APHE SAGE Page

How does it feel to be gifted?

Mon February 19 - Professional Development Day!

Mon November 19 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Tue November 20 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Wed November 21 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Thu November 22 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Fri November 23 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Wed November 14 - Sky Ranch ~ 6th Grade

Thu November 15 - Sky Ranch ~ 6th Grade

Fri November 16 - Sky Ranch ~ 6th Grade

Mon September 8 - 1st Day of SAGE

Tue September 30 - DCLP ~ Dobbs Softball Game

Wed October 1 - Fair Day

Fri October 17 - ATC Cards Due

Sat October 25 - Cowboy Carnival

Wed November 26 - School Holiday

Thu November 27 - School Holiday

Fri November 28 - School Holiday

Mon December 22 - School Holiday

Tue December 23 - School Holiday

Thu December 25 - Merry Christmas

Wed December 24 - School Holiday

Fri December 26 - School Holiday

Mon December 29 - School Holiday

Tue December 30 - School Holiday

Wed December 31 - School Holiday

Thu January 1 - School Holiday

Fri January 2 - School Holiday

Mon January 5 - School Holiday

Tue January 6 - School Holiday

Wed January 7 - School Holiday

Mon January 19 - School Holiday

Mon February 16 - School Holiday

Fri March 13 - School Holiday

Fri March 20 - School Holiday

Thu March 19 - School Holiday

Wed March 18 - School Holiday

Tue March 17 - School Holiday

Mon March 16 - School Holiday

Fri April 10 - School Holiday

Mon April 13 - School Holiday

Mon May 25 - School Holiday

Thu June 4 - Last Day of Classes

Thu November 13 - Mrs. Adams at conference

Fri November 14 - Mrs. Adams at conference.

Fri May 1 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to Arboretum

Mon May 4 - 4th Grade Field Trip to the Heard

Thu May 7 - No SAGE... Mrs. Adams at a Workshop

Fri May 22 - Lunch with Ryan, Ellie & Travis!

Fri May 29 - Last Day of SAGE

Mon August 24 - 1st Day of School!

Mon August 31 - 1st Day of SAGE

Mon September 7 - Labor Day Holiday... NO School!

Wed October 7 - Fair Day! Have fun!

Wed November 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Thu November 26 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Fri November 27 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Fri October 9 - 3rd & 4th Enrichment Cluster... ALL Students

Fri October 16 - 3rd & 4th Grades Enrichment Cluster... ALL Students

Fri October 23 - 3rd & 4th Grade Enrichment Clusters... ALL Students

Fri October 30 - 3rd & 4th Grade Enrichment Clusters... ALL Students

Fri November 6 - 3rd & 4th Grade Enrichment Clusters... ALL Students 5th Grade Field Trip... Civil War Reinactment

Fri November 13 - 3rd & 4th Grade Enrichment Clusters... ALL Students

Fri November 20 - 3rd & 4th Grade Enrichment Cluster Faire

Mon December 21 - Christmas Holiday

Tue December 22 - Christmas Holiday

Wed December 23 - Christmas Holiday

Thu December 24 - Christmas Holiday

Fri December 25 - Christmas Holiday

Mon December 28 - Christmas Holiday

Tue December 29 - Christmas Holiday

Wed December 30 - Christmas Holiday

Thu December 31 - Christmas Holiday

Fri January 1 - Christmas Holiday

Mon January 18 - MLK Holiday

Mon February 15 - Student Holiday

Mon January 4 - Student Holiday

Tue January 5 - Student Holiday

Wed January 6 - Student Holiday

Fri March 12 - Student Holiday

Mon March 15 - Spring Break

Tue March 16 - Spring Break

Wed March 17 - Spring Break

Thu March 18 - Spring Break

Fri April 2 - Spring Holiday

Mon April 5 - Spring Holiday

Mon May 31 - Memorial Day Holiday

Thu June 3 - Last Day of School!

Mon February 8 - SMG Trading Begins!

Tue April 12 - 3rd & 4th Begin Fast Food Project

Tue April 19 - 3rd & 4th Spreadsheets in progress

Tue April 26 - NO SAGE Ms. Adams at jury duty / TAKS

Fri April 22 - NO school, Good Friday

Mon May 30 - NO School... Memorial Day Holiday

Tue May 3 - 3rd & 4th Grade / Spreadsheets completed, printed, and turned in / Begin written presentations / nutrituon

Tue May 10 - Complete written presentations / practice & film

Wed May 4 - 5th / Docmentaries complete!

Thu May 5 - 6th / Documentaries complete!

