CONTACT ME
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GATE/VAPA Coordinator (831) 786-2100 ext. 2144
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Instructional Coach, GATE/ Differentiation (831) 786-2100 ext. 2144 |
Origami Activity: Jumping Frogs
First make your rectangular paper into a square like this:
Then follow the directions in this video. Enjoy!
GATE
Gifted and Talented Education
GATE STEAM Nights
PVUSD GATE Students and Families: Please join us for this year's STEAM Nights!
GATE STEAM Nights will be held from 5:45-7:30pm on the following dates for the 2019/2020 school year:
- September 10, 2019
- October 8, 2019
- November 12, 2019
- December 10, 2019
- February 11, 2020
- March 10, 2020
- April 7, 2020
- May 12, 2020
Register here! * ¡Regístrase aquí! *
*Registration available for PVUSD GATE students.
GATE STEAM Night, September 2019
Paper Bridge Experiment with Flipgrid
Check out the Flipgrid videos students made in collaboration with their groups to document their Paper Bridge experiment. (Click on a thumbnail to view.)
Students using Depth and Complexity Icons
GATE STEAM Night, December 2018
Engineering, Math and Break Out Challenges
Read about our trip to Stanford in the Register Pajaronian.
A Selection of GATE Strategies
Appropriate strategies for gifted students include (but are not limited to):
- Integrated Thematic Units for Houghton Mifflin reading series (Click here to access ITU's)
- Literature Circles and Novel Study
- Rubrics that set clear goals for advanced writing
- Use of Depth and Complexity Icons to extend the core curriculum
- Research Projects or I-Search (Click here to access resources)
- Reader-writer workshop
- Higher level of Thinking Taxonomy (Click here to access resources)
- Choice Boards and Extension Menus
- Noyce Foundation Problem of the Month www.noycefdn.org/pom.php
