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Seminar Open House

Seminar Open House. Thursday, December 6, 2012 Pennell Penguins are: Fit 2 Learn!. Good Evening!. I think you would agree that Rm 214 is a great new home for Elementary Seminar.

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Seminar Open House

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  1. Seminar Open House Thursday, December 6, 2012 Pennell Penguins are: Fit 2 Learn!

  2. Good Evening! • I think you would agree that Rm 214 is a great new home for Elementary Seminar. • Northley Seminar is on a ‘cart’ in the science rooms. I have heard that the new Northley will have a Seminar room, hopefully with a sink and storage space. • Ms. Renee DiPietro was hired in October to work with seminar students in grades 7 through 12.

  3. You Tube • I am Gifted; teachertubeSPED; 4:37 • What is Gifted; rowdi5678; 1:43 • Outside of the Box Gifted Learners; 1paul17; 5:39 • Giftedness; mwelldunn; 11:26

  4. Seminar Students K-6 • First - 1 • Second - 12 • Third - 16 • Fourth - 18 • Fifth - 21 • Sixth – 17 +2 • Total - 85 • Aston – 34 • Pennell – 19 • Parkside – 6 • Coebourn – 7 • Northley - 17 • Holy Family – 1 + 2 • Home Schooled - 1

  5. PDE – Gifted Educationhttp://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/gifted_education/7393 Chapter 16 Regulations (PDF) BECs for Gifted Students Monitoring Schedule for Gifted Education (PDF) GIEP Team Meeting (PDF) Gifted Education Forms Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) Notice of Parental Rights for Gifted Students (Word) Related Web Links Regional Support Network

  6. Paper Work • Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year the GIEP form will change. • Present level information must to be more detailed and specific. • It has been suggested by the state that ‘end of the year assessments’ of the year ahead be administered to all gifted support students in at least the areas of reading, math, science, and social studies. • Information from parent, teacher, and student surveys should be included. • PA Gifted Regulations in Chapter 16 have not changed recently.

  7. Gifted Paperwork • The purpose of this change in paperwork is to improve and clarify the instructional plan. • This change will require gifted in-servicing of both teachers and administrators. • Gifted programming or providing gifted services should not be limited to participation in a gifted program. Gifted services must include enrichment and/or acceleration based on the individual strengths of the student. • The GIEP must be written to address a student’s strengths. Weaknesses or deficiencies are addressed under Chapter 14 using an IEP. Students with organization or behavior needs should have a 504.

  8. Gifted • The suggestion from state training is to include one, two, or three specific goals that come from information on the Present Level section of the GIEP. (goals - fewer and more specific) • For example: All students participating in the seminar program will be exposed to gifted instruction that includes: higher order thinking skills, creativity skills, public speaking skills, and research skills. Public speaking will benefit all students but may only be included as a goal on verbally advanced students.

  9. PAGE www.giftedpage.org The mission of PAGE is to advocate for mentally gifted children by working with parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, and the community to meet the diverse needs of gifted learners. The Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to helping gifted learners, parents and educators. An affiliate of National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), since 1951, PAGE has assisted countless parents, teachers and administrators in helping Pennsylvania’s gifted learners reach their full potential. We do this through our free Helpline, our network of local affiliates, annual conferences, the resources listed below, and effective advocacy. Working with state legislators and members of the state Department of Education, PAGE fostered the passage of Pennsylvania’s Chapter 16, Special Education for the Gifted, one of the strongest for gifted education in the nation.

  10. C-Mites Sign up for EXPLORE testing through the C-MITES Elementary Student Talent Search (ESTS).Why test? More detailed information about your child's abilities Educational recommendations tailored to your child Information about educational opportunities through C-MITES and other organizations Subscription to "C-MITES News," a semi-annual newsletter containing educational information First priority in C-MITES Summer Program and tuition discounts   Testing occurs in January or February.  Financial aid is available. We're making plans for Weekend Workshops in the Philadelphia area.   Classes will be scheduled on   Saturday, April 27th at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore and  Saturday, May 11th at another school in the Philadelphia area.

