What's Happening in GT

What will the GT kids be learning?

PROGRAM GOALS

1.) Foster inquiry and develop a commitment to learning as a lifelong process.

2.) Develop skills of persistence, flexibility in thinking, social intelligence, original thinking, risk taking, and inquisitiveness.

3.) Encourage the development of self-understanding, i.e., recognizing and using one’s strengths and weaknesses, becoming self-directed, appreciating likenesses and differences between oneself and others.

4.) Facilitate the development of higher skill levels of critical thinking, problem solving, communication, creativity, and research skills, and integrate them into the content areas.

5.) Provide for interaction with peers with similar interests and abilities.

6.) Create challenging and engaging experiences while exposing students to a variety of learning styles.

7.) Produce opportunities that enrich the curriculum and expose students to real-life experiences (i.e. field trips, guest speakers, traveling exhibits, presentations to authentic audiences).

8.) To foster the development of 21st Century Skills through the use of technology, STEM integration, collaboration, and Idaho Core Standards.

Be sure to check out the galleries to see student work! Ingram Gallery Wiltrout Gallery

3rd Grade

Semester 1:

Social Emotional Needs: Becoming a Reflective Student

Growth Mindset
Appreciating Challenge
Persevering through challenge
Life-long learner goals

Creativity:

Originality, Flexibility, Elaboration, Fluency
Creativity in unexpected places
Divergent vs. Convergent thinking

Problem-Solving/Strategic Thinking

Collaborative Problem Solving
Engineering Tasks - design process
Coding
Robotics
Deduction
Chess

Skills:

Research
Presentations
Create
Observations vs Inference
Hypothesize
Justify
Write/Publish
Describe
Design

4th Grade

Semester 1:

Social Emotional Needs: Lifelong learner

Becoming self-directed
Appreciating Challenge
Growth Mindset - learning from others
Learning from mistakes
Life-long learner goals

Leadership

clear positive communication
giving feedback (positive and negative)

Creativity

Originality, Flexibility, Elaboration, Fluency
Creative Problem Solving
assessing creativity

Problem-Solving/Strategic Thinking

Inductive Thinking
Engineering Tasks - design process
Problem finding/Asking questions
Coding
Chess

Skills:

Research
Present
Create/Construct
Observe
Write
Describe
Compose
Produce

5th Grade

Quarter 1:

Social Emotional Needs: Identity

Strengths/Weaknesses
Sustained effort in long-term projects
Goal Setting
Life-long learner goals

Creativity

convergent vs. divergent thinking
Creative Problem Solving

Problem-Solving/Strategic Thinking

Logical Thinking (If/Then - convergent)
Chess
Coding

Skills:

Compare & Contrast
Create
Write poetry
Make inferences
Analyze & Reflect
Justify and present evidence

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