Parents, here's the powerpoint notes from Curriculum Night for GT LEAD.
Here is the survey link. (The LEAD teachers across the district are looking for parents who are willing to serve as "experts" in different fields or professions for 5th grade students who are researching their individual passions or future careers. The interviews could be in person, over the phone, through email or Skype.)
GT LEADers in Action
October 2nd edition
Our week was terrific with lots of brainstorming, fluency and original thinking!
1st grade showed their creativity through draw starts and brainstorming. They were challenged to show originality in the ideas they could "see" on the draw start of their picture. We evaluated each others, looking for ideas to spark our own imagination. Brainstorming was about the color BLUE and all the various ideas we could generate. That's fluency!
2nd grade was involved in archeological teams that had to reconnect the "remains" of an extinct animal. Their challenge was to create the species, name it and next week they will present the animal's story as a group.
3rd grade continued with their academic discipline research. They focused on using the language of the discipline and began developing quality research questions, all the while, remembering what great thinkers do. Finally, they set up Frayer Models to organize their notes for next week's career investigations.
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| 2nd grade archeologists sharing resources. |
3rd grade continued with their academic discipline research. They focused on using the language of the discipline and began developing quality research questions, all the while, remembering what great thinkers do. Finally, they set up Frayer Models to organize their notes for next week's career investigations.
4th grade had some deep thinking through logical number problems that included complex numeral thinking. (Don't tell them, but it also had a little Algebra in it! sshhhh.....) The draw starts were remarkable as the students focused on adding details to elaborate their designs. Finally, I conferenced with most of the students to look closely at their selected goal for this year.
5th grade completed most of the Apps (which connected their Intellectual Trait to the App design model they created). Students added details/descriptions and wrote three "personal" reviews from "users" of the App. The completed Apps will be posted on our giant gPAD that is posted in the room. Please feel invited to come see it any time. They will present their App to the class next week in a convincing 1 minute power presentation, much like the show Shark Tank. Let the bidding wars begin!
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| "Mark Cuban, do I hear $3 million for these Apps?" |
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