Book trailer for all of the Lone Star 2013 titles: http://www.youtube.com/user/TXLALoneStarBooks
OverDrive: Many of the reading selections can be checked out as e-books through FISD’s OverDrive site!
Visit: http://friscoisd.lib.overdrive.com
Click on the “Explore” pull-down, and review available titles under “PreAP/AP Summer Reading List Titles”and “Classic eBooks.”
This annual event presents a great opportunity for G/T students to gain exposure to the ISM program and the opportunities it can create for them.
Mr. Matt Pirtle and his ISM students and look forward to meeting many of the bright minds, and I will be there during the first hour.
“On Friday, April 19, E.L. Konigsburg passed away at 83, just one year older than Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the eccentric a narrator of her Newbery Medal winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Bail E. Frankweiler.”
Read more: http://oomscholasticblog.com/2013/04/remembering-e-l-konigsburg-1930-2013.html
“Konigsburg was only one of five authors to have won the Newbery Medal — the most prestigious award in children’s literature — twice. She was the only one to win it the same year, 1968, when she also won the Newbery honor; with her Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth bested by her From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.”
“Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was trained as a chemist, but she found her true calling as a literary alchemist, mixing humor, mystery and pragmatism to create such classic children’s novels as From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and The View from Saturday.”
Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/apr/24/corner-remembering-el-konigsburg/#ixzz2RVOkxzcZ
“Evidence Lost: We’re Not Likely to See Editing Like Proust’s in the Future”
At first, the aggressive self-editing gives you pause: Man, Proust was hard on himself! We are not used to seeing the trail of the hard work that goes into making a beautiful book or essay; computers, like word processors before them, have hidden the the physical evidence of this process. In some places you can still catch glimpses of it — the history tab of a Wikipedia page — but mostly, if this trail exists at all it exists in a private file, the track changes of a Microsoft Word document or the revisions history of a Google Doc.
Efforts like Etherpad, which promised to allow real-time collaboration while recording every keystroke of change to a document, show something else too: In our age of networked writing, a tool that records editing history exists for collaboration. This is true of all of the examples I just gave — Wikipedia, Google Docs, Word’s track changes, and Etherpad. Can you imagine tracking the changes of your own edits, just for yourself? Who would do that? If any of these records make it to the future for scholars to examine, they will be the records of our collaborations. The work of an individual’s self-edits will have been scrubbed.
Proust may have been writing In Search of Lost Time, but in the act of doing so he was creating an object that preserved, in a sense, the time he had lost (“lost”) while writing the books.”
Do Your Research: https://caskey.edublogs.org/2011/09/13/falser-words-were-never-spoken/
Show Instead of Tell: https://caskey.edublogs.org/2011/09/13/how-can-you-show-instead-of-tell/
When I read articles and research that are relevant to gifted education, I try to share the learning through a number of avenues to reach my colleagues and friends. Sometimes, I will post them here, but most of the time, I post these via tweets, which can be found on the blog. You do not need a Twitter account to access the links. I encourage to read these findings. I find them to be of immense value as both a parent and an educator of gifted children.
From Frisco SAGE:
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
6-8 PM (Parent program begins at 6:30 PM)
Cobb Middle School Cafe (Click on link for map)
9400 Teel Parkway Frisco, TX 75033
Those who wish to attend should RSVP to FriscoSAGE@gmail.com.
This is a very impromptu parent meeting and game night… She will be speaking on the subject of PERFECTIONISM in the gifted student as well as talking about MENSA’s student program and the benefits for our children.
Students are welcome to attend and bring strategy games. Because this is such a last-minute program this time, we will not be able to provide a meal, but we will have snacks and bottled water provided. They are welcome to bring in food to eat during game night if they wish as well. Friends and siblings are welcome as well, though siblings that are not yet school age will need parent supervision. Students will need to remain in the game area during the meeting as the meeting is geared towards parents. If your middle or high school student would like to attend the meeting, we can certainly accommodate that if you feel it is appropriate for them.
This is for all ages of GT students.
A mentor of mine once told me, “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.” This stems from our having studied and implemented the philosophy of Jim Collins’ book Good to Great. I’m always looking for ways to make improving yourself and your learning better or more meaningful, so I’ve come up with “Good to Great” Sentences.
“Good to Great” Sentences
Learning Targets: I can…
…create good, solid foundation sentences that contain the following parts:
Subject – Action Verb Predicate – (Indirect Object) – Direct Object – (Object Complement)
Subject – Linking Verb Predicate – Subject Complement (Predicate Nominative
or Predicate Adjective).
…enhance and manipulate syntax and maintain clarity when I incorporate phrases and clauses.
Foundation Sentence #1: S – AVP – (IO) – DO – (OC)
L2: Create or rewrite a L2 sentence from previous writing assignments. Incorporate and be deliberate about the nouns and verbs (and adjectives) that you use. Focus on using powerful nouns and verbs before using vivid adjectives.
L3/4: Enhance and/or manipulate your L2 sentence by incorporating phrases and clauses. Be sure to maintain clarity.
Foundation Sentence #2: S – LVP – SC (PN or PA)
L2: Create or rewrite a L2 sentence from previous writing assignments. Incorporate and be deliberate about the nouns and verbs (and adjectives) that you use. Focus on using powerful nouns and appropriate verbs before using vivid adjectives.
L3: Enhance and/or manipulate your L2 sentence by incorporating phrases and clauses. Be sure to maintain clarity.
Doors to the school open at 7:40 a.m.
You must be in morning tutorials by 8:10 a.m.
You must be out of the building or in afternoon tutorials by 3:40 p.m.
Follow the dress code, such as no torn jeans or yoga pants.