GATE Team Planning Outline 6/20/19

8:30-9:30 -
● The Educational Experience Article - TIP a Text Protocol
○ GATE Q-TIP
● What I Wish My Teacher Knew
● Renzulli’s Characteristics of Gifted Learners- Headline describing what it means for you as
a teacher
○ Headlines Routine - page 111 in Making Thinking Visible

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○ Inspire challenge or cheat them
○ Students are well-rounded packages
○ Every risk-taker requires differentiated learning
○ Curious and independent risk-taker
○ Promoting flexible real world thinking
○ Individual characteristics guide authentic goals
○ Be aware of student asynchronies
○ Not just "good at school"
○ Remember we are all unique

9:30-10:30 - Finish EGATE reflection by creating “3 year plan” for steps as a GATE team
10:30-11:30 - Logistics
● Schedule next steps from EGATE reflection
○ Your child has been identified for placement in an accelerated GATE classroom. As
part of our school’s open house program on Thursday, August 29th, we will be
hosting an informational session for the parents of students in these classrooms
from 5pm-6pm. You are invited to visit your child’s classroom to meet their teacher
and gain class specific information during the other open house hours (11am-1pm
and 4pm-5pm), but there will be a program specific presentation from 5pm-6pm.
● GATE groups vs. Magnet classrooms
○ What is enrichment? What is compacting? What is acceleration?
● Discuss STEM and GATE lessons
● Overview of Libby’s Schedule

11:30-12:30 - Lunch

12:30-3:30 - Planning (our initial thoughts are listed below, but we can discuss more on Thurs.!)
● Auxier: Begin looking at priority standards in Grade 5 to acclimate to new standards
○ Look at priority math standards for “Wednesday lessons”

● Burton/Embree: Look at standards by module in order to identify concepts that you will hit
throughout the year
○ Overview of Concepts/Examples