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Elementary Enrichment Program

Presented by the GATES Team: Dana Petrie, Sabrina Bialkin, and Linda Gallipoli January 23, 2020

Unique Role & Responsibilities

• GATES TEACHERS

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Testing students for identification (Spring: All Grade 3 & 5/Fall: New Grade 4 & 5)

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Classes for Identified Students in Grades 4 & 5 (Top 7 - 9%)

• ENRICHMENT SPECIALISTS

○ Enrichment Support for ■ 141 K - 5 Teachers ■ 3,090 K - 5 Students

* As team members, we meet to collaborate and continue to grow the program *

Program Growth: GATES/G&T Students

Beyond Testing, Identification, and Math & Language Arts GATES Classes

• Program/Curriculum Aligned to NAGC Gifted Programming Standards
• Lessons Addressing Social Emotional Needs
• GATES District-Wide Programs

○ Community Google Classrooms ○ Competitions: WordMasters, Math League ○ 5th Grade GATES Field Trip ○ 4th Grade Invention Project

• G&T Roundtable for Area G&T Specialists
• Professional Development Workshops for K-5 Teachers

Program Growth: Enrichment for All Students

• Teacher Support

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Monthly Teachers’ Newsletter

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Expanded Enrichment Materials

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Individualized Enrichment Support

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Professional Development

• School Wide Enrichment

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3-5 Website & K-2 Website

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Full Class Enrichment Lessons (Gr 1 - 5)

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Student Recognition for Enrichment Participation

Teacher Support

• Expanded Resources
• Monthly Teachers’

Enrichment Newsletter

• Individualized Teacher

Support for Individual Student Needs

Professional Learning Community Support

• Wayne Township Learning Center

○ Professional Development Workshops ○ G&T Roundtables

Whole Class Enrichment Lessons

• Lessons for Grades 1 - 5
• Unique Formative Assessment Opportunity
• Thinking Skills

○ Convergent ○ Divergent ○ Visual ○ Creative

Elementary Enrichment Websites K-2 & 3-5

• Math - 1,000+ Responses

○ Challenge Problems (3-5) ○ Super Solver Problems (3-5) ○ Family Math (K-2)

• STEM - 180+ Responses

○ STEM & STEAM Challenges ○ Smithsonian Invent It Challenge

Website Submission Entries

• Language Arts - 1,000+

Responses

○ Create a Caption ○ Contests ○ Writing Activities

All pens are sold at one price and all pencils at another price. If three pens & two pencils are sold for 47 cents, while two pens & three pencils are sold for 38 cents, what is the cost of one pen and one pencil in cents?

GATES - Grades 4 & 5

• Math & Language Arts - 1 hour per subject per week
• Social Emotional Learning
• National/International Contests

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WordMasters & Math League

• GATES Community Classrooms & District Wide Highlights

○ Engaging Students Across All 9 Schools

• GATES Curricular Extensions

GATES & Enrichment Recognition

Math League WordMasters NJAGC Gifted Art Contest Letters About Literature Scholastic Contests Creative Kids Invent It

“Ignite Passion With Purpose”

Noah Kim - Grade 5

Thank you!

Dana Petrie - dpetrie@wayneschools.com Lafayette, Theunis Dey, Pines Lake Sabrina Bialkin - sbialkin@wayneschools.com APT, James Fallon, Ryerson Linda Gallipoli - lindagallipoli@wayneschools.com JFK, Packanack, Randall Carter