Thu April 7 - No SAGE

Fri April 8 - Yearbook Field trip

Thu April 28 - SAGE till 11:30

Mon May 2 - No SAGE

Fri May 27 - Yearbook Final Projects Due

Wed April 27 - No SAGE / TAKS

Wed May 25 - Documentary Viewing Party

Fri April 6 - No School... Holiday

Mon August 20 - Happy Birthday to Noah R (DCLP)!

Tue November 20 - Thanksgiving Break

Sat September 8 - Happy birthday to Ashtyn C (DCLP)!

Sat March 3 - Happy birthday to Sarah (DCLP)!

Mon June 18 - Camp Invention

Tue June 19 - Camp Invention

Wed June 20 - Camp Invention

Thu June 21 - Camp Invention

Fri June 22 - Camp Invention

Wed September 19 - Early Release Day

Wed October 3 - Fair Day

Wed October 31 - Early Release

Mon November 19 - Thanksgiving Break

Wed November 21 - Thanksgiving Break

Thu November 22 - Thanksgiving Break

Fri November 23 - Thanksgiving Break

Thu December 20 - Early Release Day

Fri December 21 - Christmas Break

Mon December 24 - Christmas Break

Tue December 25 - Christmas Break

Wed December 26 - Christmas Break

Thu December 27 - Christmas Break

Fri December 28 - Christmas Break

Mon December 31 - Christmas Break

Tue January 1 - Christmas Break

Wed January 2 - Christmas Break Students Staff Development

Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, raised in Tuckerman, Arkansas, live in Rockwall, Texas.
Daughter, Kelsey, is a graduate of Rockwall High School, home of the Yellowjackets.
2 additional family members, Lady, our Shi-tzu ~ Schnauzer mix and Bella, our Chichuaha ~ Yorkie mix.
Graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas with a BA in Education.
Teaching experience inculdes 25 years in Rockwall ISD and 1 year in Quinlan.
Currently teach SAGE (Selected Academically Guaged Education) at Amy Parks Heath Elementary

My daughter, Kelsey and myself at my 30 year high school reunion in 2009.

Our precious Lady with one of her favorite babies!

While at Disney World, June of 2007, we were fortunate to see the Space Shuttle lift off from Cape Canaveral. Kelsey shot this photo from Downtown Disney. The white streak is the shuttle.

In January 2010, some DCLP faculty went to the North Texas Food Pantry to volunteer their time. We sorted meat!

SAGE Supplies

2010 - 2011

NEW Students

1 inch white binder with display pocket

plastic folder with no brads

2nd Grade

1 box of Kleenex

3rd Grade

1 box of Kleenex

4th Grade

1 package black cardstock (8.5 x 11)

5th Grade

4 glue sticks

6th Grade

1 box 16 - 24 ounce crayons

How do I know if my child needs testing?

~ Navigate to "Parent Links" on the SAGE Page. You will find a wealth of information describing the cognitively gifted child.
~ Spend time conferencing with your child's homeroom teacher as well as the SAGE teacher.

~ KG may be assessed beginning in January.
~ 1st grade may be assessed at any time.

~ 2nd - 6th grades will be screened according to Cogat scores. The Cogat test is given to students in grades 2,4,& 6 in October. These scores are valid for 1 year.

How do I nominate a student for assessment?

~ Teachers, students or parents may nominate a student for the GT program. Please refer to above information prion to nominating.

~ Nomination packets are available from the GT teacher. Please make sure these packets are thoroughly completed then return to the office.

How will I know if my child qualifies for SAGE?
~ Students and parents are notified by mail of the testing results. In an effort to maintain testing integrity, results will not be discussed prior to letters being mailed and received.

Additional information may be obtained at the following location.

Rockwall ISD GT Program

Use these tools for product ideas. * Create * Print * Embed

Art Projects (drawings, pictures, stories and more)

Big Huge Labs (use images to create trading cards, posters etc...)

Comic Strip Creator

Cornell Note Taker

Easy Bib

Glogster

Graph Creator

Graphic Organizers

Map Maker

Mind Map

Office Templates

Pop Up Card Tutorial

Post Card Creator

Puzzle Maker

Storybird

Timeline Creator

Wordle

Creating Music

Design a Roller Coaster

Howtoons

Inventions and Play

Map Games

Mysteries

NASA Kids Club

Saying Hello

Scale of the Universe

The Toy Maker

Yuckiest Site on the Internet

WhaCKie WOrDIes

Use paper & pencil to solve then check your answers!

Word Puzzles

click... Solve all Puzzles

Thanksgiving

Memory Game

Hangman

Slider Puzzle

Word Search

Tic Tac Toe

Jigsaw Puzzles

Christmas

Checkers, Concentration, Rubiks Cube & MORE

Ornament Jigsaw Puzzle

Santa Jigsaw Puzzle

Christmas Kitten Jigsaw Puzzle

Concentration

St. Patricks Day

Wallop

(Be sure to read directions.)

