Gifted Program at EHES

Where Students Out Learn, Out Think, and Out Achieve!

Gifted students deserve a rigorous learning environment in which they are expected to:

• engage at high levels in diverse processes,

• learn beyond grade-level concepts and skills

• produce high-end products that express relevant, sophisticated content

Our school day….

• Morning Work• Reading and Social Studies Block• Mathematics• Enrichment• Lunch • Science• Writing

Reading Block: Monday

• Vocabulary• Reading • Reflecting

Literacy Stations

• Three to five students in each station: 3rd & 4th grade students

• Students visit two

stations on Tuesday and Thursday, and one station on Wednesday.

• 30 minutes in each station

Literacy Stations

• Vocabulary• United

States

History/Science

• Creative Arts• Comprehensi

on• Research

Why Literacy Stations?

• Reaches all learning styles

• Ensure students grasp the key components of reading

• Become better readers• Integrates Social

Studies and Science

Social Studies

• Social Studies Flash Cards• Geography• Political Science• U.S. History• Document Based

Questioning

Writer’s Workshop

• Mini-Lesson• Writing Time• Peer Editing• Author’s Chair • Monday thru

Thursday

Shared Inquiry Discussion• Students come together to help each

other explore the meaning of a novel or

subject.•  Emphasizes a more concrete

understanding of a text by discussing questions, responses, and insights with fellow readers.

• Strategies used to engage all readers in higher-order thinking and collaborative problem solving.

• Each student brings a unique perspective that influences how he or she understands the elements of the story or subject.

Reading Block: Friday

• Quizzer• Spelling and Vocabulary

Challenge• Social Studies Flash• Incomplete Work

Mathematics

• During the first nine weeks, students will be assessed to determine which text book they will work in.

• Multiplication facts must be memorized by the end of the second quarter.

• Curriculum Maps

Success Maker

• Math and Reading• Connected to Common Core

State Standards• One-on-One Instruction• Identifies Strengths and

Weaknesses• Tracks Progress

Science

• Third and Fourth Grade cooperative groups• STEM and AIMS activities

Integrating the Content

“One of the most important functions

of a teacher is to help students make important connections between the subject matters they study.”

Kieff, Judith, “Connecting the Dots: Interdisciplinary Planning in Action” Childhood Education, 81(3)(2005):158

Additional Info...

• Parent Link

• Parent Corp

• Curriculum Mapping Pacing Guides