 Mrs. Augustine Hoskins, GT teacher |
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Mrs. Augustine Hoskins, GT teacher |
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There are several different parts to the Gifted and Talented Program at Bucknell Elementary School. The most well-known one is the pull-out for grades 4 - 6. This group of identified gifted students meets once a week to develop critical and creative thinking skills. Children are identified by the local GT screening committee using teacher ratings, test scores and report cards.
In the primary grades, K-3, children are identified as needing differentiated services. This is done when the classroom teacher feels students need something "different" in their curriculum. They may do extensions in mathematics, a special science unit or enrichment in language arts. The pictures at the top of this page show Mrs. Hoskins working with a group of kindergarten children with math concepts.
All lessons are connected to the Standards of Learning and incorporate the theory of multiple intelligences and thinking strategies. The lessons are also designed to assist students in developing productive habits of the mind.
The Gifted and Talented Program is designed to help all children develop their creative and critical thinking abilities to their fullest potential.
Bucknell is fortunate this year to have Mrs. Hoskins full-time. And it has been an exciting beginning to the 2002/03 school year. Students have been engaged in many great thinking projects at all grade levels. Storytelling was a major focus in 4th and 6th grades. A professional storyteller, Nancy Ragland, visited and then the students chose their own stories for storytelling. The stories were presented in some of K-2 classrooms.
Click here to see pictures of this activity.
Egypt projects, mind-mapping regions of Virginia, cubing stories, power writing, deductive reasoning, analogies, and creative problem solving were some of the opportunities provided to encourage Good Thinking.
"Thinking Bags" will soon be given to each Young Scholar classroom and your child will have an opportunity to bring the "Thinking Bag" home. The bag contains games, puzzles and other activities to help improve abstract thinking, creative reasoning, risk-taking and problem solving.
Proverbs by a few fifth graders.
Early to bed and early to rise makes you feel better and joyful
Birds of feather fly
Look before you do something wrong
When the cat’s way, don’t worry
Don’t count your chickens if they’ve all been eaten
If you are interested in revisiting some of the pictures and information from last year, you are welcome to continue on.
Last year's group had focused on :Inventions. Within the unit of Inventions, students explored the world of inventors and inventions. The activities included lessons on:
*The characteristics and thinking processes of inventors
*How inventions relate to different historical periods
*Innovation vs. invention
*Humor and the invention process (Rube Goldberg)
*The creative thinking process of SCAMPER
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Joseph invented a remote control recycling or garbage bin..... just what the handicapped or elderly could use. | |||||||||
| Devin invented a spray brush which would allow you to spray and brush your hair at the same time. | ||||||||||
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| The "Simplifier System" invented by William will help students organize school work by color coding everything by subject. Even the notebook paper is color coded. | ||||||||||
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| Jeff invented a robot that would vacuum up and sort trash from the house into separate bags which could then be placed i the proper container outside. | ||||||||||
Click here if you would like to find out more about the GT program in Fairfax County.
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