1. MISD GT Elementary Program 2008 - 2009 McKinney ISD exists to provide an excellent education for all.

2. Agenda 1. K-2 Curriculum 2.Communication to parents 3. Report Cards 4. AFI Video 6. Q & A 5. Teacher Support

3. Kindergarten – 2 nd Grade Year B 1st Nine Weeks Review: Observing/Inferring, Comparing/Contrasting, Grouping/Labeling, Classifying/Categorizing, Ordering, Patterning, Fact/Opinion, Relevant/Irrelevant, Questioning 2nd Nine Weeks Inferring (3 one hour lessons), Drawing Conclusions (2 one hour lessons), Cause and Effect (2 one hour lessons) 3rd Nine Weeks Summary (2 one hour lessons), Point of View (2 one hour lessons) Making Generalizations (2 one hour lessons), 4th Nine Weeks Judging and Logic (2 one hour lessons) AFI Video Research (5 one hour lessons)

4. Schedule – Lisa Crates Monday – Walker – morning – Bennett – afternoon Tuesday – Malvern – morning – Caldwell – afternoon Wednesday – Wolford – morning – Finch & Slaughter – afternoon Thursday – Minshew – morning – Burks – afternoon Friday – Webb – morning – GT meeting - afternoon

5. Schedule – Lisa Sutton Monday – Wilmeth - morning – Eddins - afternoon Tuesday – Press - morning – McNeil - afternoon Wednesday – Valley Creek - morning – Vega & Johnson - afternoon Thursday – Glen Oaks - morning – McGowen - afternoon Friday – GT Leadership meeting – morning – GT Meeting - afternoon

6. Parent Communication Weekly Take Home Review Activities This is a fun way for your child to better communicate with you about what we do in ALPHA each week. Tell me and I’ll forget, Show me and I may remember, Involve me and I’ll understand

7. Report Cards We do not give grades in ALPHA. Report Cards consist of Thinking Skills covered each nine weeks.

8. AFI Video Students will be involved in producing an educational video

9. Teacher Support Challenging activities are placed in each teacher’s box each week for students to work on between ALPHA classes Students are offered the opportunity to create an educational board game to be used by other students in each grade