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Beverly Blackmon
OAK GROVE LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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 EXCEL Extras  

 

 

 Are You a Brainiac?

   We are off to a great start to our Brainiacs unit. Students have learned the major parts of the brain and the function of each, how neurons work, and investigated which side of their brain is dominant. Did you know that we have about 100 billion brain cells and we start to lose thousands of brain cells after the age of 20? No wonder I can’t remember where I put my cell phone.

   During this next month, students will experiment with reaction time, create optical illusions, and learn how to keep their brain safe with a special egg drop activity.

   Students will be bringing home the “thinking cap“ they created to represent their “smarts”. Please ask your child to explain his/her cap. What smarts do you have in common with your child?

 

Save the Date: October 29th

 

Wood Magic Science Fair

     Not all field trips require travel. On Thursday, October 29th the field trip is coming to us at the Oak Grove Gifted Center.  Mississippi State University Forestry Department will be presented the Wood Magic Science Fair to all third grade EXCEL students. Please save the date as we will need plenty of parent volunteers. More information will be sent home in the coming month.

 

 

October 9-13

 

    Third Grade EXCEL Schedule:

8:00 - 10:40 EXCEL

10:40 - 11:05 Lunch at OGMS Café

11:05 - 11:35 EXCEL

11:35 - 12:00 Recess

12:00 - 1:30 EXCEL

1:30 Return to OGLE

Please help your child remember to put all items needed for a successful day in EXCEL (snack, lunch or lunch money, water bottle, chocolate for the teacher, etc.) in their backpack.

           

   

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     Our Big Idea

   Throughout this year, the focus of our units will be on form and function.  Students will examine the form of an object, its shape and parts, to determine the effect it has on the way in which the object functions or operates within our world.  The interconnection between form and function will be related to:

  • the individual student
  • the world around us
  • inventors and innovators who have changed our world
  • the student's ability to affect our world through creative problem solving                                  

     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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