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Welcome to ARP

Welcome to ARP. Instructor: Mrs. Geraci. Schedule. Students will be in one of 6 Talent Pools for the entire year. Students will meet in the Academic Resource Room once a week for 2 hours. Students may be required to complete work missed while at Talent Pool.

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Welcome to ARP

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  1. Welcome to ARP Instructor: Mrs. Geraci

  2. Schedule • Students will be in one of 6 Talent Pools for the entire year. • Students will meet in the Academic Resource Room once a week for 2 hours. • Students may be required to complete work missed while at Talent Pool.

  3. Renzulli’s Definition of Giftedness

  4. How are students selected? • Talent Pool students are those we feel have the most potential for displaying “gifted behavior” • Have demonstrated this potential by their achievement and ability test scores

  5. Do Talent Pool students earn grades? • Talent Pool students are evaluated on their performance and growth in both group and individual activities twice a year.

  6. Contests! • 24 Math Challenge • Math Mania • National Geographic Bee • Spelling Bee • Readers Digest Word Challenge • Mock Trial • Lego Olympiad • Mind Storms

  7. Distance Learning Connections • Mystery Quest • Quiz Bowl • NASA Connect • Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals • Antarctica Annie (last year with Mrs. Kaput) • Much more

  8. Some Talent Pool Activities • Creative writing and Language Arts • Advanced Vocabulary • Caesar’s English • Algebra • Higher Level Thinking Skills • 24-Game • Imovie • Problem Solving • Mystery Festival • Mummy’s Message Simulation • 13 Colonies a Musical Production • Environmental Science Fair • Mock Trial • Mind Storms • Web Quests • Architecture/Bridge Building Contest • Hands on Equations • History and Government

  9. 6th Grade (first 9 weeks) • Mystery Festival • The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle • Critical Thinking Skills • Algebra • Distance Learning • Advanced Vocabulary • Caesar’s English

  10. You are cordially invited… FREE Special Parent Information Night (SPIN) For Parents of Gifted Children September 25, 2006 6:30-9:00 p.m. LCCC There will be keynote speakers and breakout sessions

  11. Mrs. Geraci’s Website • Avon Lake City Schools

  12. 5th Grade (first 9 weeks) • Mystery Festival • The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin • Critical Thinking Skills • Algebra • Caesar’s English • Advanced Vocabulary • Stock Market

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