Welcome to the Blanton EXPO Parent Meeting

Email: tturner2@dentonisd.org

MEETING OBJECTIVES

• Who is Mrs. Turner?- A brief Intro• National Gifted and Talented Mission

Statement• Curriculum• Schedule• Grading & Homework Policies • General Information• Q & A

The mission of NSGT is to advance the development of gifted, talented, and high potential youth, in the United States and abroad, through opportunities, advocacy, and exemplary programs and practices.

I am in agreement with this

M.S for Blanton Students

•Critical Thinking• Analyze, Evaluate, Create• Acquire, Apply, Assimilate, Adapt• Reasoning• Depth and Complexity

•Creative Thinking• Fluency, Flexibility, Originality,

Elaboration• Problem Solving

•Research•Communication•Advanced Products•Scholarly Behaviors

DEPTH AND COMPLEXITYLanguage of the

Disciplines

Details

Patterns

Trends

Rules

Unanswered Questions

Big Ideas/Universal

Ethics

Multiple Perspectives

Change over Time

Across the Disciplines

DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY

Choose a Topic

Goal Setting

Research

Organizing Notes

Goal Evaluation

Product

Presentation

Research/TPSP (Texas Performance Standards Project)

Independent Investigation Method

SCHOLARLY BEHAVIORS (THINGS

LEARNERS DO)• Thirst for Knowledge• Bring Tools• Ask Good Questions• Exercise the Intellect• Ponder Big Ideas• Access Multiple Resources• Save Important

Information• Sees from Different

Perspectives• Set Goals

TIME GRADE LEVEL DAY

8:15 – 9:00 K W, F*

(beg. In March)

9:00 -10:20 1 M, W

10:20 – 11:40

2 M, W

8:00 – 9:20 4 T

9:30 – 10:50 3 T, TH

1:00 – 2:20 5 T, TH

11:00-12:20 4 TH

EXPO Sched

ule

GRADING POLICIES

1 – Unsatisfactory2 – Needs Improvement3 – Meets Expectations4 – Exceeds

Expectations

Critical ThinkingCreative ThinkingResearchCommunicationAdvanced ProductsScholarly Behaviors

Grades go up when the

Rubrics are

Followed!

HOMEWORKHomework will be rare.

If we have homework, it is most likely do to: Creativity project Survey Interview A real life application Related to a goal the student has set Something the student has chosen to work on at home even

though we are using class time to work on it

WAYS YOU CAN HELP

FundraisingLego Robotics , Stock market

Supplies- wish listhttp://www.dentonisd.org/Page/33739

http://www.dentonisd.org//Domain/4808

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

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