PRIMARY GRADES K-3 Dance Creative Dramatics LOCAL ENRICHED ACADEMIC/ARTS PROGRAM GIFTED & TALENTED PRIMARY GRADES K-3 Dance Creative Dramatics

National Standards for Gifted and Talented Students Promote ongoing student self-understanding, awareness of student needs, and cognitive and affective growth of these students  Apply theory and research-based models of curriculum and instruction related to students with gifts and talents  Foster students’ personal and social responsibility, multicultural* competence, and interpersonal and technical communication skills for leadership in the 21st century  Address the cognitive, creative, and affective development of learners with gifts and talents

Instructional Framework Creative Thinking- * (Edward DeBono; Alex Osborn ) innovation; synthesis Higher Order Thinking Skills (Benjamin Bloom) Critical Thinking * Metacognition Creative Problem Solving (Alex Osborn; Sidney Parnes) Sustained Inquiry (Joseph Renzulli) Affective Behaviors * (Carol Dweck; Angela Duckworth) Collaboration (Len Crockett)

How it Looks at Each Grade Level Kindergarten School Wide Enrichment (Individual/Small Group) LEAP: Creative Problem Solving Grade 1 School Wide Enrichment LEAP: Creative Problem Solving Grade 2: Stretch Mathematics LAL Arts Program Grade 3: Stretch Workshops/Residencies Criteria for Participation/Program Format: Kindergarten: Teacher, student, peer, parent nomination; student work; observation Program Format: push-in; work with individual or small groups on interests/talents Grade 1: originality, elaboration, interest, initiative on challenge “project” based on School Wide Classroom Enrichment lesson Program Format: Classroom Enrichment lesson with mini-challenge; Pull out LEAP class for 5-7 weeks (every 5-7 weeks students get another opportunity to participate. Grade 2: originality, elaboration, interest, initiative on challenges based on School Wide Classroom Enrichment lesson; Math and LAL classes based on district/standardized assessments; Renzulli Characteristics Identification Scale (leadership, creativity, learning, motivation). Program Format: Pull out for 50-60 minutes weekly for enrichment in Math or LAL or both, based on identification criteria. Arts (Dance) Enrichment Program Format: School Wide Enrichment Performance; Meets weekly for 1 hour for six weeks with informal culminating performance. Grade 3: originality, elaboration, interest, initiative on challenges based on School Wide Classroom Enrichment lesson; Math and LAL classes based on district/standardized assessments; Renzulli Characteristics Identification Scale (leadership, creativity, learning, motivation). Workshop/Residencies: School Wide Classroom Enrichment Lesson with mini-challenge; 5 week, 1 hour weekly Workshop Residency (four workshops/residencies a year to maximize student participation). Any student can qualify any time based on each different mini-challenge

Kindergarten Push-In Work with individual or small groups Focus on individual talents/gifts Reading Writing Mathematics Science Engineering People

Grade 1 School Wide Enrichment (Quarterly) Push-In to all classes with a mini-challenge lesson Students have opportunity to complete the challenge Invite students who complete challenge with (rubric) Originality Elaboration Interest and Initiative Participate in LEAP classes (5-7 weeks) Pull Out once a week

Grade 2: Stretch Pull-Out School Wide Arts Enrichment Mathematics LAL One Hour Weekly Class LAL 50 minute Weekly Class School Wide Arts Enrichment Six Week Arts Workshop Originality; elaboration; interest; initiative

Grade 3 Pull-Out: Stretch Push-In to all 3rd Grade Classes Mathematics One Hour Weekly Class LAL 50 minute Weekly Class Push-In to all 3rd Grade Classes School Wide Enrichment Lesson All students are given a mini-challenge Students who complete the challenge with (rubric) Originality Elaboration Interest and Initiative Invited to participate in a 5-week Workshop/Residency Students may participate in a maximum of 2 G&T courses per week

CRITERIA for PARTICIPATION Grades 2 and 3 (Stretch) Multiple criteria Standardized Assessment S Test District Assessment Learning Targets Benchmarks Modified Renzulli Characteristics Identification Scale Leadership Creativity Learning Motivation

Program Timeline 2nd and 3rd Grade LAL and Mathematics notification – Week of October 6th Grade 1 School Wide Enrichment Lessons for LEAP identification and notification – Week of October 29th Kindergarten observations, interviews and teacher input – End of November School Wide Enrichment Lessons for Grade 3 Workshops/ Residencies – End of November

Communication Identification letters- Stretch (to be mailed) Participation letters- K, LEAP + Workshops (to be mailed) Quarterly narratives by teacher and student with student work Workshop narratives by teacher and student with student work District/School Web sites Teacher/Teacher; Principal/Teacher/Teacher Parent Workshops

????????????? Headwork rather than homework Class work: content not makeup work Location: media center, classrooms, all purpose room, off site, distance learning Parent sign off for participation Contact information: ---Nicole Ferrer nferrer@pway.org ---Tina Jenious-Flood tjenious-flood@pway.org ---Carolyn Keck ckeck@pway.org

Taking a Forward “ The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind- creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers. These people – artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers - will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.”                                                                               -Daniel H. Pink A Whole New Mind