Buncombe County Schools AIG Program
- Nominations for AIG services (grades 3 and above) with testing and placement of students showing a definite or extreme need for AIG services
- Cluster grouping (5 AIG students or more) in classrooms where teachers have local endorsement in gifted education
- Curriculum differentiation by the classroom teachers
- Enrichment materials available for loan to teachers
- Consultations with classroom teachers available by the AIG Specialist
- Weekly enrichment groups with the AIG Specialist using curriculum designed for all Buncombe County AIG students
- Critical, creative, and logical thinking activities interspersed with the regular AIG curriculum
- A separate program called "Problem Solvers" for primary students in grades 1 and 2 who show a need for enrichment
AIG Enrichment Classes
Students in grades 3-8 will continue to build on primary skills, plus:
- Gain awareness of themselves as individuals who have unique academic and socio-emotional needs
- Participate in activities which develop independent, critical, and creative thinking skills
- Develop independence in identifying and solving meaningful problems
- Begin developing mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills which call for authentic application of concepts in non-practiced contexts
- Develop their desire and ability to communicate intelligibly and creatively
- Develop the ability to think critically about humankind and demonstrate social responsibility in a global community
- Develop the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams to accomplish a common goal
- Monitor one's own understanding and learning needs and demonstrate commitment to learning as a lifelong process
- Apply higher level thinking by expanding concepts and skills in the following areas: information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy
Sources: North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Partnership for 21st Century Skills
AIG Curriculum for Grade 3
· Toys in Space--an interdisciplinary unit using resources from NASA
· Caesar's English--advanced vocabulary from classic books and Latin stems
· Gifted awareness
· Algebra Thinking: First Experiences
· Integration of technology
AIG Curriculum for Grade 4
· Our World, Our Future--a concept-based unit on the environment
· Heliophysics and Space Weather--an interdisciplinary unit using resources from NASA
· Caesar's English--advanced vocabulary from classic books and Latin stems
· Introduction of deBono's Six Thinking Hats
· Gifted awareness
· Hands On Equations--an algebra unit
Integration of technology