Welcome to the beginning of another full, fascinating year in the GATE
Department! Our classes are scheduled to begin by early October. You will
receive a letter in the mail, if you have been selected, shortly before the
classes begin.
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There are many useful links for you to explore on my "Links" page. Click
over to the page and find places to go on the Internet that are informative,
fun or just plain yukky!
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Check here weekly for important announcements. If you have added your e-mail
address to the "News Flash" page, you will receive a link to this Web site
every Friday.
For Third Grade TAG, our theme for the year is "Mystery". We'll solve court
cases and then write our own. We will also meet the challenge of
solving "Challenge Boxes" throughout the year. Look for a box to come home
with your child sometime in the next few weeks.
In Fourth Grade TAG, we have chosen our own topics to investigate on the
Web, and then we are using HyperStudio to display the results. Students are
learning about any topic of their choosing.
We have developed a working knowledge of HyperStudio, a multimedia software
package that allows students to draw and to save graphics and sound files
from the Internet. We are using HyperStudio to present the results of
Internet-based research.
In Fifth Grade Verbal, we are reading and writing our own short stories.
We will also learn how to be storytellers in the Appalachian Mountain
tradition.
