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Autumn is my favorite season! The weather is changing, the students and teachers are settling into a routine, and the holidays are right around the corner. It's also a great time to focus on growth mindset. Albert Einstein once said, "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

Many of us struggle with the notion that failure is a necessary precursor to success. Students who have a growth mindset are not as discouraged by a challenge, as they see their work can always be improved, and learning often comes from struggle. How you can encourage and support your student when things get hard:

- Model it. Talk about a time when you struggled but were resilient.

- Let failure happen. If we shield children from adversity, they never learn to cope or adapt.

- Emphasize failing forward by asking, "What did you learn from this?" or "What would you do differently next time?"

This month in GT/Stretch

All third through fifth graders played brain games this month and separated historical fact from fiction. We will also participate in Halloween and Fall activities like stop motion animation, word ladders, and optical illusions. I got to chaperone the sixth grade field trip to Camp Jekyll. I especially enjoyed seeing the bioluminescent plankton on our night beach walk and playing volleyball with the students during rec time.

Gifted & Talented Nominations - OPEN for 6th-8th Grade students

If you have a middle school student that is NOT ALREADY identified as Gifted & Talented, you can nominate your child for testing using the following link.

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💡 Parent Tip💡Perfectionism

Key Details:

There’s a difference between health and unhealthy perfectionism. Healthy perfectionism results in high (but not impossible) expectations, motivation to complete work, and dedication.
Unhealthy perfectionism may lead to stress, anxiety, procrastination, and avoiding tasks or risks all together.
There are different types of perfectionism and different motivations for perfectionism. Read the article to learn more!

Visit tinyurl.com/perfectgt to learn more!

🍎 Teacher PD 🍎

Explore Visuals - Slowly reveal an image, chart, or graph. Ask students, “What do you notice? What do you wonder? Why do you think that?”

Examples:

Cover up the title (or x-axis, or y-axis) of a chart and ask students to come up with one.

Cover up most of a historical photo, slowly reveal it, asking students what time period they think it’s from.

Look through a book with no words and ask students to provide the story. (Some great examples are Flotsam and Tuesday by David Wiesner)

CCSD Gifted & Talented Resources:

Elizabeth Biggs

Email: elizabeth_biggs@charleston.k12.sc.us
Website: https://www.ccsdschools.com/giftedandtalented
Location: 103 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC, USA
Phone: (843) 724 - 7750