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GT Program Description:

Soccorro I.S.D. offers programs to accommodate gifted students as well as provide support to parents. District wide parent meetings are held once a month and are filled with information, resources, and fun activities that foster the gifted child's needs.

The Gifted and Talented Program at Paso Del Norte serves to enrich the lives of GT students by providing enhanced learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom.

Within the classroom, instruction is differentiated to meet the individual needs of the gifted child. Learning activities may be differentiated within the classroom by:

· Pace and level acceleration

· Higher level questioning

· Small, flexible grouping

· Providing focused activities with increased depth and complexity

· Differentiated assessment techniques

· Providing instruction that encourages creativity and problem-solving skills

· Holding GT students accountable for setting and reaching their educational goals

· Challenging GT learners to work to their full potential

Outside of the classroom, GT students are given opportunities to participate in special GT activities, enter challenging contests, and work on GT projects to present at GT Showcase. Our Gifted and Talented Program also offers all GT students the opportunity to participate in the annual Team Quest Challenge.

GT Annual Projects for K-5

Kinder-2nd

 

3rd

4th

5th

It's a Family Affair

Building a Business

Math Around Town

Story Quilt

This project generates an understanding of various family traditions, beliefs, and customs through the study of our own traditions and traditions from other cultures. Students will investigate the origins and evolution of different traditions. In their research process, students in groups will create new traditions and present them to the class or community.

This project generates an understanding of marketing, consumer awareness, and business models by studying the games and toys industry. Students will learn about the making and selling of their favorite toys. Then in small groups, students will found their own toy companies. Each group will develop a prototype of a new toy, along with one of the following: a business plan for a toy/game company; marketing campaign to sell the toy/game; or plan to mass produce the toy/game.

This project generates an understanding of marketing, consumer awareness, and business models by studying the games and toys industry. Students will learn about the making and selling of their favorite toys. Then in small groups, students will found their own toy companies. Each group will develop a prototype of a new toy, along with one of the following: a business plan for a toy/game company; marketing campaign to sell the toy/game; or plan to mass produce the toy/game.

Check out2010 Student Projects:

This project generates an understanding of the relationship between history, quilting, and storytelling. Students will explore the stories told by quilts, how narratives can be represented through the art form of the quilt, and the relationship between story and history. In designing their own quilt, students will apply geometric principles.

Career Forecast

Check out2010 Student Projects:

Alphabet in Sign Language.doc

K-5

GT Schedule.doc

 

6-8 pending

Field Trip Information: Carlsbad Caverns on June 7, 2010 from 7am to 7pm

 

Other Useful Information

GT nominations will resume September 15, 2010

Leticia Hernandez, K-5 GT Coordinator 915.937.6216 lherna35@sisd.net

Claudia Tristan,

6-8 GT Coordinator 915.937.6288 ctrist@sisd.net

Last Modified on June 15, 2010

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