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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. ????????????? 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
---Tina Jenious-Flood
---Carolyn Keck

13. 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