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6th Grade EXCEL
Mrs Cindy Steven-Pheal
Zip Code: 39402
Contact Cindy Steven-PhealPage Last Updated Jan 28, 2012
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Mrs. Steven-Pheal's 6th Grade EXCEL Notes JANUARY 2012 Thanks for visiting! Please check regularly for important information about our EXCEL class, community events, and other valuable resources. We are looking forward to a great year!   Need to contact Mrs. Steven-Pheal? Click on the link above or e-mail me at cindy.stevenpheal@lamarcountyschools.org. WE HAVE THE POWER!! WANT TO SEE?  We have completed our natural disaster presentations! The students have put many hours into researching, writing, and editing, their research projects on natural disasters. Additionally, each group created a short "newscast" using facts from their natural disaster. It was exciting for the students to learn and use iMovie and our makeshift green screen to create their movies. Since this was our first time using the green screen, we learned lots of valuable lessons about lighting, color, and composition as we journeyed through the process. Students may bring in a CD to burn a copy of their movie.  OUR NEXT ADVENTURE....CLAYMATION!!!! THE STUDENTS HAVE ASKED AND ASKED, SO HERE WE GO!! We are excited to begin our next unit on clay animation. Students will learn a brief history of animation, then get down to learning how to manipulate the clay to create their unique characters for their movies. This entire process will definitely require patience and persistence from our students and will help them appreciate the skill needed to create these wonderful works of art. I wrote a grant to receive funding for our claymation unit, and thanks to the Lamar County Education Foundation, we received partial funding which covers the cost of the software and Claytoons clay we will use to create our movies. PARENTS, WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you would like to loan your digital camera during the production phase of our claymation movie, that would be a great help. Additionally, we need assistance purchasing other arts and crafts items the children will need to create their characters, backgrounds, and props. I have also created a wishlist of resources from Amazon. You may link to the list here, We are truly looking forward to using our 21st century skills to equip our students for the future.  HOW IS THE SIXTH GRADE SCHEDULE DIFFERENT FROM FIFTH GRADE? Students will walk from their regular education class to the trailers behind D Building to attend EXCEL. Students will still attend their elective classes on EXCEL day.  Want to donate? If you would like to donate to our EXCEL classroom, we would greatly appreciate it. The following items are always needed: colored cardstock, hot glue guns, hot glue gun sticks, AA batteries, HP Cartridges #56 and #57, and gift cards to Wal-Mart and Office Depot. You may also consult my wish list on Bounty's Teacher Wish List at http://www.teacherwishlist.com/wishlists/view/6948. WISH LIST ITEMS:
 WHAT IS EXCEL? EXCEL stands for EXceptional Children's Education in Lamar County. GIFTED EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY The Lamar County School District is committed to the motivation and guidance of gifted students through enriched, quality education based on the identification of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests. To fulfill this commitment, the gifted education program is dedicated to utilizing teaching strategies that broaden the students scope of knowledge while providing independent study skills that will enable them to become life-long learners. The EXCEL program strives to develop within the gifted student, a desire for excellence and a sense of individual responsibility to self and society though a program of experiences designed with special instructional approaches and alternatives to regular academic classroom instruction. | ||||||||||||||
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- Rush Hour!!! Kids, if you liked Rush Hour in the class, you can now play it online.
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- Mindware Go here to purchase some of the thinking skills games we have in our class.
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- Independent Investigation Method Have questions about the Independent Investigation Method (IIM)? The creators of this research model explain the process on their site.
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- The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies The Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies program is housed on the University of Southern Mississippi campus and offers programs for our gifted students. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the links to valuable information concerning gifted education.
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