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Your Child is Gifted. . .Bright Children
Knows the answersIs interested
Is attentive Has good ideas
Works hard Answers the questions
Top group Listens with interest
Learns with ease 6-8 repetitions
Understands ideas Enjoys peers
Grasps the meaning Completes assignments
Is receptive Copies accurately
Enjoys school Absorbs information
Technician Good memorizer
Enjoys straightforward, sequential presentation
Is pleased with own learning
Gifted ChildrenAsks the questions
Is highly curious Is mentally and physically involved
Has wild, silly ideas Plays around, yet tests well
Discusses in detail, elaborates Beyond the group
Shows strong feelings and opinions Already knows
1-2 repetitions for mastery Constructs abstractions
Prefers adultsDraws inferences Initiates projects
Is intense Creates a new design
Enjoys learning Manipulates information
Inventor Good guesser
Thrives on complexity
Is highly self-critical
Welcometo
3rd grade C.A.T.S.
“Community and Collaboration”
Building Community and Collaboration…
•Inquiry Skills – use of ICONS of Depth and Complexity to introduce higher-level thought
•Critical and Creative Thinking – use of cognitive processes of synthesis, application, analysis, and evaluation to strengthen logical reasoning
•Communicating Ideas – substantive responses to higher-level questionsAn example…
“Given what you know about the RULES of a society, EVALUATE the importance of the setting to the plot and theme of this story.”
•Elaboration – Adding details and extending our ideas
•Fluency – The ability to generate many ideas
•Originality – The ability to be unique or unusual in your thinking
•Flexibility – The ability to bend and see things in a different way
Teaching Community and Collaboration…
Teaching Inquiry through Collaboration Activities
Objective – Working with your team, develop a way to make your ping pong ball fly.
Your child learns differently; I teach differently by utilizing a variety of engaging, problem-solving lessons in which your child uses his/her creative strengths to complete a task. Design Squad projects and EIE Units provide
students a stronger understanding of the design process, and the connection between engineering and the things we all use in everyday life.
A Creative Curriculum
•Acceleration – faster presentation of content to more closely match the speed at which your child learns
•Divergent thinking – channeling your child’s thinking which results in novel, unique, and/or creative solutions or answers
•Enrichment – deeper coverage of content
•Opportunities – providing your child with the time and activities to develop their creativity individually and collectivelyhttp://www.mychandlerschools.org/199310615161415510/site/default.asp
We also focus on SCHOLARLINESS
•Keep learning
•See perspectives
•Be Curious
•Take time and ponder
•Exercise our brain
•Use multiple resources
•Set goals
•Bring materials
Language Arts ~ Reading The 2012-13 academic year will begin with the implementation of the
Common Core Standards. Rigor is creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at
high levels, each student is supported so he or she can learn at high levels, and each student demonstrates learning at high levels. ~Barbara R. Blackburn
Reading Domains• Reading Process
Foundational Skills: vocabulary, phonics, fluency, and comprehension strategies.
• ComprehendingLiterature and Informational text
Resources• Jr. Great Books series• Literature Studies• EIE science and social studies text
Language Arts ~ Writing
• Writing Process• Writing Components
Ideas and content, Organization, Voice Word Choice, Sentence Fluency and Conventions.
• Writing ApplicationOpinion pieces on topic and textsInformative/explanatory Narratives of real or imagined experiencesResearch and Research writing Literary response
The writing process takes a writer from prewriting to publication. For many young writers, this is a very tedious journey. OUR SOLUTION – Creativity and Writing
MathMathematical Domains• Operations and Algebraic
Thinking• Number and Operations
In base tenFractions
• Measurement and Data• Geometry• Mathematical Practices (MP)
Common Core
• ResourcesTERCProblem-based word problems
Reasoning and Explaining
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.MP.3 Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.
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MP.4 Model with mathematics.MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
Seeing Structure and Generalizing
MP.7 Look for and make use of structure.MP.8 Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.
Social Studies
• American HistoryExplorers and Colonization (Explorer Theatrical Performances)
• World History• Civics and Government (Presidential Election Unit)• Geography (Pirate Unit)• Early Civilizations
Greece and Rome (Olympic Unit)• Economics
Science
Scientific Process• Science Experiments
• Science Fair
Human Body• Hereditary and Health
Earth and The Solar System
• Light and SoundPhysical Science• Rock and Fossils
• Plants and Ecosystems
• Changes in Environment
Science Innovators• Contributions of
Scientists and Inventors
How PARENTS can support Extended-Learning Opportunities
through Curriculum-Supported Field Trips
• Musical Instrument Museum
• Desert Botanical Museum/Boyce Thompson Museum
• Childsplay
• Arizona State Capitol
• Tax Credit Donations (in any increment, up to $400./married couple)
Working in Partnership with Parents, we will have the funds necessary to further your child’s learning outside of the classroom. Thank you for considering this important request.
Icons of Depth and Complexity
Building Community and Collaboration
Behavior Management Plan
Both Mrs. Grunewald and Mrs. Barakat will be implementing TRIBES to foster a positive, cohesive, safe and cooperative learning environment for your child. There are four main principles whose purpose it is to create a classroom community where each student is valued, respected and empowered.
• Attentive Listening
• Appreciation/ No PUT DOWNS
• Right to Participate
• Mutual RespectTRIBES Community Reward Incentives
*Fun Friday (2:00 – 2:30) PASSPORT System
*Marble Parties (days/times change due to schedule)
HOMEWORK Policy•Students will be given daily homework. The purpose of these assignments is to provide extra support at home of concepts covered in class. Each student is responsible for completing his/her homework and returning it to school on
the assigned due date.
•Pursuant to CUSD policy, 3rd grade students will be responsible for 30-40 minutes of homework each night. Nightly reading is also encouraged and should average at least 15 minutes each night.
•There may be extended projects due throughout the year; however, consideration will be given with respect to daily homework requirements, and due dates will always be provided.
•Failure to complete homework will result in students using their personal recess time to complete it.
Birthday Policy
•We enjoy celebrating with your child as they celebrate his/her birthday. If you would like to donate an edible or non-edible classroom treat, please deliver those items to
the front office.
•All baked goods must be store-bought pursuant to CUSD policy.
•If your child has an food allergy, please provide a nonperishable snack to your child’s teacher to be distributed when needed.
Communication Policy•Open communication is of upmost importance to us in our
desire to build a collaborative partnership with parents. The best way to contact us is through E-mail.
• Please allow us 24 hours to respond to E-mails and phone calls.
Mrs. Grunewald’s
Specials Schedule
Day 2 P.E. 1:25 – 2:25
Day 4 Mandarin 1:25 – 2:25
Day 6: Music 1:25 – 2:25
School Hours 8:55 – 3:25
*We have a QUIET START at KGA. Students are allowed to be on campus as early as 8:30, but they
need to have a book to read. Classroom doors open at 8:45 a.m.
Morning Snack 9:30
Lunch 11:05 – 11:45
Afternoon Recess 1:00 – 1:20 (tentative)
Mrs. Barakat’s
Specials Schedule
Day 2 Mandarin 1:25 – 2:25
Day 4 Music 1:25 – 2:25
Day 6: P.E. 1:25 – 2:25
*Team Time TBD
THANK YOU…
…for joining us this evening. It was a pleasure to meet our new students and parents, and are looking forward to a wonderful year together.
See you on Monday!