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Elizabeth BurgosElizabeth Burgos
Resource Teacher for the GiftedResource Teacher for the Gifted [email protected]@apsva.us http://www.apsva.us/gms.giftedhttp://www.apsva.us/gms.gifted
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Silent LaunchSilent LaunchExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent
•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers
ExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent
•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers
• Respond to this question: Do you think people are born smart or
they work to get smart? Why? Take a stand!
•“Call it what you like: discipline, determination, perseverance, the force of will. Even apart from his saying so, I knew that it had made all the difference in my life. If only I could bottle it, I’d share it with every kid in America. But where does it come from?” Sonia Sotomayor from My Beloved Life
INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality and can be cultivatedand can be cultivated
•Psychologists studying creative geniuses find most IMPORTANT factor in creative achievement - willingness to put in a tremendous HARD WORK and to sustain this effort in the face of CHALLENGES!
Developing Growth Mindsets
Increases Capacity for Challenge:Resilience & Autonomous Learners
COLLABORATION
FOR
Responsive DIFFERENTIATION
Classroom Teacher
Resource Teacher for Gifted
Student
PLANNING AND PREPARATION
INSTRUCTIONPre-assessment - Flexible
groupingCompacting
CLASSROOM ENVIRONMEN
TTiered lessons,
Anchor activities, classroom
configuration
PLANNING AND PREPARATION CLTs
What will we do to extend and enrich the learning opportunities for students who have achieved proficiency? PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIESProfessional development
opportunities
IndependenceQuestioning
Creative Critical Thinking
Student Growth
Independent Reading
Literature Circles Questioning Socratic Seminar Nanowrimo Wordmasters
•Continental Math League
•Math Olympiad
•Math Counts
•Pi Day
•Stock Market Game
• Investwrite Contest
•Science Fair
•Earth Force
•Energy Debates
•Anchor –Station Activities
VJAS VJAS
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Research Symposium ( 7-12 grades)
Performance Performance Assessment TestsAssessment Tests
Geography BeeGeography Bee Decades DayDecades Day Anchor ActivitiesAnchor Activities
7th grade Hornets created History Day Projects
Visual & Performing Arts•Opportunities to audition for Honors
Chorus, Band and Orchestra•Scholastic Arts Awards•Concert Performances
Parents•http://www.apsva.us/gms.gifted
•Mindset by Carol Dweck
•Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
• Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative & Challenging by Judy Willis
•Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goldman
Parent Resources• Virginia Association for the Gifted (VAG)
http://www.vagifted.org
• National Association for the Gifted (NAGC)
http://nagc.org – NAGC National Conference – Baltimore, MD – NAGC Parent Day – Saturday, November 15
• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
http://sengifted.org
Getting Connected: APS Gifted Services
Sign up for @APSGifted Twitter
APS Gifted Services Website www.apsva.us/giftedservices
Cheryl McCullough, Supervisor, Gifted Services at 703-228-6160 or [email protected]
•Exit Cards:Exit Cards: Please write the question, Please write the question,
your name/your student’s your name/your student’s name, your phone number or name, your phone number or email, and the best time for email, and the best time for me to contact you.me to contact you.
•THANKS FOR COMING!!!