1. Lynne Lawler, Jeanne Riggs- 4 th grade Linda Hathaway, Doris Costenbader -3 rd grade

2.  -Gifted and talented education is a program for identified students with unique academic and social needs which are not ordinarily met in a typical classroom setting.  -Students have the opportunity to develop their potential through curriculum designed to meet their specialized learning needs.  -Experiences will enhance and extend concepts in the regular classroom and allow them to move beyond traditional learning.

3.  Children capable of high performance including those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly, or in combination:  - General intelligence  -Academic aptitude in a specific area  -Creative or productive thinking  -Leadership  -The visual or performing arts  -3 to 5 percent of the school population

4.  -rapid learners  -abstract thinkers  -highly curious  -emotionally intense  -challenged by difficult tasks  -perfectionists  -easily bored with routine  -able to discuss subjects in depth  -interested in areas that are unusual for their age

5.  -Gifted children will produce more  -Gifted children learn all subjects easily  -Gifted children have strengths across the curriculum  -Gifted children will learn on their own  -Gifted education means more work  -Everything comes easily for gifted children  -It is easy to identify gifted children

6.  -Gifted students make more progress when the curriculum, teaching methods, and materials are adapted for their needs.  -Challenges are needed to keep gifted students involved in learning and creating.  -Like other students with unique needs, gifted students will not reach their highest potential without differentiated instruction for at least part of their education.

7.  -Content: The content covered is interdisciplinary, universal, and problem-based and is delivered through differentiated instruction.  -Process: Emphasizes critical and creative thinking. Encourages student flexibility in thinking, inquiry and discovery.  -Product: GT students are encouraged to develop creative products that demonstrate their thinking (Envision projects).  -Learning Environment: Classes provide an opportunity for independent and small group study. Individual differences and strengths are recognized and celebrated.

8.  -Independent projects  -Interest centers/groups  -Flexible skills grouping  -Curriculum compacting (this allows acceleration)  -High level questions  -Enrichment activities  -Mentorships/teaching others

9.  -Envision is implemented in grades 3 and 4. One project per semester is required for our gifted and talented students. (Two projects per year.)  -The purpose of Envision is to give students the opportunities to challenge themselves in new and creative ways beyond the standard curriculum.  -Provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to real-life, engage in in- depth and practical research, and practice important presentation skills that will be useful well into their futures.  -Envision Expo is our end of the year project.

10.  Nomination  Permission to screen  Screening Process: Parent survey/Teacher survey/Stanford Achievement Test/OLSAT  Test results received by campus  Campus GT Placement Committee

11.  -Listen to your gifted child and engage in frequent conversations.  -Encourage goals set by the child.  -Allow your child to make lots of decisions.  -Encourage independence.  -Help your child with the need for perfectionism.  -Support your child’s interests.  -Allow your child the time to discover, to daydream, to contemplate, to create, and to have fun!  -Encourage and be positive through all the changes/challenges offered to your child.

12.  Organizations:  Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented  -1524 S IH 35, Suite 205, Austin TX 78704 (512) 499-8248  National Association for Gifted Children  - 1707 L St. NW Suite 550 Washington, DC 20036 (202)786-4268  The Council for Exceptional Children - 1920 Association Dr. Reston, VA 20091 (703) 264-9471

13.  -Clark, B (1992)  Growing Up Gifted  -Delisle, J.D. (1987)  Gifted Children Speak Out  -Walker, Sally Yahake  The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids