What are we working on during AIG DIRECT SERVICE TIME?
2020 - 2021
The 4Cs
A daily focus for all AIG students at Olive Chapel is the use of the 4Cs to develop unique student created products and dynamic classroom experiences. The 4Cs are an integral part of every lesson and activity at OCE. The 4Cs include Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Creativity. The 4Cs are in many ways the embodiment of what we all need to be successful in school, at work, and as citizens in our communities. They are the solid foundation of good leadership and success in a global society. You can support your student in their own personal development of the 4Cs at home by talking with them about how they are using them each day. And how you use them as an adult at work and at home to be more successful.
Google Classroom
This year we will continue to utilize Google Classroom to enhance and transform our AIG classroom experiences. Google Classroom allows us to collaborate, create, communicate, and use our critical thinking skills more effectively. Students are able to use the devices in the classroom. We will work together each day on how to effectively use Google Classroom and how to be appropriate when online. Students will work on all Google Classroom assignments at school. If they have time, they are free to work on them at home as well. But, this is never required.
Service Delivery
The WCPSS AIG Program provides differentiated educational services that extend and enrich the Common Core State Standards by offering instructional and curriculum modifications that promote student engagement through challenging cognitive tasks designed to integrate and develop critical and creative thinking skills in the student's identified area(s) of giftedness. The regular education teachers and the AIG teacher work collaboratively to provide challenging, rigorous and relevant curriculum and instruction to accommodate a range of academic, intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted learners. Curriculum connections are emphasized through overarching concepts, issues and themes. Differentiated curriculum and instruction in English/Language Arts (ELA) focuses on literacy including advanced content in reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking. Differentiated curriculum and instruction in Mathematics focuses on advanced content in real-world, multi-step higher level thinking problems.
All AIG students are served according to their Differentiated Education Plan (DEP). Service delivery can include:
- small group lessons (small pull out sessions directly taught by the AIG teacher in another classroom)
- collaborative teaching (AIG teacher pushes into the gen. ed. classroom during the instructional block and supports the AIG students and teacher )
- consultation/collaboration between the AIG teacher and general education teachers.
Curriculum Standards
Click the link above to access the curriculum standards for each grade and other grade level curriculum resources.
AIG Topics By Quarter
*AIG builds learning opportunities around the grade level standards*
Skills we are always working on improving:
*problem solving *critical thinking *working in team *making real world connections *applying our learning to real life situations
*developing and using responsible digital citizenship skills *explaining our thinking using writing skills and verbal communication skills.
*creating unique products to demonstrate our learning *being self reflective about things we did well and things we can do better
*developing skills to participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a literary and mathematical community
*problem solving *critical thinking *working in team *making real world connections *applying our learning to real life situations
*developing and using responsible digital citizenship skills *explaining our thinking using writing skills and verbal communication skills.
*creating unique products to demonstrate our learning *being self reflective about things we did well and things we can do better
*developing skills to participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a literary and mathematical community
4th Grade AIG
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4th Grade ELA (Reading & Writing) 1st Quarter Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers Students will dig deep into poems from the book "UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings" by Douglas Florian. Students will read and analyze different poems to determine the themes and to identify the unique characteristics of poetry. Students will also analyze word/phrase choice and punctuation use to determine what impact these additions have on the poems for readers. This work will lead them to summarizing the poems by creating visual summaries and written summaries. (*We have been using paper and pencil for our visual and written summaries to allow students to explore their creative side. Using pencils, crayons, and colored pencils is a great opportunity for their creative minds! It has also allowed us an opportunity to spend less time "on screen" with tech applications.) And, students will share their work with their students using complete sentences and respond to any questions their teammates may have about their ideas. Throughout all of this work students will be focusing on communicating clearly with their peers. We will utilize the chat box in Google Meet as a place to share their thinking using complete sentences. They will focus on sharing their own ideas and reading the ideas their teammates share. Students will then have the opportunity to share their thinking out loud and respond to their teammates verbally. At Home Enrichment Connection: During quarter 1 students would benefit from reading the book "Moo" by Sharon Creech with someone at home. This book follows the journey of a family as they move from the city to rural Maine. A shared read aloud with an adult at home can be a powerful experience for our AIG students. 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Time for Kids Project This quarter students will become journalists and create their very own Time for Kid magazine. Students will research, write, edit, and publish a mini Time for Kids magazine. Using current TFK articles for inspiration students will get the opportunity to choose their topics and the features types they want to include. For example, they could write an informational piece on a notable scientist. Or, they could create a bar graph about a science topic they are learning about in class. Or, they could write a book review about a new children's book they just recently read. Their target audience for their magazine is other 4th graders. 4th Quarter |
4th Grade Mathematics
1st Quarter Surveys, Data, & Graphing Students will first dig into different graphs and engage in discussions about their data and the information we can learn from them. During this time students will focus on a few guiding questions - 1.) What do you notice about the graph? 2.) What are some data takeaways? 3.) Who might have gathered this data and created the graph? And, why? 4.) How might a reader use the information the graph? 5.) Why did the creator of the graph choose this graphing format (bar, line, picto, tally, etc...) to display the data? Would you have done it differently? Students will then create and write their own survey questions. Their survey questions will be written to specifically yield categorical and numerical data. Students will engage in discussions with each other about their questions and explain (with detailed examples) how each will yield a specific type of data. Students will then explore and explain specifically who might ask their questions and why they may need to include them in a possible survey. Throughout all of this work students will be focusing on communicating clearly with their peers. We will utilize the chat box in Google Meet as a place to share their thinking using complete sentences. They will focus on sharing their own ideas and reading the ideas their teammates share. Students will then have the opportunity to share their thinking out loud and respond to their teammates verbally. 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Digital Math Escape This quarter students will be creating their own digital math escape using Google Forms, logic branching, and Google Drawings. Students will create and write at least 3 different math tasks to include in their escape. The focus will be on our area and perimeter math standards. For each task students will also create an Oops! review page for the solvers who might not be able to solve their math task. Their Oops! review page will be created using Google Drawing and should be a visual review of the math concepts from the task. 4th Quarter |
5th Grade AIG
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5th Grade ELA (Reading & Writing)
1st Quarter Students will be learning about the life and work of Cesar Chavez. Students will be creating their own Google slide set that details Cesar's life and his accomplishments as a labor leader. We will focus on creating high quality slides to share with their peers and teachers. Students will engage in discussions about the best ways to ensure their slide sets are focused on being a quality end product. They will make connections between what they learn about him and what they are learning while reading Esperanza Rising. Throughout all of this work students will be focusing on communicating clearly with their peers. We will utilize the chat box in Google Meet as a place to share their thinking using complete sentences. They will focus on sharing their own ideas and reading the ideas their teammates share. Students will then have the opportunity to share their thinking out loud and respond to their teammates verbally. 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Learning From Leaders This quarter students will learn about leaders of social change from the past and the present. We will read about and research Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Amanda Gorman, the men from the Greensboro Sit In, Harriet Tubman, and Ruby Bridges. As a team we will focus our discussions around the following questions:
After a few weeks of research each student will choose one person they feel has impacted social change to honor. They will honor that person by creating and designing an award for them. Students will use Google tools to complete this project. For example, if you were to honor Susan B. Anthony with an award what would it be and why? What about Harriet Tubman? What award could you make up and design that would honor her and her impact on our world? 4th Quarter |
5th Grade Mathematics
1st Quarter Surveys, Data, & Graphing Students will first dig into different graphs and engage in discussions about their data and the information we can learn from them. During this time students will focus on a few guiding questions - 1.) What do you notice about the graph? 2.) What are some data takeaways? 3.) Who might have gathered this data and created the graph? And, why? 4.) How might a reader use the information the graph? 5.) Why did the creator of the graph choose this graphing format (bar, line, picto, tally, etc...) to display the data? Would you have done it differently? Students will then create and write their own survey questions. Their survey questions will be written to specifically yield categorical, numerical, and change over time data. Students will engage in discussions with each other about their questions and explain (with detailed examples) how each will yield a specific type of data. Students will then explore and explain specifically who might ask their questions and why they may need to include them in a possible survey. Throughout all of this work students will be focusing on communicating clearly with their peers. We will utilize the chat box in Google Meet as a place to share their thinking using complete sentences. They will focus on sharing their own ideas and reading the ideas their teammates share. Students will then have the opportunity to share their thinking out loud and respond to their teammates verbally. 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Digital Math Escape This quarter students will be creating their own digital math escape using Google Forms, logic branching, and Google Drawings. Students will create and write at least 3 different math tasks to include in their escape. For each task students will also create an Oops! review page for the solvers who might not be able to solve their math task. Their Oops! review page will be created using Google Drawing and should be a visual review of the math concepts from the task. 4th Quarter |
3rd Grade AIG
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Quarters 1, 2, and 3
Third grade students are going through the AIG identification process during these quarters. All third grade students who show the need participate in the WCPSS Explorer program. Read about this program by clicking HERE. You can also learning more by visiting our Explorers page by clicking HERE. |
4th Quarter - Math
Math Mania: Real World Problem Solving This quarter students have been focusing on growing as math problem solvers. They've engaged in an enriching activity called "Math Mania". This activity has involved a variety of multi-step math tasks connected to the real world. Our big focuses have included: *collaborating with AIG teammates about different ways to solve the tasks *communicating their thinking and how they solved the tasks in writing and out loud *showing their thinking using math vocabulary, different equations, a clear written explanation, and different math models. Would You Rather Next up students will be working through some "Would You Rather?" math tasks. For some examples you can click HERE. The big focus here will be having students take ownership of the conversation about the task and the details of each option. Students will choose a path and justify their thinking with math. They will be asked to engage in math-based conversations with their teammates using their math vocabulary and knowledge of the math concepts involved. We hope to get to the point where students will have time to begin creating their own "Would you Rather" math tasks. We will use their current third grade math concepts. These will be shared and discussed with their teammates. |
4th Quarter - English Language Arts
(Reading & Writing) Reading Comprehension Students have been engaging in different activities to build their reading comprehension skills. Some groups have been working through a Jacob's Ladder text using different higher level questions. Some groups have been working through a Time for Kids magazine using different higher level questions. The TFK text they are reading is focused on financial literacy. The big focus is on the student being able to provide a written explanation that uses text evidence and background knowledge. Students are engaging in different conversations with their AIG peers and the teacher to improve their responses. |
AIG students in action!
Step into the life of an AIG student by viewing the pictures below. Enjoy!
*Under construction!*
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AIG students love analyzing word analogies! They work in teams to discover the connections between words by sharing their prior knowledge. Some of our second graders are able to create their own examples and explain them to the whole group!
AIG students work in small groups to see who can conquer the daily SET game on the Wall Street Journal's game page. It's all about your visual perception - have you tried playing? Try it!
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AIG Math students explore shapes using AngLegs! These hands-on pieces allow them to create many different sized shapes. After much creation they will write about their shapes using describing words and complete sentences.
Congratulations! A group pulls out a win after conquering the daily SET game on the New York Time's webpage. This win was a mix of visual perception talent and good, clear peer communication. Kudos to all the teams for their efforts!
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AIG students explore the connection between addition and subtraction using coins! This student was able to create her own story problem using math mountains and coins. When she finished her story she asked to use a calculator to add up all the money she had used. What a great activity that used a few different real world skills!
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