-KES and KCS Announcement –

Attention Parents!

2007- 2008 Speaker Presentations at the Kennebunk Free Library

Wednesdays from 6:30 PM until 7:45 PM in the Hank’s Room

November 28

Martha Foley, Advanced Placement Coordinator & GT Language Arts Teacher, MSK & KHS will speak about AP.

The Kennebunk Free Library will display their own wonderful collection of books about gifted and talented.

December 12

Susan Cressey, International Baccalaureate Coordinator & Honors Language Arts Teacher at KHS will talk

about all the curriculum programs and options for Junior & Senior years at KHS, including IB.

January 9

Patrick Manuel, Assistant Superintendent & Curriculum Director, MSAD 71, will discuss the future of GATES.

February 13

Kathi Kearney, Nationally Recognized Author, Speaker, Consultant, and Teacher of Gifted & Talented, MSAD 60

will speak about highly intelligent children and how they learn.

March 19

Pamela Perkins, Admissions Director of the Maine School of Science & Mathematics will talk about Maine’s own

magnet school and the academic programming.

April 9

Janet Cate, Director of Kennebunk Free Library will present a power point about MARVEL! Maine’s Virtual

Library, a fabulous internet tool for research & pleasure; followed by information about the MSSM & Creative

Festival of Youth summer camps.

May 7

TBD, Business meeting, election of officers

* Our meetings are learning based, and last one hour and fifteen minutes. Everyone is welcome!

* Please RSVP if you would like to attend ASAP to Cathy Kremer at 985-2211.

Sponsored by the Dynamic Learners parent group.

 

Kennebunk Elementary School – All third grade classes have been working on learning analogies.  In October, as further enrichment, third grade classes were introduced to the WordMasters Program. WM will continue all year long with the first competition in December for the first twenty-five words. Students are being encouraged to find WM words in their daily lives, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, signs, books, etc.  Bring in the word and add it to our “I Spied A WordMasters Word,” outside the GATES office. By the end of October all second grade classrooms were at KES had received services by the GATES teacher.  These were either in the way of lessons on visual analogies, reading assessment testing, or pre-testing for EDM units.  The first grade rotation began the week of November 5^th and will continue through until the holiday break in December. In first grade, all classes are being introduced to the Step Up to Writing Program. Kindergarten classes are monitored and consulted with on a weekly basis. 

 

Kennebunkport Consolidated School – At the end of October the KCS Math Team went to the first meet in Portland.  The team did quite well placing 14^th out of 29 fifth grade teams from all over Southern Maine.  Students were exciting about the competition and are continuing to practice once or twice each week in preparation for the next meet on Tuesday, January 22^nd.  The GATES Literature class meets weekly and students have completed reading short stories and are now ready to work on an independent reading book of their own choice.  They will be asked to present a project that represents their books in early December.  Fifth and fourth grade students at KCS are all working on the WM challenge.  They too are trying to find words for our WM Bulletin Board.  The words for grades three, four and five are listed below, so that students can be on the look out for their citing.  Third grades at KCS are busy working on finding synonyms and antonyms for their WM words.  Second grade students worked on analogies in September and October and now first grade students will begin the work on the Step Up to Writing Program too.  Kindergarten classes are monitored and consulted with on a weekly basis. 

 

      Third Grade WordMasters Words  Fourth & Fifth Grade WordMasters Words

 

            batch          slither       nervy                     garret               confidence         addle

            hustler     shatter     bold                       sidle                 grueling    loyal

            flutter       droopy    daredevil                bluff                  miser                   surge

            flock       cautious  scramble                  confound          passive                spirited

            snout       sty            crumble                 spendthrift        glen                     quail

            flicker     dim           dazzling                 plunge              sprightly               pensive

            corral      loaf           slender                  canopy             allegiance             recede

            herd       dillydally  glum                        ebb                  sedentary             sheepish

                          coward                                                           depression