AIG Newsletter

Catherine Morrow

email - catherine.morrow@nhcs.net

school phone - (910) 798-3311 ext. 70187

website - https://sites.google.com/a/nhcs.net/anderson-aig/home

Anderson Chess Club will begin October 7!

• We will meet Wednesdays at 7:20 in Mrs. Morrow's classroom.
• All 4th and 5th Graders are invited to join at any time during the school year.
• Permission slips are available in Mrs. Morrow's classroom for any interested students.
• To attend, please read through the club expectations and return the bottom portion with student and parent signatures.

September was spent exploring and analyzing student giftedness.

The Goal - Everyone's thinking belongs here.

We discussed:

• adjusting to changes in expectations
• seeing a question no one else is asking rather than seeking the right answer first
• acknowledging that we all think differently
• knowing that giftedness doesn't mean we have all the answers, but we do have irresistible questions
• looking beneath the obvious
• considering multiple viewpoints
• building unexpected connections
• creating within limitations
• revising questions for greater depth

We wrapped up the month by completing a Passion Project. I am so proud of and impressed by the student work. I hope they show you at home what they created!

Classes are learning to think like a detective and look for clues to find one right answer. We will continue exploring different ways of thinking throughout the year.

Students are applying their Isabel the Inventor skills to create a squishy toy of their own design, including the company name, box, etc.

Classes are preparing for the CogAT by learning about verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal puzzles.

A student in grades 3-5 may be nominated for gifted services at any time throughout the year. Students can be nominated by a parent, a teacher, a peer, or can nominate themselves. If you would like to nominate a child for gifted services, please complete a nomination form and return to Mrs. Morrow. Nomination forms can be printed from her site, picked up at the front office, or you may request one from your child's teacher.

Once nominated for services, data will be collected from the parents, teachers, and student. Once the data is collected, the Anderson Match Team will meet to determine if gifted services are appropriate or if additional data is needed.

The Match Team is composed of the Gifted Education Specialist, an administrator, and teachers. The team uses multiple criteria to evaluate gifted potential. Once a determination of service delivery has been made, the Match Team will notify parents.

Please Note:

1. While a child may be nominated at any time throughout the school year, formal identification will occur only when the Match Team meets.

2. A child does not need to formally qualify for the AIG program in order to receive gifted services. Students often work with the Gifted Education Specialist in flexible groups throughout the year.