Supporting Our Advanced Learners

September 2021: AIG News, Updates, and Information

Explore AIG at our school, find resources and sites to support students, teachers and parents with advanced learning.

What's Happening in the AIG Classroom?

Elementary Reading & Math: 4th and 5th grade students are pulled for at least 45 minutes per week and work on extension and enrichment assignments that support the reading and math content in the regular classroom.

Middle ELA & Math: 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are pulled during STING time for enrichment activities to build critical thinking, verbal, and logical/mathematical skills to support their advanced learning. Students identified as AIG in math are placed in advanced math courses (6+, 7+, Math I, Math II). Students identified as AIG in ELA will be served through pull-out and push-in lessons on specific EL modules to extend and enrich the curriculum.

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Peer Tutor Training with Math II Students in Middle School

Math II students completed peer tutor training to support other math students during STING time.

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Know Yourself! Tell Your Story! in Middle School

During STING time, AIG students are rotating through 3 days during the fall semester to complete a self-exploration mini project. Students employ critical thinking skills to discuss internal and external driving forces, the impact on their lives, and a story to support their understanding of the driving forces concept.

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Critical Thinking in Elementary

During 4th/5th AIG reading, students completed a critical thinking unit, including activities around collaboration like the spaghetti tower challenge.

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Human Rights Extension Unit with 5th Grade Reading

Students are exploring human rights as an extension to their reading and discussion of the novel Esperanza Rising. They recently read and discussed the picture book poem The Undefeated.

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Area and Perimeter Project with 4th Grade Math

Students are extending their knowledge of area and perimeter with a project to build a puppie pen.

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Identifying Theme with 4th Grade Reading

Students are extending their knowledge of theme and character through the EL curriculum.

Why Do Students Disengage?

Great ASCD video column on student disengagement, barriers and challenges to cognitive development.