AIKEN Elementary 4th grade Mrs. Chevonne Slack AIKEN Elementary 4th grade

English Language Arts and Reading Earbuds and Headphones ELA: Grades in Composition (Writing). Grammar and spelling will be graded within the writing and every two weeks on a separate grammar/vocab quiz. Monitor your child’s grades with… Power School Thursday Folders Schoology

English Language Arts and Reading New Reading and Writing Curriculum (Lucy Calkins) Readers and Writers Books they choose Author Celebrations Homework in Agenda Handwriting

Social Studies With homeroom teacher Land Bridge Theory to the Civil War

Full Circle Technology 1. Creativity and innovation 2. Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making 5. Digital citizenship 6. Technology operations and concepts http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-S_PDF.pdf

Full Circle Technology Orange permission form Schoology MasteryConnect Typing Skills (Typing Quest) Digital Citizenship Students should be safe, respectful, and responsible with equipment.

AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT GT | Fall 2016 Schoology Handout with getting started directions. Use Firefox or Chrome. www.schoology.com cslack@acpsd.net All communication through Agenda, Schoology, and Email. Agenda conduct Thursday folder For local identification, CogAT, IOWA, and SRI were used for third grade; Spring 2015 MAP, IOWA, and SRI were used for fourth grade; and ACT Aspire, MAP, and SRI were used for fifth grade. We realize this places a heavy emphasis on reading, but we feel that this is appropriate because of our districtwide focus on literacy. Local criteria for the class is for one school year. If a student transfers during the school year, placement in the Academic Gifted Class at the school of transfer is not guaranteed. Also, if academic or developmental difficulties result from a local criteria student’s participation in the class, the school’s Evaluation Placement Team will consider the student’s continuation in the program for the following year. AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT GT | Fall 2016

AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT GT| Fall 2016 OneNote Digital Notebook Ways to access from home. Your child’s username and password on colorful laminated card. School website Schoology During June, teachers developed curriculum documents to use with the GT classes. The English/Language Arts curriculum focuses on the depth of content by providing additional emphasis on research and inquiry and increased rigor and critical thinking. The mathematics curriculum focuses on accelerating the content. In fourth grade, the math curriculum covers the fourth grade standards and the first half of the fifth grade standards. In fifth grade, the math curriculum covers the second half of the fifth grade standards and all of the sixth grade standards. Additionally, curriculum interventionists are continuing to develop specific benchmarks for the GT classes. AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT GT| Fall 2016

Student of the Week One per class To tell about a trip in the United States

Wish List Take one or two Parrish yellow/green Slack blue

Volunteers Both classes need volunteers to: WATCH Dogs Robotics Chaperone File papers Cut Staple Laminate WATCH Dogs Robotics

Labor Day No School on Monday

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