Students in all grades are beginning their research on their different countries to prepare for the Model UN at Region 7 in January!
On Thursday last week, students got to have a Zoom meeting with Ali Fritsche-Hinckley about all the benefits of this project and how much she enjoyed it when she participated. Ali is an attorney in Dallas and through Model UN found her passion and career. She participated from 6th-12th grade and even in college at Austin College. She currently helps mentor and coach the teams at SMU Law school where she attended.
We want students to understand the importance of this event and hopefully enjoy it! It is a lot of work but there are so many benefits to it. Hopefully they gained some new perspective through the meeting.
We are about to begin our Robotics Unit! The actual competition is in the Spring, but this year we are going to actually be creating a board to enter into the design competition at Region 7!
Students are going to be hard at work to design their board.
Tasks will include:
- Brainstorming Theme Ideas
- Researching topics
- Researching the standards to make sure they have aligned with what is being taught in our state
- Making a mock robotics board
- writing a story to detail the path the robot will take
- Creating a video to present their ideas!
- Keeping a journal of their experience
As you can tell, this is going to be an intense project but I’m really excited to see the designs the students come up with!
We will be working on different units this year. While all students may not be “gifted” in every area, I want to give them the opportunity to see different things and to find areas they can excel in regardless of the subject or assignment.
Unit 1: ELA- Students will read a novel of their choice then complete 2 assignments of their choice as well as a One-Pager. Most of these things will be able to be completed in class as long as students use their time wisely. Students will also present their projects to the class and learn about voice projection and presentations.
UIL Sign Ups are underway! All GT students are required to participate and will receive a grade. As long as they participate they will receive a 95. If they place at the district meet they will get a 100.
There are many different events students can join and they have been encouraged to do as many as they would like.
Events:
| Impromptu Speaking |
| Dictionary Skills |
| Modern Oratory |
| Listening |
| Oral Reading |
| Number Sense |
| Social Studies |
| Science |
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| Art |
| Maps, Graphs, Charts |
| Calculator |
| Chess |
| Ready Writing |
| Math |
| Editorial Writing |
| Spelling |
| Music Memory |
Welcome to GT for the 21/22 School Year. We have a lot of great activities planned for this year and I look forward to getting to know all of the students and seeing them achieve great things!