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This curriculum focuses on developing advanced research methods, creative thinking, and critical skills for gifted students. Objectives include fostering independent study for in-depth learning, practicing creative problem-solving, and strengthening communication skills. By employing Bloom’s Taxonomy, students will engage with complex topics to generate original ideas and products for real audiences. The curriculum is tailored for various grade levels, with specific units designed to enhance higher-order thinking and research capabilities in an engaging educational environment.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE #1 • Gifted students will develop advanced research methods and independent study skills, which allows for the in-depth learning of self-selected topics within the area of study.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE #2 • Gifted students will develop and practice creative thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a variety or complex topics within the area of study in order to be generators of ideas and products original to the students.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE #3 • Gifted students will develop and practice higher order and critical thinking skills in an area of study.
Learning Objective #4 • Gifted students will develop advanced communication skills that incorporate new techniques, materials, and formats in the development of products and ideas that will be shared with real audiences.
Bloom’s Taxonomy • Evaluation judge compare determine assess revise evaluate criticize recommend measure • Synthesis compose plan construct design make predict hypothesize formulate propose develop incorporate invent • Analysis interpret test analyze distinguish differentiate examine investigate scrutinize • Application exhibit solve interview simulate apply employ demonstrate dramatize practice illustrate operate calculate show experiment • Comprehension translate restate summarize discuss describe recognize explain express identify locate report retell • Knowledge know relate define label repeat specify record cite list enumerate recall tell name recount
TAG Schedule for 08 -09 • Monday 2nd Grade Daichendt & LaPorte • Tuesday 5th Grade Daichendt, Mintz & LaPorte • Wednesday 4th Grade Daichendt, Mintz & LaPorte • Thursday 1st Grade Daichendt • Friday 3rd Grade Daichendt, Mintz & LaPorte
TAG UNITS FOR Fall 2008 1st grade Rainforests (Higher-Order/ Critical Thinking Skills) 2nd grade Georgia (Advanced Research Skills) Unit LetterUnit Information 3rd grade Georgia (Advanced Research Skills) Unit LetterUnit Information 4th grade Mind Your Own Business (Creative Thinking/ Creative Problem-Solving) Unit LetterUnit Information 5th grade Mind Your Own Business (Creative Thinking/ Creative Problem-Solving) Unit LetterUnit Information
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.Ralph Waldo Emerson • Follow the link below for information about TAG Saturday School • www.education.gsu.edu/saturdayschool/ • Teacher e-mail addresses • daichendt@fultonschools.orgg • mintz@fultonschools.orgg • laporte@fultonschools.org