The Talented and Gifted Telegram…December 2013
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The Talented and Gifted Telegram… December 2013 BATTLE OF THE BOOKS UPDATE Books continue to be checked out and read. Thank you for your efforts to make this project successful…BUT THERE ARE STILL NUMEROUS BOOKS TO READ! KEEP ON TURNING THOSE PAGES!!! TEAM NAMES: (created by the participating students) *Lincoln O.W.L.E.S. (One Winning Lincoln School) *Washington Battling Bookworms *CCMS B.L.I.T.S. (Charles City Middle School Battling Literary Intelligent & Talented Students) N e e d t o c o n t a c t M r s . F a i r ? d f a i r @ c h a r l e s c i t y s c h o o l s . o r g M o n d a y - F r i d a y L i n c o l n : 7 : 3 0 - 1 0 : 1 5 M i d d l e S c h o o l : 1 0 : 3 0 - 1 : 0 0 W a s h i n g t o n : 1 : 1 5 - 3 : 3 0 Something to Know About Gifted Children Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed. D. Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary Gifted students have affective characteristics that render them vulnerable in school settings such as perfectionism, sensitivity, and intensity (Lovecky, 1992; Robinson, 2002). Informative Sites www.belinblank.org/summer Check this website out for possible summer programs for your child @ the Belin-Blank Center located at the University of Iowa. www.gifted.uconn.edu/ parents/parentws.html The website provides resources for parents of gifted children. THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO: The Night of the Notables: After having some in- depth discussions and debates with the gifted students, I have decided to allow the students to choose a topic other than a person for their Night of the Notables project. Students are still able to choose a person, but they now have the option of choosing another topic. My only request is that the student must be able to prove that their topic of choice is noteworthy or has made a positive difference in the world. RANDO M AC TIVITY: On the front of the newsletter, color the squar es a nd create a mosaic. On th e ba ck, what can you create using onl y two dots?
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Transcript of The Talented and Gifted Telegram…December 2013
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS UPDATE
Books continue to be checked out and read.
Thank you for your efforts to make this project
successful…BUT THERE ARE STILL NUMEROUS
BOOKS TO READ! KEEP ON TURNING THOSE
PAGES!!!
TEAM NAMES: (created by the participating students)
*Lincoln O.W.L.E.S. (One Winning Lincoln School)
*Washington Battling Bookworms
*CCMS B.L.I.T.S. (Charles City Middle School
Battling Literary Intelligent & Talented Students)
Need to contact Mrs. Fair?
onday-FridayLincoln: 7:30-10:15
Middle School: 10:30-1:00W
ashington: 1:15-3:30
Something to Know About Gifted ChildrenJoyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed. D. Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary Gifted students have affective characteristics that render them vulnerable in school settings such as perfectionism, sensitivity, and intensity (Lovecky, 1992; Robinson, 2002).
Informative Sites
www.belinblank.org/summer Check this website out for
possible summer programs for your child @ the Belin-Blank
Center located at the University of Iowa.
www.gifted.uconn.edu/parents/parentws.htmlThe website provides
resources for parents of gifted children.
THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO:
The Night of the Notables:
After having some in-depth discussions and debates
with the gifted students, I have decided to allow the students to choose a topic
other than a person for their Night of the Notables project. Students are still able to choose a person, but they now have the
option of choosing another topic. My only request is that the student must be able to prove that their
topic of choice is noteworthy or has made a positive difference in the
world.
RANDOM ACTIVITY:
On the front of the newsletter, color the
squares and create a mosaic.
On the back, what can you create
using only two dots?
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Remember to… Always Seek Knowledge!!
An excerpt fromBethany Linde’sCreative
Expressions Portfolio…
Do You Know Me?No one knows me
Think you do?Then would I wearA Converse shoe?
I don’t wear glassesI do not write
But I will sleepWith animals at
nightI play Minecraft
Though Moshi’s I hate
Or do I love them?I can’t think straight
I don’t like purpleI cannot spell
To Avril LavigneI say farewellShe is too oldTo sing againOr maybe notShe is a friendBut Taylor SwiftI kinda like her
Do you know me?Then this decipher
Student Spotlight:
In this poem,
Bethany was required to include six truths, six
half-truths & 6 non-truths
about herself.
December Brain Teaser
A woman’s age at the time of her death was one
twenty-ninth of the year of her birth. How old was she
in the year 1900?
EDUCATIONAL Opportunities:
Each month there will be new opportunities highlighted
in the newsletter.
Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage
writing, art, photos, and forums. Students must be
13 to 19 to register and submit work. Check out
teenink.com for more details.
BE WATCHING for information coming home
about the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
BEE that will be held at each of the following schools for
gifted students to participate in:
LincolnWashington
Middle SchoolNOVEMBER BRAIN TEASER ANSWERS
SET 1: Drop KICK KICK Off KICK Stand
SET 2: FOREGo ThereFORE FORESeen
SET 3: FORMFitting LandFORM FreeFORM
