1. Welcome to Pine Run PEN  Please find your child’s PEN folder and a pen  Please feel free to introduce yourself to other PEN parents and enjoy refreshments!

2. Welcome to PEN Program for ENrichment

3. 9/11/2015  Introductions  2009 ~ 2010 PEN GIEP  Sign NORA ~ (place in grade folder)  General Information  Off you go! Tonight’s Meeting:

4. Mrs.Pensabene Mrs. Pam Pensabene 11 th year in Central Bucks 15 years in the Primary and Elementary Classrooms Central Bucks Parent Actively Involved!! Warwick Elementary: Mondays, Tuesdays, & Wednesday am Pine Run Elementary: Wednesday pm, Thursdays, & Fridays

5. Gifted Individualized Education Program PACKET  GIEP: Invitation on top-Page 1 (info) - Page 2 (present levels - Pages 3 and 4 (grade level “Goals and Outcomes”)  Yellow pages NORA and Notice of Parental Rights  Please fill out the personal information and sign the NORA then place in the grade-level folders as you leave. Please keep the bottom copy of the NORA. Thanks!  Please note that all the papers in the folder will go home except 3 copies of the NORA. 9/11/2015

6.  Group GIEP meeting each fall – PEN Back-to- School Night  Fall Conference & Spring Portfolio Conference Days  Individual or IST meetings or PEN teacher’s discretion  Parental request - phone or face-to- face meeting 9/11/2015

7. Essential Questions Doorway: Lead to “BIG” ideas Generative: Spark inquiry & raise other questions Recur: Can and should be revisited Open-ended: No single answer Arguable Require reasoning

8.  Detective Science  Bridges Tour of Bucks County Bridges Mr. Bear Day  Scratch: Computer Programming

9. Building-Block Programming Eliminates syntax errors Manipulation of Multiple Media Connects with youth culture Scratch is a new graphical programming language designed to support the development of technological fluency. Scratch differs from traditional programming languages in several ways: Tinkerability Allows playful experimenting with program fragments Scaffolds for Powerful Ideas Makes concepts (such as variables) more tangible and manipulable Allows Wide Range of Projects Games, art, stories, music, dance…. Easy Sharing of Projects Over Internet and mobile devices About Connection to Physical World Supports multiple design experiences http//scratch.mit.edu

10.  Cultural Universals: Ancient Civilizations Princeton Art Museum  Architecture Walking Tour of Doylestown

11.   Creative Problem Solving   Invention Convention   The Brain   Colonial America 9/11/2015

12.  Archaeology Dig at Honey Hollow  Future Studies & Create a Culture  6 th Grade Robotics & Computer Programming with Scratch

13. CROW CANYON - Grade 6   Archaeology Center Experience   Cortez, Colorado   July 31 st to August 7 th & August 7 th to 14 th   Cost last year was approximately $1,850   Informational Meeting: Tohickon Middle School Library on: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.

14. 9/11/2015 SIMULATED SITE - CAN YOU DIG IT? D:\P808001.jgD:\P8080021.jpg D:\P808001.jpg

15. 9/11/2015 At the Dig Site

16. 9/11/2015 If you have special connections to our any of our Units please let us know how you would like to help!

17. Thanks for being here tonight! " When parents and teachers collaborate on behalf of children; they create windows of light for the generations that follow." Unknown