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• cceleration
• hallenge and
  
• nrichment

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Warm-Up

• In the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, how
  many total gifts were given?
• Hint Solve using a pattern

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K-6 Challenge

• Sherry Burns Baker Challenge
• Paula Kitts Roberts Challenge
• B.J. Lemaire South Valley Challenge
• Stacey McGuirl UES Challenge
• Gailen Mitchell UES Assistant Principal
• Jane LaMarra Assistant Superintendent
• Curriculum Instruction

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New Jersey Statute

• N.J.A.C. 6A8-3.1 (a)(5) Provides that district
  boards of education shall be responsible for
  identifying gifted and talented students and to
  provide them with appropriate adaptations and
  services.
• N.J.A.C. 6A8-31.3 defines gifted and talented
  students as Those exceptionally able students
  who possess or demonstrate high levels of
  ability, in one or more content areas, when
  compared to their chronological peers in the
  local district and who require modification of
  their educational program if they are to achieve
  in accordance with their abilities.

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• Moorestown Schools
• Mission Statement
• To best meet the needs of all students with
  programs sustainable to the taxpayers.
• Challenge Program
• Mission Statement
• To meet the academic, social, emotional and
  psychological needs of gifted children.

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Giftedness
National Research Center on the Gifted and
Talented
Above Average Ability
Highly Motivated/Task Commitment
Academically Gifted Child
Creativity
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K-3 Challenge(Forum April 19)

• 1st Grade Whole Class Enrichment.
• Enrichment Through Balanced Literacy in Reading
  and/or Writing in grades 2 and 3.
• Pullout Challenge 2nd and 3rd grade.

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Upper Elementary School Programs(Forum April 26)

• Accelerated Mathematics in Grades 4, 5, and 6
• Enriched Mathematics in Grades 5 and 6
• Language Arts Enrichment in Grades 4, 5, and 6
• Enriched Art in Grades 4, 5, and 6
• Enriched Chorus in Grades 4, 5, and 6
• Optional participation in the Coriell Science
  Fair (6th grade only)

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K-3 Challenge Program Enriched Learners

• Extended relationship with material
• Process driven
• Critical and analytical thinking

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4-6 Challenge Program Accelerated Learners

• Mastery of concepts at an accelerated pace.
• Desire for an increased level of difficulty.
• Critical and analytical thinking.

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• Enrichment and Acceleration Opportunities
• Kindergarten
• Classroom Balanced Literacy
• First Grade
• Classroom Balanced Literacy Whole
  Class Challenge
• Second Grade
• Classroom Balanced Literacy
  Reading/Writing Enrichment Pullout Challenge
• Third Grade
• Classroom Balanced Literacy
  Reading/Writing Enrichment Pullout Challenge
• Fourth Grade
• Classroom Balanced Literacy
  Enriched Language Arts Accelerated Math
• Fifth Grade
• Classroom Balanced Literacy Enriched
  Language Arts Enriched Math/Accelerated Math

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Students Receiving Elementary EnrichmentGrades
2-3
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Students Receiving Pullout Challenge
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Second and Third Grade Identified Students in
Gifted and Enrichment Programs
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Students Receiving Enriched/ Accelerated
Mathematics
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Students Receiving Enriched Language Arts
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Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade Identified
Students in Gifted and Enrichment Programs
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Professional Development

• Differentiated Instruction
• Balanced Literacy
• MAP Training
• DI Cohort
• Rigor and Relevance Conference
• New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
• Annual Conference
• Selected Texts
• Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom,
  Winebrenner
• The Differentiated Classroom, Tomlinson
• How To Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability
  Classrooms, Tomlinson
• The Gifted Kids Survival Guide, Galbraith

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What Makes a Good Gifted Education Teacher?

• Outstanding teachers of the gifted, as
  identified by their colleagues, agree that the
  most important characteristic of a successful
  educator is to like gifted children.
• -Laurie Croft, When Gifted Kids Dont Have All
  the Answers
• Qualities of Successful Teachers of Gifted
  Students
• Able to teach to students individual learning
  styles
• Flexible
• Sense of humor
• Encourage excellence, but dont expect perfection
  all the time
• Advocate for gifted students
• Respect students intelligence
• Lifelong learners
• Good listener, keeps inquiry open
• Presents complex and abstract learning tasks
• - Sources Judy Galbraith, Jim Delisle, and
  Susan Winebrenner

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rogram of

• cceleration
• hallenge and
  
• nrichment

PACE