Thursday, February 22, 2001
Gifted And Talented Education (GATE)
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Melanie - I do
units that are generative topics not taught in the reg classroom.. and
you?
Melanie - Hi, Bill.
Bill T 6 NC - Good
evening, Melanie.
josi - My units must
be extentions of the regular curriculum in some way. Presently I am teaching
a PBL unit on acids and bases
Melanie - What kind
of resources are good for PBL?
Bill T 6 NC - I teach
Science and Social Studies to grade 6. One of my classes is a gifted class.
josi - Usuallly I
pick a problem from the newspaper which effects the community and try to
develop one from that. It takes about 3 moonths
Melanie - I'm not
familiar with how PBL works.
Jen - IDE in Ramsey,
NJ has great info on PBL's
Jen - try http://www.idecorp.com
josi - I wish I could
type. PBL is problem based learning. The content to be taught is within
the problem. Try http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/cpbl.html
Jen - My students
have had great success with PBL
josi - Do you teach
thinking skills?
Melanie - Yes, integrated
thinking skills into units of study
josi - What materials
do you use?
Jen - i have a 3-6
grade pull-out program where i create my own curriculum
Melanie - Well, it
depends on the unit, but some vendors I like are Prufrock Press, Synergetics
and Zephyr
Jen - Sorry! Jersey
girl here 
Melanie - Jen, what
units do you teach?
Jen - Prufrock Press
is a great catalog
Melanie - Hi, Jen
4018
josi - Have you used
Catch Them Thinking?
Jen - I have done
units on inventors, whales, general technology, and much more
Jen - I have not
used it
Melanie - No, I haven't...
Is that by Robin Fogarty? I've seen it in a catalog.. Do you have and use
it?
josi - I am trying
to find someone who has used it before I purchase it. I have used Catch
Them Thinking and Writing when I taught 8th grade English.
josi - no
jen4018 - sorry no
Melanie - If it's
by Robin Fogarty, I'm sure it's good. I have her metacognition book and
I used the assessment one, as well.
jen4018 - I don't
know if anyone can help me but currently i am student teaching in a first
grade classroom, one of my students is working at the fourth grade level,
but I have yet to find anything that can keep him occupied
uni - How are you
and babes?
Melanie - I was just
thinking of you today, when I pulled out the unit plan you sent me.
uni - 4th grade level
in everything?
jen4018 - yes
Melanie - We, three
are doing well. Babies are getting big, acc. to doc.
jen4018 - and the
problem is he has really bad behavior problems
uni - Do youhave
no gifted programs in your district?
Melanie - What are
the students' interests, Jen4018?
jen4018 - so i am
trying to find something that he can do but will really challenge him
uni - Jen that often
goes hand in hand with young gifted kidds whose needs are not being met
jen4018 - for first
grade all they have i s a half hour once a week for math
jen4018 - I know
he is interested in sports
jen4018 - and pokemon
and video games
Nikki - Nobody said
hi to me !!!! 
uni - so he is only
gifted for half an hour a week? No, just kidding - he needs to be challenfged
every minute. Have you tried reading Teaching Young Gifted Kids in a Regualr
Classroom?
Melanie - Nikki,
I said
uni - Hello Nikki
- you didn't say hi either!
jen4018 - no is that
a book?
uni - Yes
Nikki - Thankyou
for caring I was there!!!
Melanie - How about
a research project involving someone he likes in pro sports?
jen4018 - sounds
like a good idea
uni - How about a
hobby or collection report
uni - maybe he collects
sports cards or memorabilia - gifted kids often are great collectors
jen4018 - ok I can
ask
him
uni - http://www.prufrock.com/
uni - Jenn at this
site is Prufrock Press which offers lots of resources for gifted
uni - It includes
Teaching Gifted by Sue Winebrenner and Teaching Young Gifted Kids in a
Regular classroom
jen4018 - ok great
thanks
Melanie - I just
ordered the Assessing CPS book. I really need to work on my assessment
uni - Has Mim been
in tonight?
