1. WELCOME TO GR CURRICULUM NIGHT

3. OVERVIEW OF THE GIFTED RESOURCE PROGRAM FOR 4 TH /5 TH GRADE Language Arts (Verbal)  90 minutes (does not include 30 minutes IFG time) 4 days/week (9:55 – 11:25) Math (Quantitative)  90 minutes 4 days/week (12:30 – 2:00)  4 th : 12:30 – 1:30 Students do not attend GR on Wednesdays Replacement for the homeroom classroom  Grade from GR

4. COMMUNICATION Website/weekly progress report  www.kyrene.org/MAN www.kyrene.org/MAN  http://www.kyrene.org/skelleher (for homework!)http://www.kyrene.org/skelleher ..\templates\prog.report.14.15.pptx..\templates\prog.report.14.15.pptx

5. LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM & ADOPTED RESOURCES Curriculum  Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htmArizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htm Adopted Resources: Vocabulary  Wordly Wise  Wordsmith (a.k.a. Groovy Bob) – for Greek/Latin word study Literature Studies Junior Great Books

6. LANGUAGE HOMEWORK Vocabulary  Wordly Wise is assigned Monday due Friday  Wordsmith assignments vary – usually finished in class Literature Studies  Should always be reading  Assigned Tuesday due Friday  Assigned Friday due Tuesday So… students will usually have homework due on Tuesday and Friday (never on Monday) Writing is not part of the Language Arts block*

7. TYPICAL DAY Vocabulary (10 – 15 minutes) Literature Study (20 – 40 minutes)  Literature circles on Tuesdays and Fridays Supplemental Activity * (15 – 30 minutes)  Writing  Reading comprehension passages (fiction and non-fiction)  Working on project associated with lit. study  Junior Great Books

8. MATH CURRICULUM/ADOPTED RESOURCES/HOMEWORK Curriculum  New AZ Achievement.pptxNew AZ Achievement.pptx  ParentGuide_Math_4.pdf ParentGuide_Math_4.pdf  ParentGuide_Math_5.pdf ParentGuide_Math_5.pdf  Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htm Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education.htm Adopted Resources  Investigations (4 th /5 th grade)  Connected Math (6 th grade) Homework  My philosophy  30 minutes  Skip ones you don’t know  practice Graded in class

9. MATH Typical day  Agenda (5 minutes)  Spiral Review/Brain Puzzle (10 minutes)  Daily learning goal (20 – 30 minutes) Brain Break (5 minutes) Whiteboard Practice/Hands-On Activities/small groups (35 – 40 minutes) Time to start homework*

10. THANK YOU!!!

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