Elementary GT students meet for 150 minutes each week in grade level groups. The purpose of these meetings is to enrich and extend the regular classroom curriculum for GT identified students.
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Fourth Grade GT
Fourth grade will be exploring people of influence. We will take an up close look at influence people throughout history. We will then look at how the students can use their gifts to impact the world around them. We will then transition into a unit about Mystery of history. The students will learn about different mysteries that are still unanswered. Along the way, the students will learn how to use Google classroom, Google docs, Google slides, and many other computer programs. In the Spring semester, we will be a huge Maker Space in our classroom. We will learning about simple machines, and how to use the simple machines and create different things from them. We will also be using robotics in the Spring semester also. Through out the year, the students will be learning how to play chess, and they will work on thier Quiz Bowl skills.
Fifth Grade GT
Fifth grade will be working on a World War I unit during the fall semester. They will be focusing on how the war started, and how World War I brought about World War II. They will also look at how World War I impacted people's lives, and what changes happen about World War I. Along the way, the students will learn how to use Google classroom, Google docs, Google slides, and many other computer programs. In the Spring semester, we will be a huge Maker Space in our classroom. We will learning about simple machines, and how to use the simple machines and create different things from them. We will also be using robotics in the Spring semester also. Fifth grade will be involved in Quiz Bowl and Chess tournaments.