Melanie - Mim has
not been here, as yet. : -(
uni - I am working
on developing leadership units and more creative problem solving
uni - We are in the
midst of our Invention Unit, just completed building Rube Goldberg contraptions
and tomorrow the firemen come in the Cherry Picker for the egg drop
Melanie - I love
the cherry picker idea.. how cool.
uni - Next year I
need new ideas for liniting the egg drop structures and force more creative
problem solving -too many arguments over materials this year
Melanie - Do you
have an invention convention?
uni - Our local firemen
love it I have to take their pictures each year with all the 6th graders
uni - Yes our Invention
Convention is March 7
uni - I am going
to Indiana gifted conference on March 1 & 2
Melanie - Any big
wig keynotes at the conference?
uni - Are you still
teaching Melanie
Melanie - I'm still
teaching, for at least 3-4 more weeks if I keep doing well.
uni - Carolyn Tomlinson
and Bertie Kingore
uni - Carol Ann
Melanie - Wow! I'd
love to hear both of them someday. We use Bertie Kingores portfolios for
K identification
Melanie - jen4018...
still there?
uni - I've never
heard Kingore
uni - TOmlinson has
been there several tiemes as has Sylvia Rimm
Melanie - We had
Jim Delisle last year.. my personal fave.
uni - Yes heard Jim
Delisle too
uni - and Jim Fay
Melanie - Uni, Bill
was here for a brief time but he left
uni - Anyway Kingore
and Tomlinson are the two keynote speakers
Melanie - I've never
heard of Jim Fay
uni - Jim Fay talks
about discipline
Melanie - Hi, JennRose.
What do you teach?
uni - He was mostly
there for parents of gifted -- he has some interesting tapes
uni - Hello Jenn
ROse
uni - I wish Bill
had stayed - he has some wild problems going on all the time
uni - I guess I liked
him cause I have gifted teens
uni - Hi Jenn Rose
- I teach 6th grade in a self contained gifted magnet program
uni - I meant Jim
Fay not Bill
Melanie - I teach
K-5 in a pull-out
uni - I think we
are alone Melanie!
Melanie - Shucks...
I'm disappointed Mim didn't make it. I can only stay about 5 more mins
because my 4year old needs a bath and to get to bed
uni - Well my 15
yr old wants the computer for homework so I understand - told her to wait
a bit
Mathnerd - hi room
uni - Hello mathnerd!
Melanie - Hi, Mathnerd...
cute nick
Mathnerd - hi uni
uni - Are you a teacher
of mathnerds also?
Mathnerd - thx melanie,
my students gave it to me
uni - our 5th grade
GT teacher is called the Math Queen
uni - She loves it
Mathnerd - High School
here
uni - A day without
math is a day without sunshine she says
Melanie - I guess
I'm missing out on all the nicknames, being in elementary... called mom
by accident alot
Mathnerd - is she
married?
Mathnerd - joking
uni - I teach 6th
grade gifted magnet program - I teach Pre-Algebra (7 & 8 grade math
to 9-10-11 yr olds)
uni - mathnerd yes
for about 35 yrs!
Mathnerd - Great,
Gate is fun to teach
Mathnerd - rats
Melanie - Mathnerd..
do you ever visit the GATE/AP chatboard? We could use someone with a sense
of humor there.
uni - And I teach
just about everything else too as I am in elementary school
Mathnerd - never
been there
Mathnerd - too busy
lately
Mathnerd - portfolio
Melanie - portfolio
for you or for your kids?
uni - Melanie at
least it is calmer than some of the other boards - I always assume it is
because we are more intelligent LOL
Melanie - Uni, but
some of those parents!!
Mathnerd - mine,
working on my first two entries, Assessment, and Assignment
uni - teacher portfolio??
That is what Indiana is going to
Melanie - We have
the portfolios in MO, also
uni - Yes, Melanie
I know... remind me of the ones that call me every day
Mathnerd - for National
Board Certification
uni - but I get a
lot less phone calls than the regular ed teachers who have unchallenged
gifted kids in their rooms
Melanie - Wow.. that's
exciting... that seems like tremendous work
uni - Mathnerd you
must live in a state where it pays - here nothing
Mathnerd - too much,
hoops
Melanie - I was meaning
the parents on the GATE chatboard who love to stir up..
Mathnerd - i'm in
Redondo Beach CA , uni
uni - yes, that is
what I thought - too many hoops
Mathnerd - i keep
doing that
uni - Yes I knew
that Melanie - there are parents at our school very much like that
uni - you just hit
the button too many times
Mathnerd - i need
to run for now, i hope to see ya both really soon
Melanie - Well, sorry
to abandon ship, but my little boy needs my attention right now.
Melanie - Uni, take
care! It was really nice to chat with you.
uni - Melanie it
has been really great chatting with you - glad to know all is going well
with you and twins - when are they due?
uni - See you soon
then on the board NIGHT!
Melanie - The twins
are due May 18, but doc says Apr. 29 is full term
uni - Keep in touch
and good luck
Melanie - Bye!
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