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OVERVIEW OF THE GIFTED RESOURCE PROGRAM FOR 4TH/5TH GRADE

Language Arts (Verbal)90 minutes (does not include 30 minutes IFG time) 4 days/week (9:55 – 11:25)

Math (Quantitative)90 minutes 4 days/week (12:30 – 2:00)4th: 12:30 – 1:30

Students do not attend GR on Wednesdays

Replacement for the homeroom classroom Grade from GR

COMMUNICATION Website/weekly progress report www.kyrene.org/MAN http://www.kyrene.org/skelleher (for homework!) ..\templates\prog.report.14.15.pptx

LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM & ADOPTED RESOURCES

Curriculum Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htm

Adopted Resources: Vocabulary Wordly WiseWordsmith (a.k.a. Groovy Bob) – for Greek/Latin word study

Literature Studies Junior Great Books

LANGUAGE HOMEWORK VocabularyWordly Wise is assigned Monday due FridayWordsmith assignments vary – usually finished in class

Literature StudiesShould always be readingAssigned Tuesday due FridayAssigned Friday due TuesdaySo… students will usually have homework due on Tuesday and Friday (never on Monday)

Writing is not part of the Language Arts block*

TYPICAL DAY Vocabulary (10 – 15 minutes)

Literature Study (20 – 40 minutes)Literature circles on Tuesdays and Fridays

Supplemental Activity * (15 – 30 minutes)WritingReading comprehension passages (fiction and non-fiction)

Working on project associated with lit. study

Junior Great Books

MATH CURRICULUM/ADOPTED RESOURCES/HOMEWORK Curriculum New AZ Achievement.pptx ParentGuide_Math_4.pdf ParentGuide_Math_5.pdf Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htm

Adopted ResourcesInvestigations (4th/5th grade)Connected Math (6th grade)

HomeworkMy philosophy

30 minutes Skip ones you don’t know practice

Graded in class

MATH Typical dayAgenda (5 minutes)Spiral Review/Brain Puzzle (10 minutes)Daily learning goal (20 – 30 minutes)

Brain Break (5 minutes)

Whiteboard Practice/Hands-On Activities/small groups (35 – 40 minutes)

Time to start homework*

THANK YOU!!!

NONVERBAL

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