program of studies

kinder

Themes:

Winter Animals
Self-Awareness
Seasons/Time

**Seasonal Activities incorporated throughout the school year

Suggested Readings: Flat Stanley, Tacky, Emperor Penguin, What Time is It?, Journey, What Lives in Antarctica?,What Lives in the Arctic?

1st Grade

Themes:

Plants, Trees & Seeds
Self-Awareness
Senses
Human Body
Environmental Studies
Fairy Tales

**All topics will integrate seasonal activities throughout the school year!

Suggested Readings: Chester’s Way, The Rainforest Grew All Around, The Great Kapok Tree, Suggested Readings: Frog and Toad, From Seed to Plant, Miss Rumphius, Tops & Bottoms (Plants), Shen Yen: A Cinderella Story from China, Korean Cinderella, Adelita, The Human Body.

2nd Grade

Themes:

Mammals
Amphibians
Reptiles
Prehistoric Creatures / Fossils
Birds
Insects

Suggested Readings: Charlotte’s Web, One Bear Lost, Ira Sleeps Over, Life in the Desert, Eric Carle Series, Look Who’s Hatching!, Digging Up Dinosaurs, Discovering Dinosaurs, The Day of the Dinosaur, Habitats, Life Cycle of a Frog, Frogs and Toads, Classifying Living Things series

3rd Grade

Themes:

Water
Sand/Seashells
Consumerism/Advertising
Coral/Coral Reefs
Sharks/Marine Mammals
Solar System/Space

Suggested Readings: A Visit to the Aquarium, What’s It Like to Be a Fish?, Corals, Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty; and other Questions about the Ocean?, Marine Life for Young Readers Series; Let’s Read and Find Out Science Book Series; The Living Ocean Series; A Water Creature Series; Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, Our Solar System, Stars and Planets: Let’s Explore Planets Series, Amazing Space Facts, If I You Were an Astronaut

4th Grade

Themes:

Landscapes/ Seascapes
Self-Portrait
Native Americans
Tchaikovsky/
The Nutcracker
Inventions/Inventors
Sculptures/Still Life
Impressionism
Modern Art

5th grade

Themes:

Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
Mesoamerican Civilizations

**Digital Learning with Gijon, Spain will be on-going throughout the year-sessions include cross-cultural global scope, public speaking, and oral presentations with emphasis on both physical and cultural geography.

6th Grade

THEMES

Space Exploration
Aerospace Engineering
Global Architecture
Crime Scene Investigation
Comparative Anatomy
Geology

***Digital Learning with Gijon, Spain will be on-going throughout the year-sessions include cross-cultural global scope, public speaking, and oral presentations with emphasis on both physical and cultural geography. Psychology for Kids I and II, House, Buildings, Skyscrapers, All About Owls, CSI, Forensics, Rocks and Minerals, Geology: The Study of Rocks, Earth Steps: A Rock’s Journey through Time, How a Bill Becomes a Law, Forensic Science for Kids, Anatomy Academy, Amazing Space; If You Were an Astronaut

7th Grade

THEMES

Photography
Videography
Public Speaking
Journalism

Suggested Readings: The Art of Photography, Take Your Photography to the Next Level, Guide to Photography, Speech Craft-An Introduction to Public Speaking, Public Speaking for Kids, The Complete Book of Speech Communication, Publishing a Newspaper-A Student Developed Newspaper Know-How

8th Grade

THEMES

Videography
Creative Dramatics
Poetry

Suggested Readings: Lights, Camera, Action-A Guide to Video Instruction and Production In the Classroom, Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age, Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should Know, Making Real Life Videos, Acting for Life, Improv Ideas, Poetry a la Carte

GRADES K-8 Objectives and Goals

To foster creative and academic growth through an integrated, multi-disciplined thematic approach to learning
To provide a program of enrichment to meet the personal and academic needs of gifted and talented students
To provide project-based learning experiences and activities that emphasize the development of higher levels of thinking, knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation
To stimulate independent thought and learning by emphasizing the process of learning rather than the product of learning to enable the students to become producers in information rather than consumers
To provide opportunities for students to increase the awareness of the world around them
To engage students in learning experiences that enable them to use their creativity, problem solving, critical thinking and logical reasoning to achieve the 21st century skills and become effective learners, collaborators, communicators, and creators
To provide students with the opportunity to participate in activities and field experiences that maximize their learning potentials focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM)
To interrelate individual students’ abilities, talents, interest modes of learning and provide appropriate learning experiences
To promote independent thinking by providing many opportunities for self-initiated learning

To provide a variety of stimuli and resource materials and space necessary for accelerated and enriched learning
To encourage community support and involvement for the gifted and talented program and provide positive role models for students
To train all personnel involved in gifted and talented programs in project-based learning, 21st century skills, and STEAM based approaches
To introduce research materials and techniques for in-depth investigations of personal and/or group knowledge through project-based learning activities
To provide programs that are “student centered and talent focused”
To incorporate, whenever possible, parents and paraprofessionals
To encourage students to interact with their intellectual peers through cooperative learning experiences with other school districts
To publicly display and demonstrate student progress
To provide opportunities to measure program effectiveness and provide recommendations for parents, students, and teachers of the gifted

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