Welcome to PEP and SAGE 2016-2017 While you wait, can you figure out what is particular about these numbers: 8 5 4 9 1 7 6 3 2 0 Or…can you figure out what goes on the next line: 1 11 21

Six Goals of Tonight’s Time Introduce myself to you Gifted learners in general and their unique social and emotional needs PEP/SAGE Goals and Objectives SAGE Reading SAGE Math PEP 

Who is Ms. Lombardo? Native Seattleite Issaquah School District Veteran PEP/SAGE Teacher Mother

Does this look familiar?

PEP and SAGE are both acronyms Do you know what P.E.P. and S.A.G.E stand for? Primary Approach to Gifted Education Special Approach to Gifted Education

Information about PEP PEP is a pullout program in Issaquah School District for highly-capable gifted students in grades K-2. PEP is available at each elementary school in the district. First and Second grade receive an hour of PEP a week. Kindergarten receives 30 minutes a week. Current Kindergarten students will be screened in October in their classroom. All students will be tested again in the spring of Second Grade for placement for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.

Information about SAGE Math and Reading SAGE is available at each elementary school in the district. Students typically qualify in the spring of their second grade year, begin the program in the fall of third grade, and continue through 5th grade. Once a student qualifies for SAGE, they remain in the program until they leave elementary school.

WAC 392-170-035 Definition—Students who are highly capable. Highly capable students are students who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments. Outstanding abilities are seen within students' general intellectual aptitudes, specific academic abilities, and/or creative productivities within a specific domain.

A gifted child is more than just a bright child Hand out a few copies per table and have parents share what stands out to them. In what areas do you see your student?

What are some common characteristics of gifted learners? Again, hand out to parents and have them share something they read that makes them think of their student.

http://www.nwgca.org/resources.html

The School’s Role… How will we support your PEP and SAGE students

PEP and SAGE Programming Differentiation in the classroom One hour per week pull-out SAGE Math Two hours per week pull-out SAGE Reading Leveled Readers Regular conferring with SAGE teacher

Intellectual/Academic Goal 1 Intellectual/Academic To enrich and expand each student’s intellectual horizons. To encourage each student to take responsibility for his/her learning. To make learning a life-long habit.

Students will learn and practice: Objectives Students will learn and practice: Problem solving strategies by accurately applying them to real problems; Collect and analyze data using information processing skills such as classifying, inferring, and predicting; Creative thinking skills of fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality; Thinking behaviors by demonstrating risk-taking, goal-setting, decision making, persistence, inquisitiveness, and self-evaluation.

Goal 2 Social/Emotional To provide a safe environment for gifted students to interact on a regular basis with others who have similar abilities and interests.

Students will learn and practice: Objectives Students will learn and practice:   The student will exhibit a sense of confidence, ownership, and independence in his/her own learning. The student will be able to work cooperatively in groups, collaborate with a learning partner, and work independently. The student will develop quality work products that reflect excellence, precision, thoroughness, creative innovation, and best effort. The students will be responsible for following through and completing assignments.

Social and Emotional Skills and Objectives Integration Video Clips News Stories Literature (bibliotherapy)

Bibliotherapy Using books to talk about social and emotional issues and ideas

SAGE Reading (in classroom) What the Classroom teacher does… Use of leveled readers and guided reading groups held regularly for the highly capable students Use of additional challenging reading material such as Junior Great Books Conferring regularly with SAGE readers Asking higher level questions Student self-selected reading material in a topic of interest with goal of becoming “local expert.” Report to the class. Incorporate student accountability. Consultation with the SAGE teacher to provide differentiation ideas for SAGE readers Use of SAGE teacher as a resource and a consultant for teachers Use of SAGE teacher as the “Case Manager” of the SAGE reading students.

SAGE Math (in classroom) What the classroom teacher does… Use of Eureka Math to meet the highly capable students needs in math Guided math groups Provide extension menus Provide deeper level problem solving Incorporate student accountability Use of SAGE teacher as a resource and a consultant for teachers Use of SAGE teacher as the “Case Manager” of the SAGE Math students includes goal setting

PEP and SAGE Math (pull out) Social Emotional Skills Support Mathematical Problem Solving Math and higher level thinking skills through science, engineering and technology-based units

4 Step Problem Solving Framework Find Out What does the problem mean? What question must you answer to solve it? Identify important and unimportant information. Determine if any important information is missing. Break the problem into smaller problems if necessary. Choose a Strategy Solve the Problem Record your work in a way that lets you see at a glance what you have completed. You may have to try more than one strategy. Look Back Reread the problem. Check the solution to see that it meets the conditions stated in the problem and that it answers the question. Ask yourself: Is it logical and reasonable? Talk about first day of SAGE challenge

Further develop their Problem Solving Strategy Toolbox Guess and Check Look for a Pattern Act it Out Make an Organized List, Chart, or Table Draw a Picture Try a Simpler Problem Use an Object/Make a Model Work Backwards Use Logic Brainstorm

Probable Units of Study 1st Grade 2nd Grade Problem Solving Liquid Explorations Discovering Density Oobleck Engineering Who Stole Mr. Bear? Fingerprinting Chromatography Secret Formulas Engineering

Probable Units of Study 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Problem Solving Lego WeDo 2.0 Scratch Bubble.ology House Design or Polyhedraville Paper Towel Testing EV3 Basics Inventions Dry Ice Lego EV3 Hands On Engineering

Will the students get grades in SAGE and how are they assessed?

Student Self-Assessment part 1 STUDENT SELF- ASSESSMENT FOR SAGE Student ________________ Grade _______ Year ________ School ________________ SAGE Teacher ___________________ Classroom Teacher _______________________ INTELLECTUAL/ACADEMIC Consistently/ Sometimes/ Not Yet I use the 4-step problem solving method. (Problem Solving) Mid-term 4 3 2 1 End of Year 4 3 2 1 I gather and analyze information precisely using Skills such as predicting, inferring. (Data & Information Processing) Mid-term 4 3 2 1 I demonstrate the four components of creativity – fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality. (Creativity) I keep trying even when the answer is not clear. (Persistence)

Student Self-Assessment part 2 SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL I am willing to make a mistake in order to try something new. (Confident learner) Mid-term 4 3 2 1 End of Year 4 3 2 1 I participate with and contribute to the group. (Collaborative worker) I take pride in producing quality work. (Quality producer) I follow through and complete my assignments. (Responsible producer) End of year 4 3 2 1 Comments: ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Student Signature ___________________________ Date _______________

Do students have to make up the work they miss in class?

Resources Sunset and Cougar Ridge PEP and SAGE Connect Site NW Gifted Child Association 48 Essential Links for Parents of Gifted Children

A huge thank you for all their support! Junior Great Books Lego WeDos 2.0 Lego Mindstorms EV3

Questions? Feel free to email me any time with questions E-mail is often a better way to reach me than calling me