 First Grade – Relationships
Fall |
Spring |
Leadership Development |
Leadership Development |
Elmer |
SPS |
Creative Thinking |
Creative Thinking |
SCAMPER |
Dissimilar Elements |
Creative Listening |
What If’s |
Brainstorming |
Creative Listening |
Creative Problem Solving |
Creative Problem Solving |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
Critical Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Sequencing |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Visual Thinking |
Analogies |
Idioms |
Code Crackers |
Math Path |
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Research-Insects |
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Note Taking |
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CPS |
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Product/Presentatio |
 Second Grade --- Connections
Fall |
Spring |
Leadership Development |
Leadership Development |
Affective Development |
Affective Development |
Creative Thinking |
Creative Thinking |
SCAMPER |
Creative/Critical Listening |
Creative Listening |
Brainstorming |
Brainstorming |
Creative Problem Solving |
Creative Problem Solving |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
SCAMPER |
Improvisation |
Dissimilar Elements |
Critical Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Peter Puzzlemaker |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Round Trip |
Visual Thinking |
Code Crackers |
Questioning |
Math Perplexors |
Attributes |
Research-Dinosaurs |
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Questioning |
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Note Taking |
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Product/Presentation |
 Third Grade – Discoveries
Fall |
Spring |
Leadership Development |
Leadership Development |
Task Commitment |
Affective Development |
Creative Thinking |
Creative Thinking |
SCAMPER |
SCAMPER |
Draw Start |
Draw Start |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
Brainstorming |
Brainstorming |
Dissimilar Elements |
Creative Problem Solving |
Critical Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Pentacubes |
Questioning |
Triangular Numbers/TTT Logic |
Code Crackers |
Code Unit |
Perplexors |
Deductive Thinking |
Research-National Parks |
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Note Taking |
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Questioning |
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Product/Presentation |
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 Fourth Grade – Structure
Fall |
Spring |
Leadership Development |
Leadership Development |
Affective Development |
Affective Development |
CORT Thinking (AGO, OPV) |
CORT Thinking (PMI, C&S) |
Creative Thinking |
Creative Thinking |
Brainstorming |
Brainstorming |
Creative Problem Solving |
Creative Problem Solving |
Draw Start |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
SCAMPER |
Draw Start |
Critical Thinking |
Transformations |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Mysteries |
Deductive/Logical Thinking |
Code Crackers |
Engineering Unit |
Logic Number Puzzles |
Mysteries |
Grid Logic |
Zometools |
Sudoku |
Noodlers |
Plexers |
Deducibles |
Research- Enigmas |
Red Herrings |
Writing Questions |
Logic TTT |
Statement of Purpose |
Double Grid Logic |
Note Taking |
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Point of view |
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Product/Presentation |
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 Fifth Grade – Systems
Fall |
Spring |
Leadership Development |
Leadership Development |
Affective Development |
Affective Development |
CoRT (AGO, CAF, APC) |
Creative Thinking |
Leadership Characteristics |
SCAMPER—Legal Systems |
Creative Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Forced Analogies |
Logic |
Creative Problem Solving |
Logic Number Puzzles |
Spontaneous Problem Solving |
Plexers |
SCAMPER |
Quotation Quizzlers |
Draw Starts |
Sudoku |
Critical Thinking |
Research-Charity |
Logic |
Note Taking |
Logic Number Puzzles |
Questioning |
Plexers |
Purpose Statement |
Quotation Quizzlers |
Product/Presentatio |
Sudoku |
Public Speaking |
Culmination of Leadership, Creative and Critical Thinking |
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Advertising |
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Enterprise City Simulation |
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PAT Points
ALL CHILDREN ARE GIFTED IN SOME WAY
I read an article from T. Berry Brazelton in a book titled Understanding Sibling Rivalry and would like to share some of the information that I thought could help parents of gifted students. How does it feel to be a sibling in a family when there is an “exceptional” child-an artist, a musician, an athlete, or a straight “A” student? The “exceptional” child stands out. Everyone else admires them. Everyone treats this child as a miracle. They are not treated as the other children. The child may have a feeling of unreality: “Am I normal? What do they really feel about me?” Such a child may feel they have to strive to live up to these fantasies of specialness. If they make a mistake they feel so
ashamed. It is not easy to live up to this limelight. Under this pressure to be “special” they may become a perfectionist, putting themselves under even more pressure. Peers may become jealous and quickly this can become a lonely place. This is when parents must become aware of each child’s strengths and treat all their children with the same discipline and importance. Below is a list of ways to encourage parents to develop the gifts of all children:
1. Look for and treasure the differences of the other siblings.
2. Help the siblings to recognize and develop their own strengths, it is one of the most important things a parent can do.
3. Encourage them to talk about qualities in themselves, such as being a good friend, endurance, persistence, etc.
4. Provide the other siblings with the support and resources they need to develop their own abilities.
5. Let the other siblings talk about how they feel about the gifted child. If they state they feel tired about hearing how great the gifted child is because it makes they feel less worthy, then it is important to draw out these negative feelings instead of ignoring them. Reassure them of all the good qualities they have too.
Family times are important for the gifted child. they needs those times to be “just like the others”—as much as they can be. Siblings need to experience the equal treatment that those family times demand.
I hope through the upcoming Holiday Season that your family will find time to laugh, learn, and enjoy the season and each other.
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