New Beginnings

What an exciting new experience! The TAG students have been coming to our room for just over a week now, and we are having a great time getting to know one another. This year, TAG is going to look slightly different than it has in the past. All students who have scored at or above the 90th percentile in reading or math will be coming to TAG during the same WIN block.

WIN is a new portion of the elementary schedule. It stands for What I Need, When I Need. Each grade band has one hour built into their daily schedule. While classroom teachers will be using this time to differentiate for all students needs, TAG students will come to our room for advanced challenges.

During our first class period, each grade level came up with, "Their Ideal TAG Activities". These subjects ranged anywhere from Greek Mythology to K'NEX challenges to learning more about square roots. My plan is to use these ideas as a spring board for our curriculum.

Just a hint of what TAG students are working on this week:

• K'NEX helmet challenge
• "My Gifted Self" Web-quest
• Introduction to Design Thinking - Design the ideal wallet
• Math Riddles and Challenges
• Pattern Competitions - Q-bitz

It has been a great start to a great year in TAG!