Welcome to a new school year!
I am excited to start a new year with your child. If I had your child last year, things will be just a little differerent this year. If your child was in grades K-2 last year and they were pulled for a nurture group they are still invited to join my electives this year. I will not be pulling K-2 for nurture groups this year due to scheduling confllicts. For grade 3 I will be pushing into their class this year to work with my nurture students during center time. I will still pull grades 4 and 5 for extra nurturing once a week. All AIG identified and nurture students are invited to take my elective classes.
The testing window for grades 4- 5 identification are from October 5-18. I will be taking nominations from teachers in September. If you feel that your child should be tested in the area of math or reading please talk with your child's teacher. If your child was in grades 3-5 last year and was already tested, but you feel they need to be tested again, please let me know. I have to wait one full year before they can be retested. The second testing window for grades 4-5 will be January 16-Feb 4.
All grade 3 students will take the cogAT test this fall. I will determine who qualifies for further testing based on those scores.
As always, if you have any questions please contact me at mwatts@wcpss.net
I am looking forward to a great year!!!!
Here are the electives I will be offering this quarter:
1st grade: Best of the Best
2nd and 3rd grade: Grin and Graph it
4th and 5th grade: Creative Problem Solving and Let's Make a Million
Sincerely,
Marne Watts
AIG Teacher
Zebulon Elementary GT Magnet School
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