3 Verbal Super Heroes: Creative Writing
Grade 4 Verbal Super Heroes Creative Writing/Genius Hour
Grade 5 Verbal Genius Hour
All GE students in grades 3 through 5 will continue focusing on their Verbal skills during May. This includes reading, writing and communicating effectively.
Affective Seminars Begin for Kindergarten Through Second Grade
Inclusion in these sessions is based on informal observation and other assessment data. These seminars implement lessons and activities regarding the social and emotional development of students who are ready for additional challenge. This class is designed by District 279 staff to enrich the regular curriculum by providing for the needs of elementary students with high academic potential.
Kindergarten: Big Idea: How does your attitude affect your intelligence?
Students will Know: Attributes of Primary area of intelligence.
Students will Understand: How S.E.A. (Strategies, Effort, Attitude) affects intelligence.
Students will Do: Students will apply their understanding of their intelligence into a visual representation
Grade 1: Big Idea: How can we use our intelligences(smarts) as we relate to others?
Students will Know: How S.E.A. (Strategies, Effort, Attitude) affects your intelligences.
Students will Understand: How their strengths and “stretches” compare with those of classmates.
Students will Do: Relate (be friends) with others who have similar and different smarts and interests.
Grade 2: Big Idea: Development of self-awareness
Students will Know: Attributes of Primary area of intelligence.
Students will Understand: How interests, strengths, and weaknesses affect their achievement.
Students will Do: Practice analyzing their strengths and show how their passions and knowledge about themselves lead to achievement.
Testing
Testing Information for Grades 2-4
Most second graders and some third and fourth graders participated in cognitive thinking-skills testing during January (CogAT). Data gathered from this process will be used for this spring and decisions about GE services for 2016-17. Parents should have received these results in the US mail in April. In the fall of 2016, MAP data (RIT scores) will also be reviewed as a second tool in determining GE services for the coming year.
Final GE Parent Forum May 10th
The meeting will be at Oak View Elementary from 6:30-7:30. The topic is “Advocating for your Gifted Child” and we will have a guest speaker. Carol Malueg, M.A., is a professional in the field of gifted education, currently working with Center for K-12 Guidance, an independent educational consultant organization that specializes in K-12 educational planning for gifted and talented students in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. She is a Master Facilitator and Trainer for the organization, Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted Children (SENG), and works regularly with schools and school districts in facilitating SENG parent groups and twice exceptional parent groups. Ms. Malueg is the President of the Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented and presents regularly at NAGC conference. Ms. Malueg will serve as an advisor on parent and community involvement for Project North Star.