Welcome to the
SES GT Learning Laboratory!
Combining Rigor with Joy
Ms. Kim Morgan
Week of August 29 , 2016
If you need to contact me, please email me at [email protected] or call 754-3326 and leave a
message. Thanks!
Gifted Field Trips 2016-2017
**Mark these dates on your calendar. **
More information from Kelly Tours will be sent home soon! Parents
that would like to attend are encouraged to pay through Kelly tours
and ride the Kelly Tours bus.
2nd Grade - Okefenokee Swamp
October 25 (Tuesday)
5th Grade – Overnight Kennedy
January 19 & 20 (Thurs. & Fri.)
Develop “canSpace Center
do” attitudes
and positive self
concepts
3rd – 4th Grade Charleston Aquarium & Fort
Sumter
March 16 (Thursday)
CHESS
Chess Master Jerry Meyers, in “Why Offer Chess in Schools?” (2005), illustrates how chess, especially well-planned,
sequenced chess instruction, addresses higher level thinking skills. We will learn to focus, visualize, and think ahead.
Focusing
Observe and
Concentrate.
If players don’t watch what’s
happening in a game, they can’t respond
correctly, no matter how smart.
Visualizing
Imagine what will
happen.
Students learn to envision a sequence of actions before
they happen, shifting pieces in their minds — first one,
then several moves ahead.
SES Chess Club will be held every Friday during students’ recess time ( for 3rd 5th graders ). This is optional for gifted students if they want to participate 
Loads of Learning in the Gifted Lab!
Monday
4th
grade
Critical Thinking Skills - Analogies, Primary Education Thinking Skills - Evaluative Thinking, Logic
Puzzles – Convergent Deductive Thinking, Visual Thinking – Word Bogglers with Hints and
Idioms
Latin – Vocabulary and more practice with Latin nouns and adjectives
STEM – An Engineering Challenge
Chess – End Game Strategies Battery Works
Tuesday
2nd
Grade
(1st
Grade)
Critical Thinking Skills – Visual Analogies, Convergent/ Deductive thinking with Logic Grids and
Primary Education Thinking Skills , Sequences
Creativity & Enrichment of Social Studies - Georgia’s regions and rivers
Enrichment - Jacob’s Ladder Reading for 2nd grade. Students will read a short story and engage
in the inquiry process that involves higher order thinking skills and Math for Gifted
Communication Skills – Spanish Greetings
STEM – Engineering Challenge (trying to improve their tall tower from last week)
Chess Basics
Wednesday
3rd
Grade
Latin - Nouns
Critical Thinking Skills - Analogies, Primary Education Thinking Skills - Convergent / Deductive
Thinking
Creativity – Students will closely observe rocks with the Private Eye and sketch them.
Enrichment – ELA - Jacob’s Ladder Reading for 3rd grade. Students will read a short story and
engage in the inquiry process that involves higher order thinking skills, Math - Singapore Math,
Science - Light and Energy, Rocks and Minerals
STEM – Engineering Challenge
Chess – Strategies for game openings
Thursday
5th
Grade
Critical Thinking Skills - Analogies, Deductive Thinking, and Perplexors, & Math Perplexors
Latin – New vocabulary and more practice with Latin nouns and adjectives
Current Events/ Communication Skills – Students will become news reporters and report current
events and watch and read current events in class
Defined STEM – Problem Solving Challenge
Chess – End Game Strategies and Tactics – Battary Works