Welcome to ARP

Instructor: Mrs. Geraci

Schedule

• Students will be in one of 6 Talent Pools for the entire year.

• Students will meet in the Academic Resource Room once a week for 2 hours.

• Students may be required to complete work missed while at Talent Pool.

Renzulli’s Definition of Giftedness

How are students selected?

• Talent Pool students are those we feel have the most potential for displaying “gifted behavior”

• Have demonstrated this potential by their achievement and ability test scores

Do Talent Pool students earn grades?• Talent Pool students are

evaluated on their performance and growth in both group and individual activities twice a year.

Contests!

• 24 Math Challenge• Math Mania• National Geographic Bee• Spelling Bee• Readers Digest Word

Challenge• Mock Trial• Lego Olympiad• Mind Storms

Distance Learning Connections

• Mystery Quest• Quiz Bowl• NASA Connect• Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals• Antarctica Annie (last

year with Mrs. Kaput)• Much more

Some Talent Pool Activities• Creative writing and Language Arts• Advanced Vocabulary• Caesar’s English • Algebra• Higher Level Thinking Skills• 24-Game• Imovie• Problem Solving• Mystery Festival• Mummy’s Message Simulation• 13 Colonies a Musical Production• Environmental Science Fair• Mock Trial• Mind Storms• Web Quests• Architecture/Bridge Building Contest• Hands on Equations• History and Government

6th Grade (first 9 weeks)

• Mystery Festival• The Great Adventures of

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

• Critical Thinking Skills• Algebra• Distance Learning • Advanced Vocabulary• Caesar’s English

You are cordially invited…

FREESpecial Parent Information Night

(SPIN)For Parents of Gifted Children

September 25, 20066:30-9:00 p.m.

LCCCThere will be keynote speakers

and breakout sessions

Mrs. Geraci’s Website

• Avon Lake City Schools

5th Grade (first 9 weeks)

• Mystery Festival• The Westing Game, by

Ellen Raskin• Critical Thinking Skills• Algebra• Caesar’s English• Advanced Vocabulary• Stock Market