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Gifted & Talented / Challenge Program |
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Check out the
5th Grade Challenge Math Project |
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Differentiation |
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Park Hill Elementary is fortunate to have a team of dedicated teachers who have been trained in differentiation.
To define differentiation, think of a one-room schoolhouse. The students’ needs in the one-room schoolhouse were met based upon their varying skill levels.
Today to facilitate differentiation, teachers are aware of who, what, how and where: whom they teach (their students), what they teach (the content), how they teach (the methods of instruction), and where they teach (the classroom).
Teachers (1) assess the learning needs of their students, (2) determine their students’ readiness levels, (3) group and regroup their students, and (4) teach and enrich the content in multiple ways based upon their students’ mastery of skills. |
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Bright Child or Gifted Child? |
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Is a child bright or gifted? Refer to this chart created by Jan Szabos from Blue Valley School District in Overland Park Kansas. |
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A bright child . . . |
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A gifted learner . . . |
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Knows the answers |
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Asks the questions |
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Is interested |
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Is highly curious |
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Is attentive |
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Is mentally and physically involved |
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Has good ideas |
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Has wild, silly ideas |
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Works hard |
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Plays around, yet tests well |
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Answers the questions |
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Discusses in detail, elaborates |
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Is at the top of the group |
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Is beyond the group |
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Listens with interest |
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Shows strong feelings and opinions |
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Learns with ease |
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Already knows |
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Needs 6-9 repetitions |
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Needs 1-2 repetitions for mastery |
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Understands ideas |
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Constructs abstractions |
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Enjoys peers |
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Prefers adults |
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Grasps the meaning |
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Draws inferences |
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Completes assignments |
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Initiates projects |
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Is receptive |
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Is intense |
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Copies accurately |
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Creates a new design |
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Enjoys school |
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Enjoys learning |
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Absorbs information |
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Manipulates information |
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Is a technician |
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Is an inventor. |
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Is a good memorizer |
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Is a good guesser |
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Enjoys straightforward, sequential presentation |
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Thrives on complexity |
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Is alert |
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Is keenly observant |
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Is pleased with own learning |
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Is highly self-critical. |
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Gifted Program |
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Gifted programming in 08-09 at Park Hill includes:
- Challenge math groups – participation based on the student’s mastery of required skills
- Advanced Learning Plans – created for students identified as gifted or for students who are high achievers; the plan creates goals based on student strengths
- Cluster grouping of identified gifted students within their classrooms
- Numerous after-school enrichment programs
- Junior Great Books guided by parent volunteers
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Gifted Specialist |
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Linda Chain is Park Hill’s gifted specialist. She is in the building on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. She works collaboratively with the classroom teachers to assure that the gifted programming supports the grade level standards.
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