Math Curriculum & Instruction
Using the Common Core, curriculum is enriched and accelerated up to 2 years beyond grade level. The focus is on patient and creative problem solving and application of math skills.
Beginning in 4th grade, G/T Math eligible students are pulled daily for math instruction by a G/T Resource Teacher. Math classes last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. G/T Resource Teachers also conduct Curriculum Extension Units (CEUs) within some 2nd and 3rd grade math classrooms during the year.
Using the Common Core, curriculum is enriched and accelerated up to 2 years beyond grade level. The focus is on patient and creative problem solving and application of math skills.
Beginning in 4th grade, G/T Math eligible students are pulled daily for math instruction by a G/T Resource Teacher. Math classes last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. G/T Resource Teachers also conduct Curriculum Extension Units (CEUs) within some 2nd and 3rd grade math classrooms during the year.
The Mathematical Practices
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Eligibility
Students in grades 3 and 5 will be tested in December using the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) and will need to meet eligibility scores (test-in) to the program or be placed in the program through a, "Placement Review Process."
If my child did not meet the eligibility requirements but I believe he would be successful in the program, what should I do?
Request a Placement Review…
Students in grades 3 and 5 will be tested in December using the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) and will need to meet eligibility scores (test-in) to the program or be placed in the program through a, "Placement Review Process."
- Step 1: Nomination by parent, teacher, or student based upon achievement test scores and student performance
- Step 2: Testing
- Step 3: Placement Review Procedures - multiple criteria examined for high achieving students who did not test in
If my child did not meet the eligibility requirements but I believe he would be successful in the program, what should I do?
Request a Placement Review…
- Parent/Guardian/Teacher requests a Placement Review by the date identified in the notification letter
- (Parent/Guardian requests must be in the form of a letter addressed to Mrs. Booth requesting placement in a particular class and must site reasons/examples that would support the child as a successful student.
- Collection of Placement Review Data
- Placement Review Committee Meeting including G/T staff, administration, and classroom teachers
- Parent notification of committee recommendation will be mailed to the child's home.