Gifted+Education

As the Elementary Itinerant Gifted Support Teacher, I have the opportunity to work with many outstanding students within the Altoona Area School District. Traveling between eight elementary schools, I service thirty-nine students in kindergarten through sixth grades. The hours that I meet with each student is spent completing activities and projects that address the needs of their gifted individualized education plans (GIEP). As the facilitator of the learning process, the projects that I assign cover key academic standards in an applied, problem-solving format, which builds the expectation that students will take ownership of their own learning. Technology is used in all of the projects as a learning, presentation, and reference tool. The activities and projects require students to make interdisciplinary connections by demonstrating proficiency in the core curriculum across various subject areas. These students are given the unique opportunity for acceleration and enrichment that they may not have within the regular education classroom setting.
 * Gifted Education **

**Introduction (for students)** media type="file" key="Introduction.m4a" width="300" height="50" 

**Gifted Education News (2010-2011) **

 * American Education Week (Monday, November 15th - Friday, November 19th) **

Parents are invited to American Education Week during your daughter or son's gifted education time. The students will be presenting their research findings on their ecological region of Australia to their class utilizing Keynote software. I look forward to seeing you during American Education Week!


 * Interscholastic Reading Competition (Tuesday, November 16th) - READ, READ, READ! **

Ms. Schroth's Book Sleuths, the fifth and sixth grade gifted education students, along with the fifth and sixth grade reading club members from Penn-Lincoln Elementary School, are participating in the Interscholastic Reading Competition sponsored by the Appalachia Intermediate Unit on at the Altoona Area Junior High School beginning at 4:30 pm. Please come out and support our team!


 * Math Counts Club and Competition (February 2011) - ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE! **

The fifth and sixth grade gifted education students will be participating in a Math Counts school club and competition. The students will be meeting at Juniata Gap Elementary School on Wednesdays in November, December, and January from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm. The students compete on an individual basis and the top 4 individual competitors from the region move on to the state competition and have a chance to advance to the national competition.

**Parent-Teacher Conferences (Monday, November 22nd and Tuesday, November 23rd)**

* I will be available Monday, November 22nd at Pleasant Valley Elementary School from 3:30 pm - 8:30 pm in the Library.

* I will be available Tuesday, November 23rd at McAuliffe Heights/Irving Elementary School from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm in the Library.

* If you are unable to attend either session and would like to have a meeting, please call or e-mail me and we can set up a date and time either before school or after school.

****Progress Reports (2010-2011)****

 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1st Marking Period Progress Reports will be sent home the week of November 15th - November 19th. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2nd Marking Period Progress Reports will be sent home the week of February 14th - February 18th. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3rd Marking Period Progress Reports will be sent home the week of March 31st - April 6th. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4th Marking Period Progress Reports will be sent home the week of May 23rd - May 27th. **

**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gifted Education Tentative Schedule (2010-2011) **
<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**September** - Puzzle Unit (Reading, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Puzzle Me WebQuest

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**October** - Continent Unit (Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Australia Down Under Unit

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**November/December -** Digital Storytelling Unit (Reading, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening)

media type="file" key="podcast.m4a" width="300" height="50" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Houghton Mifflin Reading Themes:
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is a Podcast? Why should you podcast? by Ms. Schroth **
 * [|Podcasting 101 by Ms. Schroth]**

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten - We're a Family (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First Grade - Let's Look Around! (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Grade - Around Town (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third Grade - Incredible Stories (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fourth Grade - That's Amazing! (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fifth Grade - Voices of the Revolution (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sixth Grade - Growing Up (Theme 3)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**January** - Board Game Unit (Mathematics, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Houghton Mifflin Mathematics Themes:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten - Numbers Through 12 (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First Grade - Numbers Through 100 (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Grade - Adding Two-Digit Numbers (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third Grade - Multiplication and Division Basic Facts (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fourth Grade - Division of Whole Numbers (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fifth Grade - Addition and Subtraction of Fractions and Decimals (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sixth Grade - Integers and Algebra (Unit 4)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**February/March -** Puppet Theatre Unit (Reading, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Houghton Mifflin Reading Themes:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten - Sunshine and Raindrops (Theme 6)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First Grade - Animal Adventures (Theme 6)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Grade - Family Time (Theme 5)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third Grade - Voyagers (Theme 5)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fourth Grade - Heroes (Theme 5)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fifth Grade - One Land, Many Trails (Theme 5)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sixth Grade - Doers and Dreamers (Theme 5)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**April/May/June** - Multimedia Video Production Unit (Mathematics, Technology, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Houghton Mifflin Mathematics Themes:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten - Addition and Subtraction (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First Grade - Measurement (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Second Grade - Measurement (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third Grade - Fractions and Decimals (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fourth Grade - Fractions and Decimals (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fifth Grade - Ratio, Proportion, Percent, and Probability (Unit 7)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sixth Grade - Geometry and Measurement (Unit 7)