October 12-16

During GT class this week students reflected upon their work during the design and construction of Candy Carriages.  They were asked to think about and write about the learning that occurred during the project.  Students created a six panel pamphlet for this reflection.  They used a large piece of construction paper with a tri-fold.  Each panel represents a facet of the reflection.  The GT cuties used markers, crayons, pencils, and photographs to express their ideas and opinions.  We hope to finish these in time to send home with the GT Progress Reports.

Several classes also began working on Phase 2 of the Candy Carriages project.  In this phase students use poster-board and cardboard tubes to construct their own ramp.  The goal is to build a ramp that will enable their carriage to get better results than it did in Phase 1.  We are still in need of tubes, so please send them in with your child!

PARENT CONFERENCES
Parent Conferences are approaching!  Please let me know via email if you would like to set up a conference with me.  We can talk about:

• Your child's progress in GT
• Goal setting for GT - what to work on
• Social/emotional progress
• Homework maintenance & tips for how to handle homework with gifted kids
• Challenging your child's brain - ideas to do at home
• Anything else you may want to discuss!

I'm more than happy to meet with you and chat about your amazing children!  Just let me know when you are scheduled with the homeroom teacher and I will try to schedule our conference directly before or after :-)

NOTE:  Next week students will have GT on Monday and Tuesday only.  This is due to the half day schedules for parent conferences and Arts Days.  This webpage will be updated again on Friday, October 30.