1. Welcome to PEP and SAGE 2016-2017
While you wait, can you figure out what is particular about these numbers:
Or…can you figure out what goes on the next line: 1 11 21

2. Six Goals of Tonight’s Time
Introduce myself to you
Gifted learners in general and their unique social and emotional needs
PEP/SAGE Goals and Objectives
SAGE Reading
SAGE Math
PEP 

3. Who is Ms. Lombardo? Native Seattleite Issaquah School District
Veteran
PEP/SAGE Teacher
Mother

4. Does this look familiar?

5. PEP and SAGE are both acronyms
Do you know what P.E.P. and S.A.G.E stand for?
Primary Approach to Gifted Education
Special Approach to Gifted Education

6. Information about PEP
PEP is a pullout program in Issaquah School District for highly-capable gifted students in grades K-2.
PEP is available at each elementary school in the district.
First and Second grade receive an hour of PEP a week. Kindergarten receives 30 minutes a week.
Current Kindergarten students will be screened in October in their classroom.
All students will be tested again in the spring of Second Grade for placement for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.

7. Information about SAGE Math and Reading
SAGE is available at each elementary school in the district.
Students typically qualify in the spring of their second grade year, begin the program in the fall of third grade, and continue through 5th grade.
Once a student qualifies for SAGE, they remain in the program until they leave elementary school.

8. WAC
Definition—Students who are highly capable.
Highly capable students are students who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments. Outstanding abilities are seen within students' general intellectual aptitudes, specific academic abilities, and/or creative productivities within a specific domain.

9. A gifted child is more than just a bright child
Hand out a few copies per table and have parents share what stands out to them. In what areas do you see your student?

10. What are some common characteristics of gifted learners?
Again, hand out to parents and have them share something they read that makes them think of their student.

20. The School’s Role… How will we support your PEP and SAGE students

21. PEP and SAGE Programming
Differentiation in the classroom
One hour per week pull-out
SAGE Math
Two hours per week pull-out
SAGE Reading
Leveled Readers
Regular conferring with SAGE teacher

22. Intellectual/Academic
Goal 1
Intellectual/Academic
To enrich and expand each student’s intellectual horizons.
To encourage each student to take responsibility for his/her learning.
To make learning a life-long habit.

23. Students will learn and practice:
Objectives
Students will learn and practice:
Problem solving strategies by accurately applying them to real problems;
Collect and analyze data using information processing skills such as classifying, inferring, and predicting;
Creative thinking skills of fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality;
Thinking behaviors by demonstrating risk-taking, goal-setting, decision making, persistence, inquisitiveness, and self-evaluation.

25. Goal 2
Social/Emotional To provide a safe environment for gifted students to interact on a regular basis with others who have similar abilities and interests.

26. Students will learn and practice:
Objectives
Students will learn and practice:
The student will exhibit a sense of confidence, ownership, and independence in his/her own learning.
The student will be able to work cooperatively in groups, collaborate with a learning partner, and work independently.
The student will develop quality work products that reflect excellence, precision, thoroughness, creative innovation, and best effort.
The students will be responsible for following through and completing assignments.

28. Social and Emotional Skills and Objectives Integration
Video Clips
News Stories
Literature (bibliotherapy)

29. Bibliotherapy Using books to talk about social and emotional issues and ideas

30. SAGE Reading (in classroom) What the Classroom teacher does…
Use of leveled readers and guided reading groups held regularly for the highly capable students
Use of additional challenging reading material such as Junior Great Books
Conferring regularly with SAGE readers
Asking higher level questions
Student self-selected reading material in a topic of interest with goal of becoming “local expert.” Report to the class.
Incorporate student accountability.
Consultation with the SAGE teacher to provide differentiation ideas for SAGE readers
Use of SAGE teacher as a resource and a consultant for teachers
Use of SAGE teacher as the “Case Manager” of the SAGE reading students.

32. SAGE Math (in classroom) What the classroom teacher does…
Use of Eureka Math to meet the highly capable students needs in math Guided math groups
Provide extension menus
Provide deeper level problem solving
Incorporate student accountability
Use of SAGE teacher as a resource and a consultant for teachers
Use of SAGE teacher as the “Case Manager” of the SAGE Math students includes goal setting

33. PEP and SAGE Math (pull out)
Social Emotional Skills Support
Mathematical Problem Solving
Math and higher level thinking skills through science, engineering and technology-based units

35. 4 Step Problem Solving Framework
Find Out
What does the problem mean?
What question must you answer to solve it?
Identify important and unimportant information.
Determine if any important information is missing.
Break the problem into smaller problems if necessary.
Choose a Strategy
Solve the Problem
Record your work in a way that lets you see at a glance what you have completed.
You may have to try more than one strategy.
Look Back
Reread the problem.
Check the solution to see that it meets the conditions stated in the problem and that it answers the question.
Ask yourself: Is it logical and reasonable?
Talk about first day of SAGE challenge

36. Further develop their Problem Solving Strategy Toolbox
Guess and Check
Look for a Pattern
Act it Out
Make an Organized List, Chart, or Table
Draw a Picture
Try a Simpler Problem
Use an Object/Make a Model
Work Backwards
Use Logic
Brainstorm

37. Probable Units of Study
1st Grade
2nd Grade
Problem Solving
Liquid Explorations Discovering Density Oobleck Engineering
Who Stole Mr. Bear?
Fingerprinting Chromatography Secret Formulas
Engineering

38. Probable Units of Study
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Problem Solving
Lego WeDo 2.0
Scratch
Bubble.ology
House Design or Polyhedraville
Paper Towel Testing
EV3 Basics Inventions
Dry Ice
Lego EV3
Hands On Engineering

39. Will the students get grades in SAGE and how are they assessed?

40. Student Self-Assessment part 1
STUDENT SELF- ASSESSMENT FOR SAGE
Student ________________ Grade _______ Year ________ School ________________
SAGE Teacher ___________________ Classroom Teacher _______________________
INTELLECTUAL/ACADEMIC Consistently/ Sometimes/ Not Yet
I use the 4-step problem solving method.
(Problem Solving)
Mid-term
End of Year
I gather and analyze information precisely using
Skills such as predicting, inferring.
(Data & Information Processing)
Mid-term
I demonstrate the four components of
creativity – fluency, flexibility,
elaboration, originality. (Creativity)
I keep trying even when the answer is not clear.
(Persistence)

41. Student Self-Assessment part 2
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
I am willing to make a mistake in order to try
something new. (Confident learner)
Mid-term
End of Year
I participate with and contribute to the group.
(Collaborative worker)
I take pride in producing quality work.
(Quality producer)
I follow through and complete my assignments.
(Responsible producer)
End of year
Comments: ___________________________________________________________________________
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Student Signature ___________________________ Date _______________

42. Do students have to make up the work they miss in class?

43. Resources Sunset and Cougar Ridge PEP and SAGE Connect Site
NW Gifted Child Association
48 Essential Links for Parents of Gifted Children

44. A huge thank you for all their support!
Junior Great Books
Lego WeDos 2.0
Lego Mindstorms EV3

45. Questions? Feel free to email me any time with questions
is often a better way to reach me than calling me