Services for WCPSS AIG identified students in grades 3-5 are served as outlined in their Differentiated Education Plan. Services include differentiated curriculum and instruction in Reading/Language Arts and/or Mathematics in the general education setting. Through consultation with the general education teacher and direct instruction to the students, the AIG teacher will extend and enrich grade-level standards. The School-Based Committee meets regularly to review identified student data.
📢 AIG Announcements: Parents, please make sure your child brings a notebook for AIG/TD (Math or Reading). Many still don’t have one, and we’ll be using it often. Thanks so much!
Third graders are excited to be part of AIG this year! In Reading, they began by learning about the Seven Habits of the Mind and reflecting on who they are as learners. They are showcasing their creativity by transforming each letter of their name into unique artwork, developing annotation skills, and tackling complex texts. Students will also explore fairy tales from different countries, comparing and contrasting versions while examining culture, settings, and key story elements. To wrap up the unit, they will write their own fairy tales as a Pixar-style pitch!
In Math, students are solving Singapore Math challenge problems and learning to write equations with variables to represent unknowns, making sure each equation fits the situation. They are creating their own multiplication story problems and building technology skills by designing slide decks. Additionally, students are becoming familiar with the Canvas portal and learning how to submit assignments online.
Coming up, students will dive into population changes over time, compare age graphs from the U.S., Japan, and Afghanistan, and get creative by designing business ideas to meet each country’s unique needs.
We are excited to see our third graders exploring new ideas, asking questions, and making connections as they begin to apply their learning both in the classroom and beyond.
This quarter, students are diving into rich and challenging learning experiences across ELA and math. In ELA, our focus is on depth and complexity. We are practicing how to think critically by engaging with higher-level depth of knowledge questions. Students are exploring the concept of theme by identifying common threads across related books and discussing how those universal themes connect to their own lives and our school community. We are also digging deeper into character studies, examining motivations, traits, and growth to better understand how authors craft meaningful stories.
In math, students are strengthening their problem-solving skills through the Singapore Math approach, which emphasizes flexible thinking and multiple strategies. We are extending our understanding of multiplicative comparisons with a special research project that allows students to compare humans and animals, making math meaningful and connected to the real world. To wrap up the quarter, students will take part in an enrichment investigation that challenges them to apply their knowledge of area and perimeter in creative ways.
We are so proud of the thoughtful, curious work students are doing as they learn to go deeper, make connections, and apply their understanding both in and beyond the classroom.
Fifth graders revisited the Seven Habits of the Mind and completed a “Who Are You?” activity to reflect on their learning strategies, practice metacognition, and build stronger relationships with peers by showing empathy and understanding. We also explored how Level 4 and 5 reading skills connect to college and career readiness. Students are currently creating their own mock LinkedIn profiles!
Next, we will dive deeper into annotation skills to strengthen comprehension of complex texts. Following that, students will begin our Stories of Human Rights unit, where they will learn about Henry “Box” Brown’s journey to freedom, evaluate a Nailed and Mailed manuscript to determine if it should be published, and conclude the unit by writing a six-room poem inspired by Henry Box Brown’s story.
In math, students are solving Singapore Math challenge problems to strengthen problem-solving skills. They are also tackling higher-level problems aligned with the fifth-grade curriculum to promote critical thinking. Next, students will begin the Laptop Volume Project, redesigning a laptop of their choice into a 3D model tailored for a specific profession while maintaining the same volume.
We are excited by the curious and imaginative work students are starting to do as they dig deeper, make connections, and apply their learning both inside and beyond the classroom.