Gifted Services Grades 3-5
Gifted Resource Room - Grade 3. All students in this service model are identified as gifted in reading, math, or superior cognitive thinking. The instructional focus of this service model is higher level thinking skills. Students are pulled from the general education classroom one day each week for instruction led by a gifted intervention specialist. Services are supplemented with co-teaching in the general education classroom when appropriate. All gifted students served in this setting are on a Written Education Plan that outlines the goals for the student.
Self-Contained Classroom - Grades 4 & 5. All students in this service model are identified as gifted in reading, math, or superior cognitive thinking. In this setting, the classroom functions the same as the other elementary classrooms but is led by a gifted intervention specialist. The classroom focus is on higher level thinking skills, the classroom pace is generally faster and student achievement scores typically go up. All gifted students served in this setting are on a Written Education Plan that outlines the goals for the student.
Placement in gifted services should be viewed as a response to an individual student’s needs (more rigor, a faster pace and a nurturing environment for cognitively high students). It is important to note that "gifted" and "high achievement" are not synonyms. The term "gifted" refers to a measure of potential. Some gifted students are high achievers. Some high achieving students may be gifted. The graphic linked here explores the common traits of high achievers, gifted learners, or creative thinkers.
The Office of Gifted Education follows Ohio Operating Standards for gifted. Students who receive an area of identification for gifted have done so on an assessment approved by the Ohio Department of Education for this purpose under section 3324.02 of the Revised Code. Ohio recognizes these areas for gifted identification: superior cognitive, reading/language arts, science, social studies, math, creativity, and visual and performing arts.
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