NWCS Gifted Preparation/Exploration Level 1 Course Schedule – Spring Semester 2019

Instructor: Hanson Dai

Week # & Date Spring Semester Topics

Week 1 – 2/16/2019 Introduction, Ice-Breakers, Diagnostic Test, Fall Semester Review,

Multiplication and Times Table, Introduction to Word Problems

Week 2 Applying Multiplication to Solve Word Problems

Week 3 Division Part 1: Exploring and Understanding the Process

Week 4 Division Part 2: Finding the Quotient

Week 5 Division Part 3: Applying Division to Solve Word Problems

Week 6 Time Part 2: Reading Analog Clocks to the Minute and Telling Time
Application (Basic Time Operations, AM and PM, Schedules)

Week 7 – 4/6/2019 MID-TERM EXAM

Week 8 Introduction to Statistical Analysis

Week 9 Measurements involving Weight, Volume, Mass, Estimations,

Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Tens Place

Week 10 Introduction to Fractions

Week 11 Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Sentence Structure: Subjects and

Predicates

Week 12 Grammar: Homophones, Rhyming, Contractions, Punctuation

Week 13 Biology & Ecology: Baby Animals and Animal Analogies Challenge

Week 14 – 6/8/2019 FINAL EXAM

Week 15 Tickets Multiplication Application Activity, Sales and Marketing Final

Project Overview and Preparation

Week 16 – 6/22/2019 END-OF-YEAR PARTY and Sales and Marketing Project Buying
and Selling Simulation Activity with Level 2 Gifted Class

Please note that the course topics and dates are subject to change due to time restraints, overall class
and individual student reasons, etc. UPDATED: 2/19/2019