GATES Services

at Grades 4 & 5

Overview

Grades 4 and 5 GATES services are provided in 3 ways.  Services are delivered by the GATES staff to all students through support in all classrooms, direct services to identified students, and consultation between classroom teachers and GATES staff.  The following is the programming currently being delivered to MSAD 71 grades 4 and 5 students.

ALL STUDENTS

            ENRICHMENT

                        May look like...

                                    -Touchpebbles literature discussions

                                    -Word master analogies

                                    -Geography Bee

                                    -Breakfast Book Club

                                    -Challenge of the Week problem solving

                                    -Strategy Games

            TEAM TEACHING    

                        May look like...

                                    -plan and teach a math or reading lessons

            DIFFERENTIATION DEMONSTRATION AND SUPPORT

                        May look like...

                                    -mini-lessons in classrooms

                                    -provide materials and ideas for teachers to differentiate                          

IDENTIFIED STUDENTS

            SMALL GROUP WORK

                        May look like...

                                    -creative problem solving

                                    -differentiated math activities

                                    -math team

                                    -literature support

                                    -affective discussions

            CLUSTER GROUPS

                        May look like...

                                    -critical learning mass for instructional purposes

                                    -cross-curriculum learning peers                         

CONSULTATION

                        Consultation is performed on an as needed basis.

                        May look like...

                                    -creating pre-tests for Everyday Math units

                                    -providing/planning challenging activities

                                    -discussion of individual student learning needs