
AIG Newsletter for Teachers
April/May 2021
Dear Teachers,
In this newsletter you will find updates from the AIG Specialist, Resources for AIG Students and Enrichment Strategies brought to you by the Student Achievement Committee of the School Improvement team. I hope you find the information useful. Thank you for all that you do everyday!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jamieson
AIG Updates
- If you have students that you think have potential for AIG identification, please feel free to email me their names at any time.
- Please see flyers below for information about SPARK camp for AIG students as well as information on Credit Determined By Mastery for students
Resources for AIG students
- The NCDPI AIG lesson materials are still available at the following link: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/students-families/enhanced-opportunities/advanced-learning-and-gifted-education/2020-aig-remote-learning-resources
- DPS has organized the learning labs by grade level here: https://sites.google.com/dpsnc.net/advancedlearninglabs
April/ May Enrichment Strategy for All Students: Inquiry Based Learning
Inquiry Based Learning in a great way to increase student engagement! Please take a look at the resources below to learn more about IBL.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-inquiry-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron
https://www.discoveryeducation.com/details/6-structures-supports-inquiry-based-classroom/
Take a look at Inquiry Based Learning in Action:
https://www.edutopia.org/video/putting-students-charge-their-learning-journeyIBL is NOT just for Science classrooms! Here's an example of how a teacher used it in her ELA class:
http://teacherhacks.net/inquiry-based-learning-lesson-plans-made-easy/