Gifted Program at EHES
Where Students Out Learn,
Out Think, and Out Achieve!
Gifted students deserve a rigorous learning
environment in which they are expected to:
• engage at high levels
in diverse processes,
• learn beyond gradelevel concepts and
skills
• produce high-end
products that express
relevant,
sophisticated content
Our school day….
• Morning Work
• Reading and Social
Studies Block
• Mathematics
• Enrichment
• Lunch
• Science
• Writing
Reading Block: Monday
• Vocabulary
• Reading
• Reflecting
Literacy Stations
• Three to five
students in each
station: 3rd & 4th
grade students
• Students visit two
stations on Tuesday
and Thursday, and
one station on
Wednesday.
• 30 minutes in each
station
Literacy Stations
• Vocabulary
• United States
History/Science
• Creative Arts
• Comprehension
• Research
Why Literacy Stations?
• Reaches all learning styles
• Ensure students grasp the
key components of reading
• Become better readers
• Integrates Social Studies
and Science
Social Studies
• Social Studies
Flash Cards
• Geography
• Political Science
• U.S. History
• Document Based
Questioning
Writer’s Workshop
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Mini-Lesson
Writing Time
Peer Editing
Author’s Chair
Monday thru Thursday
Shared Inquiry Discussion
• Students come together to help each other
explore the meaning of a novel or subject.
• Emphasizes a more concrete understanding
of a text by discussing questions, responses,
and insights with fellow readers.
• Strategies used to engage all readers in
higher-order thinking and collaborative
problem solving.
• Each student brings a unique perspective
that influences how he or she understands
the elements of the story or subject.
Reading Block: Friday
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Quizzer
Spelling and Vocabulary Challenge
Social Studies Flash
Incomplete Work
Mathematics
• During the first nine
weeks, students will be
assessed to determine
which text book they
will work in.
• Multiplication facts
must be memorized by
the end of the second
quarter.
• Curriculum Maps
Success Maker
• Math and Reading
• Connected to Common Core
State Standards
• One-on-One Instruction
• Identifies Strengths and
Weaknesses
• Tracks Progress
Science
• Third and Fourth Grade cooperative
groups
• STEM and AIMS activities
Integrating the Content
“One of the most important functions
of a teacher is to help students
make important connections
between the subject matters they
study.”
Kieff, Judith, “Connecting the Dots:
Interdisciplinary Planning in Action”
Childhood Education, 81(3)(2005):158
Additional Info...
• Parent Link
• Parent Corp
• Curriculum Mapping Pacing Guides