Elementary 4/5/6 Highly Capable Program
Overview
The 4/5/6 Highly Capable program is offered at each elementary school and is a multi-age, full-time class that emphasizes abstract thinking, complexity and depth. This program is offered at each elementary school and is a multi-age, full-time class that emphasizes abstract thinking, complexity and depth. Differentiated instruction within each classroom may include one or more of the following strategies: pre-assessment and tiered lessons, open-ended questioning strategies and higher-level thinking skills. There are opportunities for students to make independent choices when appropriate in content, process and product.
Indicators may come from classroom-based assessments, CogAT scores along with parent, student, and/or teacher observations. Students who may be a candidate for highly capable services are those who exhibit some of the following characteristics:
- Learns more rapidly and easily than their peers
- Offers original and imaginative responses
- Has extensive vocabulary
- Asks many questions
- Has a sophisticated sense of humor