Dear Parents,
Welcome to another exciting school
year! I am excited to be working with
you and your child. Third grade is such
an incredible year for students as they grow and learn, transitioning from the
primary grades into the intermediate levels of elementary school. I feel honored to be your child’s teacher and
will do whatever I can to make this year full of learning and fun too. We are partners, working together to help
your third grader develop academically and socially. This letter is to inform you of some of the
in-class experiences your GT student will have in my class this year. GT students will be involved with:
· extension centers (project-based learning, independent study…)
· flexible grouping
· 2-4 independent study projects:
GT students are required by the district to do independent
projects. The first two projects will be
this fall and the remaining projects will be in the spring.
· novel studies
· Junior Great Books: a
program that encourages higher level thinking through the reading & sharing
of literature
· library & online research; independent study projects;
research & project-based learning
· Compacting and/or differentiation:
Compacting means condensing learning into a shorter time period. Differentiation means providing gifted
students with different tasks and activities than their age peers—tasks that lead to real
learning for them. I will not assume
that your child has mastered certain concepts.
Instead, I will be consistently and carefully assessing what your child
knows, so as to best meet his/her needs.
I am here to help your child learn and
grow. If you ever have
questions about the GT program or issues about giftedness, I would be more than
happy to meet with you.
Sincerely,
Beth Litke
3rd Grade GT teacher
elizabethlitke@misdmail.org
GT Parent &
Student Booklist
10 Things NOT to Say to Your Gifted
Child: One Family’s Perspective –N.Heilbronner
Make Your Worrier a Warrior: A Guide
to Conquering Your Child’s Fears— D.Peters
Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting
Success Handbook—C.Fertig
(student)The Survival Guide for Gifted
Kids: Ages 10 & Under—J.Galbraith
Freeing Our
Families from Perfectionism—T.Greenspon
Quiet Kids: Helping Your
Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World—C.Fonseca
(student) Ungifted—G.Korman
Ungifted:
Intelligence Redefined—S.B.Kaufman
The Survival Guide
for Parents of Gifted Kids—S.Y.Walker
Gifted Children: Myths and Realities—E. Winner
Perfectionism:: What’s Bad
About Being Too Good?—M.
Adderholdt-Elliott
GT Parent &
Student Website List
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