First and Second Grade

During the First and Second grade, students are exposed to lessons that accentuate higher-order thinking skills.  

Students selected for the Gifted and Talented program are introduced to enrichment activities within language arts and mathematics.

These enriching activities are delivered to identified students as a collaborative effort between the designated GT classroom teacher and the GT Instructional Specialist.

Differentiation Strategies for

First and Second Grade Curriculum

Skill

Description

Model Maker

Analogies are relationships between two or more objects or ideas.

CASPAR is a way to summarize a story and introduce the creative writing process.

Jerome Bruner

Codes transfer information from one mode to another.  Each week we develop our ability to transfer information from one format to another. This also gives the students a sneak peek at what we will be learning about that week.

Renzuli Type I

During F.F.O.E. the students practice their fluency, flexibility originality, and elaboration

Paul Torrance

Words of Worth - Each week a new vocabulary word is introduced.  The students learns what the word means within the context of the unit we are studying.

Frank Williams

Logic is using clues to solve problems step by step and narrowing down the information to a series of correct answers.

Frank Williams

Blooms

Recognizing and forming relationships

Frank Williamsli

Sydnee Parnes

Blooms

Renzuli type I II III

Frank Williams

Paul Torrance

Bob Eberle