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Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership We are studying about the animals, and habitats of the Everglades. Check out this awesome power point to learn about the importance that the Everglades has on our lives. EvergladesFloridaPowerPointFactsHistoryPicturesAnimalsEcoSystems

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership Did you know that the water that flows into Lake Okeechobee from Orlando, and ends up in Everglades National Park  goes through a series of lakes and rivers? The headwaters are located here in Orlando in Shingle Creek, and from there it proceeds through a…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership Can you believe we are heading into 4th quarter already!!! Another interesting week learning about the Everglades habitats. Did you know that there are 6 different habitats? The  Pinelands, Cypress Swamp, Mangrove Swamp, Sawgrass Marsh, Hardwood Hammock ,and the Florida Bay. What animals live in each…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership We have started our study on the amazing Florida Everglades. Did you know the Florida Everglades encompass 1.5 million acres, and the headwaters starts right here by Sea World in Shingle Creek? We will be studying all the different habitats, and pathways of everglades in…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership This week we finished up our reports about ecosystems and classify animals.  1st and 2nd,and 3rd  grade also learned about hibernation, migration, and staying put. 4th grade was busy learning about the different ecosystem in the state of Florida. Next week we will start a study of the…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership Do you know how to classify living things? How many classes of animals exist? Where do alligators and crocodile both live together? We even learned how to create games classify animals with Brain Pop coding. Mrs. Suprenard even had fun creating and playing the game with…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership We are finishing up this week with our ecosystems projects. The students have worked very hard on creating the dioramas and murals. We also had 14 students read 2 stories to the First graders for Literacy Week! On Wednesday we had the pleasure of having 2…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership This week we are finishing up our projects, and starting to present them on the different ecosystems that occur in the world. One of the questions that the students are having to research is the problems that occur in their biome, along with their ideas for solutions.…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Research & Exploration, Questioning, Goals, Leadership We have been busy working on our biome projects this week. We even made snow to represent the Arctic region. This Friday was Maker Space day -this is a time for the students to create and explore- NO Tech allowed! It can be very interesting what…

Gifted Frameworks this week: Questioning, Goals, Leadership This quarter we will be working on ecosystems. How many different types of ecosystems are there? Can a puddle be it’s own ecosystem? What is a biome? Ask your child what they have learned this week.