WELCOME TO ADVANCED CONTENT INFORMATION

NIGHT

ELA/Social Studies

Math/Science

QUESTIONS???

• For all individual questions write them on an index card and place them in the basket when you leave

• Please include:– Name (your name and child’s

name) and your question.– E-mail address– Someone will get back to you

as soon as possible.

WHAT IS ADVANCED CONTENT?

• Based on the Common Core Georgia Performance

Standards (CCGPS)

• Rigor and expectations will be increased through a

variety of strategies and structures.

• high levels of critical thinking

• problem-based learning

• Integration of learning

• Greater expectations for independent learning

• Increased amount of writing across the content areas for

explanation and clarification

• Expectation that students will continue learning between

class times

HOMEWORK IN ADVANCED CONTENT

• Students will be assigned homework daily

• Homework assignments may vary

• Students will not need to bring home their text books daily, but may be needed on occasion

• Many projects will be completed in class• Home projects will arise

4TH SCIENCE

Earth Science

- Solar System

- Weather

Physical Science

- Force & Motion

- Simple Machines

- Light & Sound

Life Science

- Water Cycle

- Ecosystems

What could it look like in the Advanced Content classroom?

-Space:NASA Design Challenge/ORION Project Researching Space Radiation and the effects of what happens to long term exposure to astronauts

Designing a space craft that can travel to moon, mars, and back

Experiments:Analyze different materials to simulate space radiation shielding on a spacecraft and select the best material to build a spacecraft

5TH SCIENCE Physical Science

-Conservation of matter

-Physical Changes

-Chemical Changes

-Electricity and Magnetism

Earth Science

- Landforms of Georgia

- Constructive and Deconstructive Forces

- Role of Technology in Control of Forces

Life Science

- Classification of Organisms

- Inheritance of Traits

-Learned Behaviors

-Cells and Microorganisms

What could it look like in the advanced content classroom?

Electricity and Magnetism -Students will design a dream home. Create a floor plan including: the location of series and parallel circuits,Amount of wire needed for the home, location of switches and outlets.

-The proposal will include the total cost of the wire and switches based on the provided pricing sheet.

• Place Value & Rounding

• Multiplication

• Division

• Fractions

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Problem Solving

4TH GRADE MATH UNITS OF STUDY

What could it look like in the advanced content classroom?

-The Stock Market Game

-It is essential that students be able to explain their thinking in math.

-They should be able to compute, model, and write about the operations they do in class.

5TH GRADE MATH UNITS OF STUDY

• Order of operations• Whole Number

Computation• Decimals• Multiplying and dividing

decimals• Adding and subtracting

fractions• Multiplying and dividing

fractions• Geometry and the

coordinate plane• 2D figures• Volume and

Measurement

What could it look like in the advanced content classroom?

Fractions-Fantasy FootballStudents will draft and manage a team of football players from the NFL for the full regular football season.

4TH/5TH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

• Grammar• Reading comprehension-

Evidence Based Supported With Texts

• Historical Fiction Novels• Vocabulary• Speaking and Listening

What will it look like in the advanced content classroom?

-Caesar’s English (Vocabulary)

-Book Clubs

-Academic Conversations

-Themed Units

-Content Enriched

-Grammar pre-tests to target gaps/needs

WRITING

• Narrative Writing

• Informational Writing

• Opinion Writing

• Writing within the Content Areas

• Cursive Writing

4TH SOCIAL STUDIES

• Map skills/Geography

• The Ancient Americas

• Explorations and Encounters

• Our Colonial Heritage

• The American Revolution

• The New Nation

• Our Nation Grows

• War Divides the Nation

What could it look like in the advanced content classroom?

-Project/problem based learning-Integrated Learning -Research-Guest Speakers

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES

• Historical Understandings• Civil War• Reconstruction • How life changed at the turn of

the century• World War I• Great Depression• World War II• Cold War• Decades (Key people, events,

and developments• Government and Civic

Understandings• Citizens Rights• Bill of Rights• Amendment Process

What could it look like in the advanced content classroom?

-Project/problem based learning-Integrated Learning -Research-Guest Speakers

AC AND GIFTED

If your child has previously qualified for the gifted program, these AC classes may be used as some or all of their required gifted program time and may replace some or all pull-out classes.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please complete the application at http://goo.gl/forms/JD0YDLiW9C no later than Wednesday, May 13th.

Once all applications are received, Students will be asked to complete a written application and motivation reviewed by a selection committee and a very thorough and objective review of all data is completed, student lists will be determined.

Students may qualify for 0, 1, or 2 AC classes for next school year. We will notify you of our decision with a letter in your child’s final report card.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Considerations & Non-Considerations: All decisions are based on data and are final. Students who are new to the school for the 2015-

2016 school year may become eligible if sufficient data places the student above the cutoff for accepted students.

Students who agree to participate in an AC class will remain in the class all year. (Additional support in the AC class will be provided as needed.)

Previous participation in an AC class is not a factor in determining acceptance.

Participation in the gifted program does not contribute to the selection criteria.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR ADVANCED CONTENT INFORMATION NIGHT!