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Happy Holidays
Gifted Frameworks this week: Problem Solving, Goals, Leadership Can you believe it’s the end of Quarter 2 already! So far this year we have studied Coding and Space. Next quarter, we will be researching animals, habitats, and ecosystems, so be on the look out for articles about them. Happy Holidays to all. Check out all…
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Galaxies of Love and Kindness
Gifted Frameworks this week-Problem Solving,Leadership, Products & Performances, Research & Exploration This was an extremely busy week in the pond! We finished up our presentations on the planets and stars. We then created our own galaxies of love and kindness by melting crayon shavings in clear balls, and adding in some stars ( glitter) for…
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Hour of Code
Gifted Frameworks this week-Problem Solving,Leadership, Products & Performances, Research & Exploration This week we celebrate Computer science Week by participating in the Hour of Code. The students really enjoyed creating a Star Wars Galaxy followed by programming a Dance Party with the 5th graders! You child can still work on coding by going to Code.org. We…
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Planets
Gifted Frameworks this week-Leadership, Products & Performances, Research & Exploration This week we started learning about the planets in our Solar System. Do you know why Pluto isn’t a planet anymore? Which planet is the coldest ,or the hottest? 1st and 2nd graders even got to make their own Solar System. The 3rd and 4th …
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Constellations Above / Teach In
Gifted Frameworks this week-Leadership, Products & Performances, Research & Exploration Congratulations to our LEGO Teams Sand Lake Stingrays and Ray Robotics for participating in the LEGO Jamboree at Jackson Heights Middle School! You all did a great job! Thank-you to Mr. Fox for coming in during Teach In to teach us about engineering, gravity and…
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The Moon and Stars
Gifted Frameworks This week- Research & Exploration, Questioning, Leadership Congratulations to our Math Super Stars Marianna, Grace, Ellise, Helena for competing in the Orlando Math Circle 3/4 Grade Girls competition! Check out my email about another exciting opportunity for all students grades 1st-12 in Math. We have been busy this week working on our star projects, and…
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Stars Galore
Gifted Frameworks This week- Research & Exploration, Questioning, Products & Performance Do you know how many stars are in the sky? What galaxy do we live in? How many galaxies are there? All are questions that we are working on in the study of the stars. Ask your child/children about what new facts that they learned…
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Space The Final Frontier
Gifted Frameworks This week- Problem Solving, Questioning, Products & Performance Well the start of quarter 2 is off to a exciting start with the study of Space. The moon, planets, and stars are all waiting for us to find out amazing facts about them. Students will even be creating new constellations tiles this quarter…
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We Coded Over 204,000 Lines Of Code This Quarter!
Gifted Frameworks This week- Problem Solving, Questioning, Products & Performance The end of the 1st quarter has arrived. It’s was a busy one for sure. We learn all about coding and programming, and it’s uses. We wrote over 204,000 lines of code! Congratulations to our top coders over all- Peyton and Jayden, and to the 4th grade boys for…
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Coding Applications and Success
Gifted Frameworks This week- Problem Solving, Questioning, Products & Performance We will be finishing up Coding this week, can you believe 1st quarter is over already! Thank-you to Skyler’s dad for bringing in Spheros for us to use our coding skills to learn how to program the balls to move . (They make great Holiday…
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