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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS UPDATE

Books continue to be checked out and read.

Thank you for your efforts to make this project

successful…BUT THERE ARE STILL NUMEROUS

BOOKS TO READ! KEEP ON TURNING THOSE

PAGES!!!

TEAM NAMES: (created by the participating students)

*Lincoln O.W.L.E.S. (One Winning Lincoln School)

*Washington Battling Bookworms

*CCMS B.L.I.T.S. (Charles City Middle School

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Something to Know About Gifted ChildrenJoyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed. D. Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary Gifted students have affective characteristics that render them vulnerable in school settings such as perfectionism, sensitivity, and intensity (Lovecky, 1992; Robinson, 2002).

Informative Sites

www.belinblank.org/summer Check this website out for

possible summer programs for your child @ the Belin-Blank

Center located at the University of Iowa.

www.gifted.uconn.edu/parents/parentws.htmlThe website provides

resources for parents of gifted children.

THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO:

The Night of the Notables:

After having some in-depth discussions and debates

with the gifted students, I have decided to allow the students to choose a topic

other than a person for their Night of the Notables project. Students are still able to choose a person, but they now have the

option of choosing another topic. My only request is that the student must be able to prove that their

topic of choice is noteworthy or has made a positive difference in the

world.

RANDOM ACTIVITY:

On the front of the newsletter, color the

squares and create a mosaic.

On the back, what can you create

using only two dots?

http://cliparts101.com/files/140/95D08BC34E5A09D95EA896D9962341FF/Book_of_Knowledge.png

Remember to… Always Seek Knowledge!!

An excerpt from

Bethany Linde’sCreative

Expressions Portfolio…

Do You Know Me?No one knows me

Think you do?Then would I wearA Converse shoe?

I don’t wear glassesI do not write

But I will sleepWith animals at

nightI play Minecraft

Though Moshi’s I hate

Or do I love them?I can’t think straight

I don’t like purpleI cannot spell

To Avril LavigneI say farewellShe is too oldTo sing againOr maybe notShe is a friendBut Taylor SwiftI kinda like her

Do you know me?Then this decipher

Student

Spotlight:

In this poem,

Bethany was

required to

include six

truths, six

half-truths & 6

non-truths

about herself.

December Brain Teaser

A woman’s age at the time of her death was one

twenty-ninth of the year of her birth. How old was she

in the year 1900?

EDUCATIONAL Opportunities:

Each month there will be new opportunities highlighted

in the newsletter.

Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage

writing, art, photos, and forums. Students must be

13 to 19 to register and submit work. Check out

teenink.com for more details.

BE WATCHING for information coming home

about the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

BEE that will be held at each of the following schools for

gifted students to participate in:

LincolnWashington

Middle SchoolNOVEMBER BRAIN TEASER ANSWERS

SET 1: Drop KICK KICK Off KICK Stand

SET 2: FOREGo ThereFORE FORESeen

SET 3: FORMFitting LandFORM FreeFORM