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What's Happening in GT?
Ms. Howell and teachers at each grade level collaborate to continue to add to the enrichment opportunities available to students. Grade level enrichment information can be found via notes home, student planners and from classroom teachers. Below is information about the work we are currently undertaking in GT Pull-out.
Fifth Grade
We are studying the unit "Thinking About Thinking." Students begin by creating a poster of a quote selected to be a guide for their year. We will move on to activities designed to expand students' consideration of the mechanics and affective components of thinking, as well as "Habits of Mind". Students will have the opportunity to examine a sheep brain (up close & personally!) and will be asked to reflect upon the unit in a project of independent choice.
Fourth Grade
INVENT! is the topic at hand for our group. We will practice creative skills designed to get us "out of the box" in considering possibilities. We also will apply critical thinking as we analyze current inventions for problems and consider solutions. Students are invited to participate in the District Inventors Fair, which will be held Saturday, January 16th, 2010.
Third Grade
Third graders have considered in what ways these are the same or different: riddles vs. jokes and games vs. puzzles. We are trying out a guide to creating original riddles, and will continue to examine a variety of puzzles in our PUZZLEMANIA! unit. Students will be creating puzzles to combine into a class book. Families may want to get ready to try some of these challenges at home!
First & Second Grades
This group is active in a variety of challenges in response to student selection and interest. Work will start out with visual challenges: looking at two-dimensional drawings and then building to match out of 3D objects.
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