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Third Grade
Students have class on Thursday mornings.
Students are up to their elbows in patterns, sequences and mathematics.
They are studying patterns in nature and learning about the Fibonacci
sequence, the Pascal Triangle, symmetry, tessellations, and the Golden
ratio or Phi. They will form study groups and thoroughly research one of
the above after writing a research proposal. They will find a way to
teach their concept interactively to the students of Sivells when they
hold a Pattern Fair. They will differentiate their findings to make it
appropriate for the understanding of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students. . |
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Second Grade
Students have class on Wednesdays.
The students are involved in a study of water. They have learned how much
water on Earth is in oceans, frozen and fresh. They have learned about
the chemical makeup of water and will be preparing a research proposal,
doing independent research in conservation, pollution or filtration
topics, making notes cards and a bibliography page. Some of the students
are even conducting/demonstrating experiments with water for the class.
At the conclusion of the unit, the students will produce a public service
announcement about their chosen topic or create an invention to aid in
their topic area. |
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First Grade Students
have class on Tuesdays.
First Grade GT students are involved in a study of animals. They have
learned how to set up and take a survey, consolidate data on a graph from
the survey, and even made up a worksheet for the math teachers in first
grade to use with their classes. They will focus their study now to an
animal they are interested in, learn to write a research proposal, use
research skills and resources, make notecards, set up a bibliography
page, and use PowerPoint to make a presentation about what they learned.
They will include a prognosis for their animal's existence if we keep
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