Welcome to Haynes Bridge Middle School TAG Parent Night!

1. Welcome to Haynes Bridge Middle School TAG Parent Night!

2. Program Overview The middle school student receives gifted services in one to four advanced content classes designed to challenge the gifted student through a rich and rigorous curriculum. These classes include as well as extend and enrich the Fulton County core curriculum. They are a part of the student’s daily schedule. Classes are taught by experienced professionals who have received an endorsement in Gifted Education from the Georgia Department of Education. There is a priority on limiting class sizes.

3. Placement • Based on achievement scores, past academic performance, and teacher recommendations • Student may be served in each content area for which he/she qualifies • “B” or above in the subject area • Test scores within two years on a nationally normed achievement test as follows • Language Arts at or above the 90th percentile in total reading • Social Studies at or above the 90th percentile in social studies • Science at or above the 90th percentile in science

4. How is a TAG class different from an on-level class? • teachers use a variety of teaching strategies in order to encourage higher levels of thinking, creativity, and independent learning • including activities that develop independent learning skills • enrichment and/or academically accelerated material • spend a larger portion of time on higher order skills such as critical thinking and problem solving • adjust the pace and the complexity of the curriculum • opportunities to move through core curriculum materials at an appropriate rate

5. Student A PeriodSubjectTeacher 1 Earth Science C Hooks 2 Language Arts K Saef 3 Reading B Straw 4 Team Time S Kwon 5 Social Studies M Lee 6 Math 6 A Clark 7 Phys Ed 6 J Saint 8 Art S Schofield Student B PeriodSubjectTeacher 1 Math 7 Adv A Farooqi 2 TAG LA C Johnson 3 Spanish J O’Kelley 4 Team Time S Kwon 5 TAG SS J Robinson 6 TAG Science S Kwon 7 Chorus A Cole 8 Art S Schofield Sample Schedules

6. TAG Language Arts • 6th and 7th Grade • TAG Language Arts • 8th Grade • TAG Advanced Language Arts

7. Science should… ..be hands-on ..be relatable encourage students to explore Welcome to Earth Science! Classroom “Knowledge Tree” The students plant the “seed” of questions relating to science, and other students research and the answers bloom as “leaves” all year round.

8. TAG Curriculum

9. You Can Expect Projects Like… Geology Unit -Create a machine that will drill to the center of the earth -Rock-a-Ween- tell the story of rock transformation with a twist of Halloween Meteorology Unit - Predict the next tropical storm of a chosen country and create an evacuation plan Astronomy Unit -Race Around the Solar System- Astronomy Version of the “Amazing Race” Resource Unit -Research and create a proposal for City Council on best energy resource for City of Alpharetta in 2043 (30 years from now)

10. COMMUNICATE CREATE HANDS-ON SOLVE RESEARCH THINK

11. Math Placement • Determined by the general education teacher • Based upon system guidelines • Courses taught by a gifted endorsed teacher in mathematics

12. Math • 6th Grade • Math 6 Adv. • Math 7 Acc. • 7th Grade • Math 7 Adv. • Math 8 Acc. • 8th Grade • Math 8 Adv. • CCGPS Coordinate Algebra Honors • CCGPS Accelerated Coordinate Algebra Honors

13. Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP)

14. TAG Social Studies • 6th & 7th Grades • Geography • History • Government • Economics • 8th Grade • Georgia Studies

15. Evaluation of Student Performance • Student is evaluated on the same reporting system as in other classes (progress report with a numerical grade) • Evaluation based on test grades, assignments, and classroom performance • An annual review conference is held with parents to discuss student’s progress • If a student is experiencing difficulty in the gifted program, a conference is held to discuss continuation options of probation within or dismissal from gifted services