1st Grade

This month, I introduced the students to the gifted reading curriculum, Jacob's Ladder. Jacob's Ladder targets reading comprehension and critical thinking skills in high-ability learners. In the form of three skill ladders connected to individual readings in poetry, myths/fables, and nonfiction, students move from lower-order, concrete thinking skills to higher-order, critical thinking skills. For example, Ladder A moves students from Sequencing to Cause and Effect to Consequences and Implications. 

Starting this month, students will be engaged in the following activities: 

Engineering Legos 

Logic Puzzles

Math Detective Challenges

STEM Challenges