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Welcome Kindergarten and First Grade Learning Immersion Families!

Welcome Kindergarten and First Grade Learning Immersion Families!. Kelly Kollar TD Catalyst Teacher, Magnet Coordinator 980-343-6055. Tuckaseegee Magnet Program. What About Multi-Age?. The federal government defines "gifted and talented" students, children, or youth as those

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Welcome Kindergarten and First Grade Learning Immersion Families!

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  1. Welcome Kindergarten and First Grade Learning Immersion Families! Kelly Kollar TD Catalyst Teacher, Magnet Coordinator 980-343-6055

  2. Tuckaseegee Magnet Program

  3. What About Multi-Age?

  4. The federal government defines "gifted and talented" students, children, or youth as those ...who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities. No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110 (Title IX, Part A, Definitions (22) (2002); 20 U.S.C. Sec. 7802 (22) (2004)) What is Giftedness?

  5. The goal of the Talent Development and Advanced Studies Program in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is to provide rigorous curriculum and academic opportunities so each student may reach a classroom performance level consistent with his/her intellectual ability. Gifted in CMS

  6. The Certification Process

  7. CogAT- Cognitive Abilities Test How to Prepare • CogATcondensedstudentbooklet.pdf • Verbal- picture analogies, classification • Non-Verbal- spatial awareness • Quantitative-number analogies, equations • Predicts how well a student is likely to perform in school. • Analogies • Classify- make rules and justify reasoning • Equations (= does not mean “the answer is”) • Building Thinking Skills • Active Questioning Gateway 1

  8. ITBS How to Prepare • Measures scholastic achievement • What the student already knows • Summer work- reading and math practice • If you don’t use it, you lose it! Gateway 2

  9. Gifted Rating Scale- GRS • Given in first grade- Teacher checklist • Measures Intellectual Ability, Academic Ability, Creativity, Artistic Talent, Leadership and Motivation • Based on the age of the child, not the grade Gateway 3

  10. Portfolio How to Prepare • All Learning Immersion students in the second grade will receive a portfolio • Advanced Language • Analytical Thinking • Motivation/Leadership/ Perseverance • Perspective/Sensitivity/Sense of Humor • Creativity/Artistic Talent • Encourage your child to take their time and do their best, not looking for “fast finishers” • At home entry Gateway 4

  11. Evidence Practice • Vocabulary beyond age-level peers • Figurative language • Stories with problem and solution • Interesting approaches to problems • Perspective • Artistic talent, drawing, poetry, painting, song writing, etc. • READ, READ, READ • Write stories, poetry, letters, math problems, anything! • Create inventions, drawings, paintings, etc. Be creative! Portfolio Preparation

  12. Any Questions?

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