Shamrock Streamer

(Be sure to read directions.

Coloring

Battleship

Keyboarding Games

Speed type your way to be the winner!

Keyboarding Lessons & Games

Set, Quiddler and Xactika

Look to the left side of the screen & choose a game. Click Daily Puzzle to play.

Super Kids Sorter

Crush the Castle / Trebuchet Toss

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Interactive Puzzles

These puzzles are similar to the ones in the SAGE room Think Tank!

8 Angles

Checkerboard Mania

Jigsaw Cells

Lace Loops

Square Tabletop

The 4 Angles

Egyptian Puzzle

MagicTriangle 3X

Puzzle Parlor

Star Battle

Tesselation Tiles

Challenging!

What if.... an inanimate object came to life?

What if.... it had a friend?

What if.... it went on an adventure around APHE?

YOU, an author, set designer, photographer and editor will answer these questions!

Procedure

1 Choose inanimate object(s).

2 Take 15-20 pictures.

3 Upload to SAGE folder.

4 Edit pictures.

5 Use images to develop a plan for your story.

6 Conference with your teacher for plan approval.

6 Create a Power Point slide show telling telling the story.

7 Narrate slide show.

Why?
~ To perform with a purpose

~ To practice reading aloud with expression

~ To entertain and enrich our Kindergarten students

Rules
~ Stay focused

~ You goof off - you stay in class next week

~ Each team member must have a prop

~ Team members might have to take on multiple roles

~ Each character must wear something on their head

~ Each character must be identified in written words

~ Each group must have an introductory poster

Reminders
~ Read with passion enouncing every word loudly & clearly

~ Become your character

~ Your main goal is to entertain

Friday ~ April 5, 2013

Create a game that can be played by 4-6 players without using a game-board.

* 15 minutes mandatory talk time / may not touch material

* 30 minutes construct time

* Use ONLY and ALL materials provided

* Develop clear, concise, neatly WRITTEN directions and rules for winning the game.
Please spell like a 6th grader.

* Need to ask you teacher a question... it will cost you one item.
All spaghetti counts as one item.

* You goof off... you stay in class next week.

* If finished you may read.

November 7, 2012

Good morning :)

Congratulations to President Barack Obama!

1 Log on to a computer and go to the SAGE page.

2 Turn on camera and experiment with various settings

on the TOP DIAL only.

Congratulations!

Your teacher has asked you, a math guru, to design the floor plan of her new house. Following are her requirements.

* You will have 1,419 square feet to work with.

* The living area will be 1,000 square feet.

* She needs a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living area. A
small place to eat would be nice as well.

* A vegetable garden is a must and she would like it to be triangular. It will be drawn designed on a separate piece of graph paper and will total 300 square feet.

* Color code and label each veggie and fruit section.

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Steps for Success

1. Explore the first website below to review area and perimeter.

2. Look at sample floor plans on the other links below to

examine typical room sizes.

3. On handout, list the rooms, their square feet, and
perimeter!

4. Use graph paper to draw out floor plan

(REMEMBER REQUIREMENTS ABOVE).

4. Each space must be labeled and colored in a different color.

5 Calculate area and perimeter then record on handout.

6. Review rubric! Ask yourself these questions:

Is this my very best work?

Could I enhance this work in any way?

Am I proud of my work and myself for the effort and thought I put into this project?

7. Turn your work in to your teacher.

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Caluclating Area and Perimeter

Sample Floor Plans

Tiny House Floor Plans

1,000 Feet or Less

News

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Ms. Adams E-Mail

What is SAGE?

Current Events

Calendars

Calendar

Web widgets

Map: rockwall, texas

Ms. Adams

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Personal

Photos

Lady ~ 2007

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Parent Links

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Characteristics of the Gifted

Photos

Supplies

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Photos

Testing

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SAGE Testing

Project Tools & Search Sites

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Sticky note

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Product Ideas

Kid FriendlySearch Engines

Technology Tools

References

Language

Math

Digital EXAMPLES

Think Tank

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For Fun

Artistic Endeavors

Holiday Fun

Brain Challenges

3rd & 4th Grade

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5th & 6th Grade

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Readers' Theater

Divergent Thinking

Morning Minders

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Good Morning to YOU!

Photos

Just Think

Videos to Ponder

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Creative Thinking

Ted Talks

Awwwwww

In the News

Historical

3rd Grade Class Project

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Architectural Designs

Survey

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SAGE Survey