What’s Going On Continued — Week 4
Dear Parents, We’ve sprinted to the end of the fourth week of school! I want to thank each of you that attended Trantwood’s Open House on Tuesday, September 18th. I loved having the opportunity to meet...
View ArticleS.T.E.M. Robotics and Legos – A perfect application
Dear Parents, Today your child had the opportunity to apply the knowledge he/she has gained about simple machines in order to build and program a compound machine. In doing so, your student was...
View ArticleApril Updates in the Cluster Classroom
Dear Parents, As second grade moves into the weeks of April we have begun working on the science unit of Systems in Nature. Within this unit we will be focusing on the enduring understandings of:...
View ArticleWelcome – Fall 2013
Gifted Education News Dear Families of Trantwood, In the weeks ahead, I will be working in all the gifted resource-cluster classes at grades 2– 5 (beginning the first week of school) and all...
View ArticleSubcribe to the Gifted and Talented Bulletin, an electronic publication...
The newsletter for Gifted Programs, the Gifted and Talented Bulletin, is an electronic publication published twice a year. If you haven’t yet signed up, it’s easy! Click on the mail icon on the top...
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October Reflections with Math exemplars
After a trip to the pumpkin patch, you decide to carve your pumpkins to make Jack-O-Lanterns. Each one will have 2 eyes, 1 nose, and 1 mouth. Draw your Jack-O-Lanterns on a paper and tell your mom/dad...
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Ideas to bring the lessons from the classroom home….
S.C.A.M.P.E.R. the Holidays One of the creative thinking tools that my students learn is S.C.A.M.P.E.R. It is an acronym to help people to remember different ways inventive ideas can happen:...
View ArticleNew Year Wishes… Holiday Reflection on Accomplishments
A new post titled Holiday Reflections on Accomplishment has been added to the Keys to Accomplishment website. You can see this post by going to http://keystoaccomplishment.weebly.com and click on the...
View ArticleLearning about the Twice Exceptional Child
What is the Twice Exceptional (2e) Child? Twice-exceptional children are commonly thought to be students who are gifted intellectually and also have a learning disability (2e). More recently, the...
View ArticleSelf Regulation Parent Workshop
Gifted Programs is presenting a parent workshop on self-regulation on Saturday, April 26 (a snow make-up day) from 12:30 till 2:00 at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center. A complementary...
View ArticleGifted News – Beginning of the Year 2014
As the leaves begin to fall and the weather shifts from perpetual sunshine to the bluster of autumn, the idea of all that we have to learn, understand and do during the school year is settling in with...
View ArticleEntering into Fall – October
Dates to be aware with: October 22nd – second quarter testing for gifted. Next testing window is for first grade screening in January. November 18ther – Parent Workshop about middle school options....
View ArticleNovember happenings…
Heads up first grade parents, there are some workshops that will help you better understand the gifted referral process used in Virginia Beach Public Schools. Our first meeting will be on December 11th...
View ArticleMoving Forward grades K- 2
During the past few months, students at Trantwood Elementary have had a wide range of enriching experiences. Kindergarten students have had lessons to bring out the explorer in each of them. Each...
View ArticleApps for Gifted or Bright Children
As parents of bright children, we waffle between not wanting our children to be plugged in too much and the realization that some of these systems of entertainment are actually providing our children...
View ArticleA great book suggestion for parents of a gifted child
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child What does it mean to be “gifted”? What’s good—and not so good—about being identified as...
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Welcome
Announcements Welcome to the Trantwood Gifted Education website 2015-2016. The goal of our site is to provide information regarding the gifted program, updates, and special events. I am proud to serve...
View ArticleGifted Visual Art applications and Gifted Dance applications
Dear Parents, To learn more about the programs please view the below link… for applications, please read below. http://www.vbschools.com/curriculum/gifted/elemgift.asp Deadlines approaching! If you...
View ArticleCreativity – Art and Dance
February 2, 2016 is the deadline for applications to Old Donation Art and Dance Programs for students in grades 2-7 (for attendance in grades 3-8). I recently had the pleasure of visiting our current...
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