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The “Creekside Kids” Team C U R R I C U L U M N I G H T September 10, 2012

The “Creekside Kids” Team C U R R I C U L U M N I G H T September 10, 2012. HAG Vision Statement

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The “Creekside Kids” Team C U R R I C U L U M N I G H T September 10, 2012

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  1. The “Creekside Kids” TeamC U R R I C U L U M N I G H TSeptember 10, 2012 HAG Vision Statement The aim of the Highly Academically Gifted Program is to develop future leaders who have the intellectual skills, attitudes, and character traits needed to meet the challenges of a complex, rapidly changing world. HAG Mission Statement Instructors will create a rigorous academic environment that provides numerous and varied interdisciplinary learning challenges utilizing the following instructional strategies: differentiation, shared inquiry, acceleration, enrichment, technology, and reflection.

  2. Literature Works that may be read: • A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park • A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L’Engle • In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord • Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse • Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko • The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien • The Cay, by Theodore Taylor • Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen • The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor • Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine • Drizzle, by Kathleen Van Cleve • The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, by Rodman Philbrick • The House of Dies Drear, by Virginia Hamilton • The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis and others…

  3. Math Topics include: • Number Sense • Data and Probability • Measurement • Pre-Algebra • Superstars, USA Today, 24 Challenge

  4. Science Topics include: • Weather and Climate • Water Cycle • Heat • Ecosystems • Forces and Motion • Cells • Body Systems • Genetics • Conservation of Matter ExploraVision and Engineering is Elementary Kits will be a part of Science this year.

  5. Language Arts Topics include: • Note-taking • Summarizing • Presenting • Expository Composition • Persuasive Composition • Poetry • Writing Mechanics • Grammar • Vocabulary

  6. Social Studies Topics include: • U.S. Government • U.S. Geography • U. S. History through Reconstruction: • Native Americans • Explorers • Colonial America • Westward Expansion • Civil War • Reconstruction • Economics

  7. Technology Technology will be integrated throughout the curriculum. Possible tools include: Livebinders Edmodo Glogster Word PowerPoint Excel Wikis Museum Box Blogs Prezi Google Maps PhotoPeach Flip Charts Wikis & Blogs … and a wide variety of education search engines and databases

  8. Other Information • Arrival (morning work) and Dismissal • Parent Assist • Make-up Tests (Wednesdays) • Tuesday Packets • Family Life • Field Trips (Camp Thunderbird-TBA; Spring Field Trip under discussion) • “Creekside Kids” T-Shirts & USA Today • Supplies

  9. Homework Homework Policy #6154 adopted October 2009 explains the purpose, characteristics, guidelines, and completion time schedules. Average Time Estimate, excluding reading: Elementary gr. 5: 45-75 minutes daily Middle Schools gr. 6-8: 45-90 minutes daily

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