Academically Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Parent Information Night June 4, 2012

Meet Your AIG Team! Third Grade AIG teacher- Jana Hentz Fourth Grade AIG teacher- Cathy Badgett Fifth Grade AIG teacher- Jayne Grubbs

WSFCS AIG Website 1. WSFCS homepage 2. Click Departments 3. Click Academically Intellectually Gifted Intellectually Gifted 4. Explore P.S. Check for AIG County-wide Open House in August!

AIG Program At CCES  Several teachers on-site are certified to teach AIG  3 rd Grade: AIG Homeroom  4 th and 5 th : Pullout Program- services are provided for about 3 hrs. a day  AIG- Instruction is advanced one year  HAG- Instruction is advanced two years  All AIG students take the End of Grade test on their grade level Writing Math Reading

Third Grade Language Arts Curriculum Reading  Two required novels  Fiction and Nonfiction  Literacy skills  Technology- Powerpoint, Glogster, research, exploration, Kindles, Fakebook, WIKI, blog  Guided Reading Groups  Literacy Circles  Independent Study  Comprehension  Vocabulary Extension  Manipulation of text and author’s intentions  Study Skills  Test-taking Skills (life-long)  Reading Journals Writing  Three to Five paragraph development-opening sentence, main idea, three supporting ideas, closing sentence  Story development- show-do-not-tell, make one statement and follow up with another sentence expressing further thought on the same idea  Application of graphic organizers  Application of extended vocabulary in writing  Narratives, expository, poetry, biographies, fables, letters,  Writing Journals  Persuasive (Argumentative/Opinion) and Narrative  Grammar

Third Grade Math Curriculum  Multiplication  Division  Place Value  Fractions  Decimals  Time  Growing and repeating patterns  Measurement  Problem Solving  Problem Solving Strategies  Mental Math  Problem Based Learning  Manipulatives, Music, Dance, Art  Real Life Application  Spiraling of the curriculum  Math Journal and Notebook  Projects (at-home and at-school)

Academically Gifted, NOT Academically Perfect  Intrinsically motivated  Perfectionist  Emotional and Social Needs  “Big Fish in a Little Pond”  K-2 Curriculum vs. Third Grade Curriculum  Expectations are challenging  Focus on the “whole” student- independent, kind, responsible, held accountable for actions, confident in one’s thought process, encouraging of others, challenge peers, justify thinking, creative, inquisitive, innovative  Limit external pressures  Transition to letter grades

Summer Activities Reading Play!!! (socialize with others) Museums/Day trips Building projects Any open-ended projects

Current AIG Student Advice  AIG teacher treats you fairly.  Always listen because it will help you on tests.  Take your time and do it right the first time.  Encourage your child!  Focus on effort, not grades.  Study for any upcoming tests.  Work smarter, not harder!  Believe in yourself!  Think outside of the box.  Do your best! Be a brainiac!  Hope parents can keep up with their student’s math!  Be sure to practice skills that you are not as good at.  Please tell parents not to stress them about coming to AIG.  Students need to try their best because you can earn rewards.  Always show your work so that you can get the problem right. Make sure that you match your work with the problem.  Don’t stress the EOG because they are really easy. Remind students on the morning of the test, that they will do great no matter what!  The homework is a fair amount and most of the time parents would not need to help.  Even if you are having a tough time, remember that you are in AIG for a reason.  Don’t get nervous because the work is just a little harder.  Use your brain and think about the task.  Do not think that they know everything, do not get too confident but do think that you can be successful in AIG!

Parent Homework Wsfcs website Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success