GT LEADers in Action
January 2016
ATTENTION 5th Grade Parents: Please read the information at the bottom of this blog.
Here's the scoop in our classrooms:
Kindergarten is enjoying their very first week in GT LEAD, and we are thrilled to have them! Welcome to the program, young, creative, energetic, excitable, precious, adorable scholars! You will love LEAD!
1st Grade read a clever story called The Great Fuzzy Frenzy and got the opportunity to design their own red, fuzzy creation. The book was filled with figurative language, such as alliteration and onomatopoeia. Students used a variety of materials to bring their idea to life and presented their project to the class.
Hope you didn't find red fuzz in your dryer this week. We had fun getting messy. |
3rd Grade was challenged with geometric pentacubes. They had to evaluate all the possible arrangements of 5 cubes, creating a connected "flat" original pattern. Translations, transformations and reflections were eliminated, as they discovered the final number. Students then had to create and draw three dimensional figures to further their thinking.
"Um, Mrs. Gable, this is really making me think..." |
5th Grade SPARK Talks focused on developing powerful "hooks" in presentations that could capture the audience's attention. We also practiced writing powerfully concise and informative questions to interview an expert, our first "Mystery FaceTime" guest. The students loved interviewing Ashton Smith, Voice-over Artist from Los Angeles, California (who also happens to be my brother).
Students introduced themselves, asked thought-provoking questions, and even got to hear a few movie trailers of upcoming blockbusters. |
ATTENTION 5th Grade Parents:
Please make plans to attend the GCISD ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GT LEAD TRANSITION MEETING this Thursday, January 14 OR next Tuesday, January 19 at 6:00 pm at the District PDEC Building at 5800 Colleyville Boulevard, 76034. Information will be shared about options available for gifted middle school students.
Please make plans to attend the GCISD ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GT LEAD TRANSITION MEETING this Thursday, January 14 OR next Tuesday, January 19 at 6:00 pm at the District PDEC Building at 5800 Colleyville Boulevard, 76034. Information will be shared about options available for gifted middle school students.
***Please note: NO testing is needed for current GT LEAD Identified students wanting to attend GT classes in middle school.***
Hello mrs.Gable it is Zahra! I miss you!m
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