There is just too much going on here! I was going to blog about writing expectations and a conversation I had with M. the other day–and then scrolling through my posts of the past two months realized that I had neglected a significant part of the back story. So here goes. Following my attendance at [...]
Archive for December 7th, 2008
Writing Expectations
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged middle school, mpcs, parent advocacy, writing on December 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Discontinuation of GT Classes?
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, middle school, mpcs, parent advocacy on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From an announcement that’s been making the rounds: Please join us on Tuesday, December 9th at 7:15 p.m. for White Oak’s PTSA meeting. Topic: Middle School Reform Speaker: Ms. Stacy Gray, Supervisor, Middle School Expansion, Department of Enriched and Innovative Programs will discuss the discontinuation of GT classes next year and the courses that will [...]
Super Duper Cool Tool
Posted in Interesting, Learning, tagged graphic organizer, writing on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My intern, a student at American University, earned her keep last week by cluing me in to a very handy-dandy free web tool, www.bubbl.us. Bubbl.us lets you brainstorm online by creating graphic organizers (mind maps) that you can share. I first got turned onto graphic organizing software when C. was in 3rd grade and started [...]
What Does Overexcitability Look Like?
Posted in Gifted, Home Life, tagged australia, Gifted, movies, overexcitabilities, profoundly gifted on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Husband Dear has been out of town for the past week–and will be gone again next week–so last night I thought it would be a nice treat for the four of us to have dinner out and then catch a movie. We had all seen the previews of the sprawing new movie Australia and agreed [...]
Not Yet Found in Any Stores: 2008 Grade 2 GT Screening Report
Posted in School, tagged elementary school, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, identification, MCPS, School on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For all you MoCo data dweebs out there, I’ve posted to my “Documents” section (tab at top of page) the MCPS Grade 2 Global Screening in Spring 2008 report, produced by the Office of Shared Accountabily and the Division of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction. (Also available here from the MCPS website.) Noteworthy nuggets: 40.9% of [...]
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