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Mrs.
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| Kindergarten | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade |
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Goals of Parkland's Elementary Enrichment Program |
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To expand and deepen student knowledge of content not ordinarily taught in the basic curriculum. |
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To develop higher level thinking skills. |
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To develop inquiry an research skills. |
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To develop creativity |
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To improve the meta cognitive processes. (Thinking about how one thinks.) |
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To use learning strategies and a variety of different learning modalities that involve high level of peer interaction. |
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Kindergarten |
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teacher of the gifted visits kindergarten classes once a week.
During that time, they work with small flexible groups of
children. The main goal in kindergarten is to observe and monitor
students who might qualify for the enrichment program.
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Regular Education Whole group critical thinking lessons. |
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Students develop critical and creative thinking skills. |
| Fairy Tale investigations. |
| Mathematics
Destination Estimation
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| Regular
Education
Whole group critical thinking lessons. |
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Students develop critical thinking and research skills. |
| Deductive Reasoning Investigations. |
| Independent
Research Project
Student selected topic.
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Students develop critical and creative thinking skills. |
| Inventive
Thinking Unit
Designing, building and researching. |
| Greek
Mythology
Exploration of a different culture.
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| Regular
Education
Whole group lessons. |
| View
of the Plane
Construction of polygons; tangrams and geometric designs. |
| Summer
Vacation
Students utilizing internet skills, research and plan a family summer vacation. |
| HyperStudio
Students create presentation of a "planned" vacation.
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| Designing
Lines
Students will problem solve complex line designs. Student will construct three-dimensional polyhedra. |
| Stock
Market
Student will learn and explore economic principles of the stock market. Student will participate in Stock Market Game through Temple University. |
| Voyage
of the Mimi
Students will participate in whale research simulation. Students will utilize technology and research skills. Students will select topic to be researched and share information with peers. |
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