Mrs. Fine's Gifted Page

Just in case you missed Dr. Patti Wood’s presentation at the St. Clair County Gifted Meeting, Dr. Wood has shared her presentation with us.

Keys to Understanding your Gifted Child

I hope you can join us!

Moody Middle School Parents,

I hope you are going to be able to attend the MMS “Oh, the Places You Can Go in the 21st Century Night!”  this Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30.  If you find you have time to visit our gifted room, I will be in the 4/5th grade hall computer lab.  Bring your child in to show you “The Places” we have been going!

We are just starting with our new units after many days off with snow.  3rd and 4th grade are working on a unit on Natural Disasters.  5th and 6th grade are working on a unit on Design.  In the near future, the 5th and 6th graders will construct their own bridges with a set material given – more info to come later.

4th, 5th, and 6th grade are learning computer programming through a program called code.org   If you have internet access at home, please be sure to ask them to show you how they are doing.

In addition, 5th and 6th grade are participating in the Stockmarket Game – see stockmarketgame.org  They have been placed in teams and have been given an imaginary $100,000 to invest over a 10 week period.  Please ask they to login and show your their team’s portfolio.

Clip Art: http://clipart.mrdonn.org/bridges.html

The parents and teachers of gifted children of central Alabama are forming a group to support and advocate for our gifted children.  Please join the email list at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-oT8pBMTK85Ycpllzj2ydB5H3Tt_4ngS8r-rTQxNWXY/viewform

Parents have the power and the ability to make change.

Mythology Tic Tac Toe 5th Grade

Mythology Tic Tac Toe 6th Grade

Look at the top of this page and see the link to Greek Mythology.  There I have placed a lot of great links to websites you may want to use.  If you come across something new that is great, let me know about it and I will add it to this site.

Love it = “Wanna change the world? You gotta know about it.”

The first couple of weeks of gifted classes I am going to be getting to know my students and their interest as well as talking to them about Mindsets. Mindsets is based on Carol Dwecks work on how individuals may have a set mindset or a growth mindset. As teachers and parents we want our students to have a growth mindset. Changing how we respond to our students and children makes a great difference in how they respond to challenges. An interesting presentation you may want to read may be found at this link.