Discovery
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for gifted services, students must qualify in 3of the following 4 areas:
Mental Ability - minimum of 96 percent in at least one sub-test area
Achievement - minimum of 90 percent on the total reading, total math, or complete composite
Creativity - minimum of 90 percent on an assessment for creativity
Motivation - minimum of 90 percent on an assessment for motivation
Gifted Models
Resource Class
*Teacher must have the
endorsement
*Students are pulled from homeroom class and served during a segment of the day
Cluster Grouping
*Regular classroom teacher must have gifted endorsement
*Identified gifted students are served in a regular classroom; however
curriculum modifications are made for gifted students
Advanced Content Model
*Students are homogeneously grouped on the basis of achievement and interests (Career, Technical and Agricultural Education, English language arts, fine arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and world languages).
***We are using all three models here at Sagamore. 1st-3rd & 5th will have the resource model with Ms. Miller, 4th grade will have the advanced content model (social studies) with Ms. Manzi.
To be eligible for gifted services, students must qualify in 3of the following 4 areas:
Mental Ability - minimum of 96 percent in at least one sub-test area
Achievement - minimum of 90 percent on the total reading, total math, or complete composite
Creativity - minimum of 90 percent on an assessment for creativity
Motivation - minimum of 90 percent on an assessment for motivation
Gifted Models
Resource Class
*Teacher must have the
endorsement
*Students are pulled from homeroom class and served during a segment of the day
Cluster Grouping
*Regular classroom teacher must have gifted endorsement
*Identified gifted students are served in a regular classroom; however
curriculum modifications are made for gifted students
Advanced Content Model
*Students are homogeneously grouped on the basis of achievement and interests (Career, Technical and Agricultural Education, English language arts, fine arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and world languages).
***We are using all three models here at Sagamore. 1st-3rd & 5th will have the resource model with Ms. Miller, 4th grade will have the advanced content model (social studies) with Ms. Manzi.