In this unit, our fifth grade GT students learned myths and facts about being gifted, how to make better for them, understand overexcitabilities, and learned how to be assertive and to advocate for themselves. They also wrote their own Bill of Rights for gifted students.

The 5th grade students were tasked with creating their own Gifted Students' Bill of Rights. Pictured below is The National Association for Gifted Students Bill of Rights; underneath the picture are some of the rights our 5th grade GT students wrote. GT students have the right...

Orion Brake - to be different and to think differently.

Elise Silvey - to do your best and not feel bad about it.

Andrew Torres - to be challenged daily.

Alice Burgesso not be criticized when we make a bad grade.

Joel Robles - to not be judged.

Our 6th grade GT students started the year by learning about the five principles of logo design. Students researched the eight elements of logo design such as color, negative space, proportion & symmetry, motion, use of fancy font, keeping it simple, hidden meanings, and thinking outside of the box.

Students then utilized everything they learned about logos to create up to four logo designs of their own for their GT class. These designs were then shared with their class and their peers provided constructive feedback to help them reflect and improve their designs.

Students then choose one design to redesign based on this feedback. Each class then voted on the redesigns to select one logo design to represent their class and one overall logo design was then selected to represent 6th grade GT!

You will find more pictures, a class blog for each grade level, unit resources, links with activities each of the core subjects and interesting topics, plus much, much more!

Nichols GT Specialist

4th grade GT Specialist at Fred Douglas, Joe Wright, & West Side

Nichols UIL Coordinator

Email: april.cagle@jisd.org
Website: www.mrscaglesgtclass.com
Location: 818 Texas 456 Loop, Jacksonville, TX, USA
Phone: 903-541-0213