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Charles County Gifted Services
October 2015
Learning Resource TeacherMrs. Dempsey
The new Learning Resource Teacher position was created for the 2014 – 2015 school year to provide every elementary and middle school with a full time person to coordinate gifted programming and school-wide testing.
Learning Resource Teacher Responsibilities
Coordinate all testing in the school
Monitor the implementation of gifted services in grades 3 – 5
Collaborate with classroom teachers
Work with advanced learners in instructional settings
Oversee gifted identification for services
Provide support for teachers, parents and students as needed
Gifted Services Services are provided in both reading and math depending on each child’s instructional needs.
Reading
Students are cluster grouped in groups of 6 to 10 students in a classroom.
Students are instructed using the gifted curriculum during guided reading.
Other reading and writing activities are differentiated for the gifted learner as needed.
Math
3rd grade students are provided enrichment through the use of the Mentoring Mathematical Minds math program.
4th and 5th grade students are placed in the 4A (accelerated) and 5A (accelerated) classes.
Gifted Services in Mathematics
Third Grade Students
Third Grade Mathematics Curriculum with Common Core Standards compacted at an accelerated pace.
Mentoring Mathematical: Minds Project M3 http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/projectm3/parents_whatkidslearn.htm
Moli Stone, place value and numeration
Awesome Algebra
Fourth Grade Students
4th Grade Accelerated Math Class. Students received all of the 4th
Grade Mathematics Curriculum with Common Core Standards and half of the 5th Grade Mathematics Curriculum with Core Curriculum Standards.
Fifth Grade Students
5th Grade Accelerated Math class. Students receive the other half of the 5th Grade Mathematics Curriculum with Common Core Curriculum and ALL of the 6th Grade Mathematics Curriculum with Common Core Standards
Springboard I Program (Aligned to Advanced Placement Courses)
Curriculum Includes:
Above grade level Common Core Standards
Junior Great Books
Great Books K–12 programs are based on the best educational research available in critical thinking, text complexity, close reading, collaborative discussion, writing, assessment, and more. With consistent program use, students gain in reading comprehension, critical thinking, speaking and listening, and writing.
The College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Education
Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program
The Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. https://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/languagearts/materials/jacobsladders/index.php
Gifted Language Arts Units
The Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary language arts units focus on analytic and interpretive skills in literature, persuasive writing skills, linguistic competency, listening/oral communications skills, reasoning skills, and understanding an overarching concept.
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/90efcaf8#/90efcaf8/1
Companion Novels
Gifted Services in Reading
Gifted Services in Reading (Cont.)
Touchpebbles Discussion Project
http://www.touchstones.org/schoolprograms/resources-for-teachers/2012-09-10-20-41-33
Wordly Wise Vocabulary Development
Science and social studies vocabulary presented in mostly informational text
Site for students to practice at home
http://www.wordlywise3000.com/word_lists/ Site for students to practice at home
Informational Texts on science and social studies content, including primary source documents, newspaper articles from the historical newspaper collections
Third Grade Reading
Junior Great Books Think-it
William and Mary Gifted Language Art Unit: Journeys and Destinations
Novels
Talk About a Family
The Green Book
Tales of Aesop
Aesop’s Fables
Garden of Abdul Gasazi
The Borrowers
Love that Dog
Fourth Grade Reading
William and Mary Gifted Language Arts Unit: Literary Reflections
Novels
Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster
Taking Sides
Chasing Vermeer
The Eleventh Hour
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Fifth Grade Reading
William and Mary Gifted Language Arts Units: Patterns of Change and Autobiographies
Caesars English
Novels
My Daniel
Everything on a Waffle
Shakespeare Stealer
What to Expect from the Gifted Services Program
Increased rigor
Fast paced curriculum
Complex thought provoking literature and informational text using primary sources, science, or historical content
Reading independently in preparation
Annotating
Note Taking
Analysis through writing
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Increased ability to use evidence to defend thinking
What to Expect from My Child
Reading novels and other text independently at home and school
Challenge or Struggle
Taking Risks and learning from investigations and errors
Grades: Reflect work at above grade level standards in reading and math
Additional Resources
http://www.edline.net/pages/Malcom_Elementary_Sc/public_information/left_links/Gifted
ccboe.com/gifted
www.nagc.org
www.Hoagiesgifted.org
Karen Dempsey
Learning Resource Teacher
Enrichment Opportunities
Chess Club
Destination Imagination
MESA
Elementary Math Team
And many, many more
