AIG Teachers
K-2 Nurturing
Important information to remember:
Our nurturing program starts over at the beginning of each school year. Students who
have previously been in the nurturing program may or may not be in the program
again the new school year. We follow the
selection criteria addressed in this brochure
for choosing our nurturing students K-2 each
school year. Remember we select the top ten
students per grade level for the nurturing
program in grades K-2.
Amby
Taylor
Genemma
Lowery
Belinda
Coleman
Brenda
Johnson
Cynthia
Hayes
Kimberly
Jacobs
Glenda
Britt
Heather
MaynorLambert
Lisa
Cottrell
Sheila
Pearsall
Tammy
Wilkerson
Valerie
Hammond
Shirley
Johnson
[email protected]
[email protected]
PSRC
AIG Nurturing Program
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mary Ann Prevatte, AIG Coordinator
[email protected]
PSRC AIG Nurturing Program
410 Caton Road
Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone: 910-735-2198
Mary Ann Prevatte,
AIG Coordinator
Tel: 910 735-2198

What is Nurturing?
Our K-2 Nurturing program offers
enrichment and higher order thinking
skills for those students in Kindergarten through Second grade who are
currently working above grade level.
It helps develop thinking strategies
and further introduces students to
convergent, divergent, visual, and
evaluative thinking.
Screening Process: Teachers
will conduct 2-3 lessons in the regular
classroom using Primary Education
Thinking Skills curriculum which:

is a systematized enrichment and
diagnostic thinking skills program
suitable for kindergarten through
the primary grades.

aligns to the higher levels of
Bloom’s Taxonomy.
presents lessons in convergent analysis,
divergent synthesis, evaluation, and
visual/spatial thinking.

provides diagnostic checklists for each
type of thinking.

helps build behavioral portfolios on
talented learners that support a
differentiated approach to their
education.

integrates flexibly into any existing
primary curriculum.

includes detailed lesson plans,
instructional stories, and
student materials.

offers opportunities for learners with different strengths to
shine!

is engaging and fun!
Identification:
The AIG teacher, in collaboration with the
regular classroom teacher, will then decide,
based on the P.E.T. checklist, K-2
assessment data, and grades, those students
who would benefit from nurturing services.
The number of students chosen from each
class at each grade level will be determined
by the AIG teacher and regular classroom
teachers depending on the number of classes
per grade level. The top 10 students at each
grade level will receive nurturing services.
Timeline: Teachers conduct lessons at the
beginning of the year starting with 2nd grade, then
1st grade, then kindergarten. Pull-out classes
should be established by January of each school
year.
Justification: By conducting whole group
lessons, regular classroom teachers will have an
idea of the gifted curriculum and expectations of
those in the nurturing program. Also, the regular
classroom teacher and the AIG teacher
collaborate to determine those who could benefit
from the nurturing program based on the gifted
checklist and high performance in the regular
classroom. Parents will be notified before pullout takes place.
Requirements:
Students must maintain
high performance in the regular classroom and in
the nurturing program. Nurturing students will
possibly be tested in 3rd grade.
Yearly process: Each year AIG teachers
will conduct whole group lessons in the
classrooms to determine who will be pulled out
in small groups according to these skills:
Kindergarten-patterns (divergent, visual) Second
grade-one and many (visual, divergent) First
grade -choices (convergent, evaluative)
Note: Students in K-2 will be nurtured. Formal
identification for AIG services will begin in third grade.