Author: ksteel-keelor

March 2017

Poe Magnet Elementary School

AIG

Important Dates

Nominations for SSA	4/6-4/26
SSA Testing	5/4-5/10
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AIG Magnet
Electives:
Q1: Aeronautics 4/5
Q2:
Odyssey of the Mind 2/3
Geometric Design 4/5
Q3:
Odyssey of the Mind 2/3
Writing Explorers 4/5
Q4:
Around the World 4/5

Powerful AIG Websites/Apps:

Scientists/Inventors:
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php
Gifted Resources:
http://www.npsd.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/GiftedandTalentedResourcesforEducators2013.pdf
http://www.eds-resources.com/edgifted.html
http://dcs.k12.oh.us/Page/176
Gifted Apps:
Animoto (iPad)
Aqueduct (iPad/iPhone)
Code Academy: Hour of Code (iPhone/iPad)
DC Comics (iPad/iPhone/Android)
Dragon Box Algebra 12+ (Android/iPad)
Evernote (Android/iPad)
Game About Squares (iPad/Android/PCMac)
Geo Bee Challenge (iPad/Android)
Khan Academy (iPad)
Minds of Modern Mathematics (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
Minim ( iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
Nasa (Android/iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
Oregon Trail (Android/iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
Free Rice
Flocabulary
Google Classroom

5th Grade AIG ELA:

To different themes and topics. We also looked at different genres and compared themes. We learned about idioms, proverbs and adages. Lastly, we examined point of view in all kinds of literature, including poetry.

Reminders:
* Daily Reading Log (20 minutes of reading/night)
* All projects are due by final due dates. (students will keep their own calendar in their binder)
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5th Grade:
We completed our research for Persuasive Writing and went through the writing process in order to finish our papers. In reading, we compared and contrasted stories of the same genres

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4th Grade AIG ELA:

Reminders:
* Daily Reading Log (20 minutes of reading/night)
* All projects are due by final due dates. (students will keep their own calendar in their binder)

AIG Math:

“If opportunity
doesn’t
knock,
build a door.” (Milton Berle)

4th Grade:
Students in 4th Grade Math studies different strategies in the Fraction Unit. They learned everything from recognition of equal fractions, decomposing fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and also conversion of 10ths and 100ths in fracitons.

Enrichment:
Centimeter City
Educreation
Green Screen
Animation

Single Subject Acceleration: SSA

6th Grade Math:
Students have been continuing to do their units and testing online.

4th Grade:
Students have finished going through the writing process and completed their opinion papers. In Reading, we integrated information from two different texts on the same topic in order to write and speak about the topic . We examined major differences between poems, drama and prose. We learned how to identify structural elements in literature and compared and contrasted themes in stories, myths and traditional literature. Lastly, we were able to observe social issues in literature and find the purpose for it .

5th Grade:
In Math, students learned how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers by using many different strategies. Strategies include area models, numberlines and algorithms. We also discussed reading strategies for word problems.

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