1. Welcome!
SAGE Curriculum Night

2. About gifted
The special abilities of the gifted and talented require programs that provide opportunities to develop abstract thinking, to sharpen higher cognitive processing, to practice creative problem solving, and to increase methods and styles of inquiry.

3. Quantitative - Math
With the use of the Arizona College and Career Readiness standards the look of math has changed.
Students will be asked to focus on fewer concepts but seek greater depth and understanding of the processes behind the concept.
We will always be asking:
Why?
Can you prove it?
What does it mean?
What is it related to?
Parent Resource

4. Quantitative thinking - math
4th grade
Resources –
Eureka Math – grade 5
Learning Requirements
Numbers & Operations in Base 10
Numbers & Operations in Fractions
Measurement & Data
Geometry
5th/6th grade
Resources -
Eureka Math– grade 6 for 5th grade and grade 7 for 6th grade
Learning Requirements
The Number System
Expressions & Equations
Geometry
Statistics & Probability

5. Language arts Adopted curriculum from the College of William & Mary
Encompasses
Reading
Interpretive thinking
Persuasive writing
Grammar
Research
Listening/Speaking
Viewing/Presenting

6. Language arts
This curriculum encompasses all of the new Common Core Language Arts Standards.
Lessons will be anchored by guided discussions and structured around advanced literature; the lessons are designed to allow considerable intellectual freedom to students and to encourage original thought.

7. Assigned texts 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyn
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
Elijah Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
5th grade
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis
A Wrinkle In Time Madeline L’Engle
Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett
A Long Way From Chicago Richard Peck
The Wednesday Wars Gary Schmidt
The Giver by Lois Lowry
6th grade
A selection of novels revolving around racism and bias. Students will read 4 novels independently.

8. Grading
This, often, is the are where students seem to overwhelm themselves. I remind them regularly that this is an accelerated program and that learning is achieved through the willingness to learn from the mistakes we make.
It is okay if they do not earn an “A”.
I ask that you encourage your students to do their best, ask questions, and seek out help.
Put less stress on the grade and more stress on the effort!

9. Homework Language Arts
Latin will be assigned weekly beginning the 4th week of school.
4th grade Latin will begin in quarter 2
Much of the homework assigned will revolve around the novels being read.
Students will usually have multiple days, or weeks, to complete assignments.

10. Contact information
I am generally on campus by 8:00 every morning and I leave about 4:30 at
Remind 101
4th Reading – to 81010
5th ELA – to 81010
6th ELA – to 81010
Register online at rmd.at/class code

11. Thank you for coming
Contact info
room 504