Welcome Parents
of
GE Students
Fox Chase GE Teacher: Michele Lintner
Assistant Director for Gifted Education: Susan McDougall
Think the Box Outside
GE Classroom
Expectations
Arrive on time and ready to think.
(Bring all supplies; take out completed homework; complete warm up activity.)
Ask questions.
(Present questions as soon as all directions have been given. Begin by saying, “I
understand _____, but I’m confused by ______,” so we know your thinking process.)
Listen thoughtfully and respect all ideas.
(Diversity of opinions is not only accepted, but encouraged. A discussion’s focus is
on helping each person reach a deeper understanding.)
Take notes.
(Copy and date board notes and examples so you have a reference to review at
home. Take notes at home when completing the current reading assignment)
Practice, Practice, Practice math facts at home.
(Knowing facts fluently is critical.)
Expect to be challenged! Persevere and think outside the
box!
What supplies should my child have in order to
be prepared for each class?
 Folder or pocket in expandable
folder(1 per subject)
 Planner
 Spiral notebook (1 per subject)
 Donations taken: post-its, pencils, and wide-ruled loose leaf paper
Suggestions: 1. Students should take GE folders home each night and return
them to school each day, so as not to forget papers at school or
home.
2. Students should get in the habit of checking my website to
make sure they don’t miss homework assignments.
What is your homework policy?
DO IT!!! 
Effort grade is affected by late work
Email/phone call to notify parent of late
homework if two consecutive assignments
are missed or chronic late assignments
If homework is late, your child will bring
home an “OOPS” sheet for you to sign
Gifted Education Services
for English Language Arts
Students who have been identified to receive Gifted
Education services in ELA will be receiving services
in one of two models:
 Cluster Grouping for English Language Arts
 Pull-out Enrichment for English Language Arts
In both models, the core curriculum will be taught in
the general education classroom. Gifted Education
services will enrich and extend the themes and
concepts taught through the core curriculum.
GE Reading
Students will…
 Receive pull-out enrichment services for 90 minutes each week
 Work on activities that will enrich and extend the themes and
concepts covered in the core ELA curriculum in the ReadyGen
series, which is CCSS aligned.
 Experience varied genres
 Discuss in-depth a shared text
 Construct meaning by practicing “close” reading
 Focus on questioning to lead to a deeper understanding of the
author’s ideas
 Defend a viewpoint by using text evidence
Gifted Education Services for
Mathematics
Students who have been identified to
receive Gifted Education services in
mathematics will be receiving services in
one of two models:
Cluster Grouping for Mathematics
Daily Replacement Mathematics
Daily Replacement
Mathematics
 Daily replacement instruction in mathematics is delivered by a
gifted education specialist.
 This service replaces the mathematics instruction that students
would normally receive in their regular classroom.
 The gifted education teacher will compact, accelerate, and
extend grade level core curriculum and will provide a classroom
environment and resources that meet the needs of gifted
learners.
 Daily Replacement Instruction in Mathematics will meet for 75
minutes per day during the same time frame that mathematics
is being taught in the general education classroom.
Daily Replacement
Mathematics Curriculum
and Resources
 Curriculum is built on the Common Core
State Standards and meets the demands of
the state’s new expectations for elementary
school math.
 Through Gifted Education services,
curriculum will be compacted, accelerated,
and extended to meet the needs of advanced
learners.
Planet Turtle McGraw-Hill
 Students will receive log-ins
to Planet Turtle. Planet Turtle
is a motivating math skill
based game for students.
 They play independently, but
if classmates are logged in at
the same time, they can
interact and challenge one
another to games.
Project M³: Mentoring
Mathematical Minds
 Project M³: Mentoring Mathematical
Minds is a series of curriculum units
developed to motivate and challenge
mathematically talented students in
grades 3-6.
 M³ introduces advanced math content
and focuses on critical thinking and
creative problem solving and reasoning.
 Students are exposed to standardsbased concepts through a variety of
engaging investigations, projects, and
simulations.
Eight Mathematical Practices
 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
 4. Model with mathematics.
 5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
 6. Attend to precision.
 7. Look for and make use of structure.
 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
District #308 Math Curriculum Units
3rd Grade: Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and
Division Concepts, Multiplication and Division Fluency and
Application, Fractions, Measurement, and Geometry
4th Grade: Numbers and Operations, Multiplication and
Division Concepts, Multiplication and Division Application, Fractions
and Decimals, Computation Applications, Geometry
5th Grade: Number Sense, Whole Number Computation,
Decimal Computation, Fractions, Dimensional Geometry, Volume
and Measurement, Coordinate Geometry
Math and ELA
Report Card Grades
 The gifted education specialist will issue the
student’s report card grade for math.
 English Language Arts grade will be issued by
the general education classroom teacher.
What can I do at home to help my child?
Math
 Encourage risk-taking
 Encourage independence
 Ask guiding questions
rather than giving
answers
 IF, after 30-40 min. return
incomplete work with
parent note
Reading
 Encourage debate
 Discuss the assigned
reading
 Ask questions… higher
order
 Help proofread written
responses
Will my child stay in the program
throughout elementary school?
 During this school year new gifted policies, procedures,
and programming will be established in accordance with
recommendations from the Gifted Services Program
Audit Report.
 We are always monitoring students’ progress in the
program to make adjustments to services as needed.
 Gifted Education teachers will stay in communication
with classroom teachers and parents when a student is
struggling.
5th Grade GE
Challenger Learning Center
RENDEZVOUS WITH A COMET: February 2016
 In the not too distant future, a team of scientists and engineers (SB 5th graders) are
on a daring mission to take an up-close look at a comet as it streaks its way across
the galaxy.
 Their goal is to plot a successful course to rendezvous with the comet, launch a
probe to collect scientific data of the object and keep the astronauts safe.
 They must construct the space probe while plotting the correct intercept course and
completing station activities.
 What seems at first to be a routine exploration is filled with challenges and
emergencies. Each obstacle that stands in the way of a successful mission requires
students to work together as a team and problem solve the solution.
 Located in Woodstock, IL
 http://www.challengerillinois.org/history/
 https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta
District Web Page
http://www.sd308.org/Page/13247
My Web Page
www.sd308.org/Domain/2403
How can I contact you?
Michele Lintner
(630) 636-3024
mlintner@sd308.org
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and best time to reach you.
Thank You For
Coming!!