Welcome to Haynes Bridge Middle School TAG Parent Night!

1. Welcome to Haynes Bridge Middle School TAG Parent Night!

2. Program Overview The middle school student receives gifted services in one to four advanced content classes designed to challenge the gifted student through a rich and rigorous curriculum. These classes include as well as extend and enrich the Fulton County core curriculum. They are a part of the student’s daily schedule. Classes are taught by experienced professionals who have received an endorsement in Gifted Education from the Georgia Department of Education. There is a priority on limiting class sizes.

3. Placement • Based on achievement scores, past academic performance, and teacher recommendations • Student may be served in each content area for which he/she qualifies • “B” or above in the subject area • Test scores within two years on a nationally normed achievement test as follows • Language Arts at or above the 90th percentile in total reading • Social Studies at or above the 90th percentile in social studies • Science at or above the 90th percentile in science

4. How is a TAG class different from an on-level class? • teachers use a variety of teaching strategies in order to encourage higher levels of thinking, creativity, and independent learning • including activities that develop independent learning skills • enrichment and/or academically accelerated material • spend a larger portion of time on higher order skills such as critical thinking and problem solving • adjust the pace and the complexity of the curriculum • opportunities to move through core curriculum materials at an appropriate rate

5. Student A PeriodSubjectTeacher 1 Physical Science G Ritchie 2 Phys Ed 6 J Saint 3 Art S Schofield 4 Language Arts A Dowell 5 Reading B Straw 6 Team Time S Kwon 7 Social Studies R Bidwell 8 Math 8 R Portman Student B PeriodSubjectTeacher 1 Math 8 Adv C Hooks 2 Chorus A Cole 3 Art S Schofield 4 TAG LA S Brand 5 Spanish A Ogir 6 Team Time R Portman 7 TAG SS D Boldus 8 TAG Science S Kwon Sample Schedules

6. Math should… ..be hands-on ..be relatable encourage students to explore Welcome to Advanced Math! Classroom “Knowledge Tree” The students plant the “seed” of questions relating to science, and other students research and the answers bloom as “leaves” all year round.

7. TAG Curriculum

8. You Can Expect Projects Like… Geometry Unit -Create a machine that transform geometric Shapes -Recognizing transformations on a coordinate plane Exponent Unit - Creating exponential expressions through the rules of simplifying exponents Pythagorean Theorem Unit -Finding right angles in the world around us utilizing the properties of shapes with right angles to find unkown lengths Algebra Units -Understanding rate of change and the starting point of linear equations

9. COMMUNICATE CREATE HANDS-ON SOLVE RESEARCH THINK

10. Math • 6th Grade • Math 6 Adv. • Math 7 Acc. • 7th Grade • Math 7 Adv. • Math 8 Acc. • 8th Grade • Math 8 Adv. • CCGPS Coordinate Algebra Honors • CCGPS Accelerated Coordinate Algebra Honors

12. Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP)

13. Evaluation of Student Performance • Student is evaluated on the same reporting system as in other classes (progress report with a numerical grade) • Evaluation based on test grades, assignments, and classroom performance • An annual review conference is held with parents to discuss student’s progress • If a student is experiencing difficulty in the gifted program, a conference is held to discuss continuation options of probation within or dismissal from gifted services