  11. Second Grade Unit Countries and Cultures • Map Skills • Continent Highlights • Cultural Folktales • Cultural Arts • International Games & Puzzles • Independent Research • Passports • Cultural Celebrations

  12. Second Grade Field Trip: Philadelphia Museum of Art – Around the World April 3, 2013, 9:00 to 2:00 $9 students/$16 adults Country Fair: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:40 to 2:40 Pennell Library

  13. Third Grade Units Medieval Times • Life in Medieval Europe • Heraldry, Armor, Weapons • Calligraphy, Illumination • Chess • Craft Guilds • Black Death, Medicine Flight and Rocketry • Helicopters • Paper Airplanes • Butterflies • Rockets

  14. Third Grade • Field Trip: Philadelphia Museum of Art – Medieval Collection January 17, 2013, 9:00 to 2:00 $9 students/ $16 adults • Archery Lesson/Middletown Archery & Tournament – January 29, 2013 ($10-$12 student) • Feast – Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Pennell Library; 12:40 to 2:40 • Take Flight Day – Monday, June 3, 2013, 12:40 to 2:40 Pennell Gym and Outside Classroom

  15. Fourth Grade Units Architecture and Bridge Building • Terms & Vocabulary • Blueprints • Research • Building Activities • Gingerbread Houses • Paper Bridges • K’Nex Bridges Inventions & Robotics • Why do we invent/The inventive process • Flow Charting/Rube Goldberg/Simple Machines • Why do we use robots • Take Apart Day/How things work • Why zany ideas are important & copying is not always bad

  16. Fourth Grade Dates • Tentative Architecture Night – Wednesday, March 6, 2013; 6:00 to 8:00pm • Tentative Washington, DC trip – Monday, March 18th, 2013 (Cost will run about $100.00 student/chaperone combined) • Inventor’s Expo – Wednesday, June 5, 2013; 12:40 to 2:40, Pennell Library

  17. Fifth Grade Units Modern & Contemporary Art & Self Discovery • Self portraits • What does abstract mean? • Surrealism • Research Project Knowledge Master Competition – • National computer based competition Elementary Chemistry & Mystery Powders • Elements, Atoms, Compounds, Periodic Table • Polymers • Mole Day • Laboratory Skills, Unknowns • Deductive Reasoning using Observation, Lab Tests, and Inference

  18. Fifth Grade Dates • Field Trip: Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art – March 7, 2013; 9:00 to 2:00 • Art Show & Presentations – June 6, 2013; 12:40 to 2:40 (Library) • Knowledge Master Competition – Wednesday, January 16, 2013 or Tuesday, January 22, 2013

  19. FifthGrade Welcome Victoria

  20. Knowledge Masterwww.greatauk.com In 776 B.C., the first Olympics were held on which peninsula? A. Sinai B. Iberian C. Arabian D. Yucatan E. Peloponnesian

  21. Sixth Grade Units Magic & Illusion • Magic Shows • Museum in a Box – Illusion Project (Research) Knowledge Master Competition • National Competition –whole class/computer Animal Studies The Human Body Sports & Fitness or Spy Craft or Criminology ?? Challenges - Monthly Personal Choice Points - Quarterly

  22. Sixth Grade Dates Morning/Evening of Magic and Illusion • first or last week of April Knowledge Master • Wednesday, January 16, 2013, (8:15 to 11:10) at Pennell or Tuesday, January 22, 2013, (8:15 to 11:10) at Pennell Field Trip – Ideas?? One trip is allowed: Mutter Museum Franklin Institute Washington, DC (spy museum/Pentagon) Day of Service – Philabundance or another service project

  23. The Line Birbal was jester, counselor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar. The villagers loved to talk of Birbal’s wisdom and cleverness, and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him. One day Akbar, the emperor, drew a line across the floor. ______________________ “Birbal,” he ordered, “you must make this line shorter. But you cannot erase any bit of it!” Everyone present thought the emperor had finally found a way to outsmart Birbal. It was clearly an impossible task. Yet within moments the emperor and everyone present had to agree that Birbal had make the line shorter without erasing any part of it. How would this be?

  24. Answer Birbal simply drew a longer line next to the first one--- which made the first line shorter than the second. ________________________________ (Longer) ___________________ (Shorter)

  25. Thank You for the opportunity to learn with your children!

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