Welcome!

**Hi everyone! Welcome to a brand new school year! This Wiki page should really help with keeping us all connected. I am planning to use this Wiki as a way for all of us to communicate with each other about differentiating activities in the classroom for the Advanced Studies students.**

**Advanced Studies is pretty much the same as last year with the exception of how 1st and 2nd grades are scheduled. I will be coming into all 1st and 2nd grade classrooms this year. My classes will be held on a weekly basis (every other marking period) and they will consist of enrichment activities in which all students will be able to participate. We will not have to lesson plan together...I will be responsible for preparing the lesson that I facilitate in your classroom. However, I am still here for you as a resource for developing differentiated learning activities for the identified Advanced Studies students. I am hoping that this Wiki will make that communication convenient for everyone.**

**So here's my plan! Let me know what you think! I would like to set up a place on this Wiki where you can send me a message (all teachers will be able to see it.) For example:**

**Melanie, I am doing a lesson on Needs and Wants and I know that "so and so" has already mastered the concept. Do you have any ideas of how I can extend that concept?**

**I will then do some research, search through my files, rack my brain..hahaha...whatever I need to do in order to come up with some ideas that might work for you. Also, other teachers can chime in and contribute their ideas, as well as use the Wiki as a place to FIND ideas. You never know...someone might have the same question as you do and the resources are already on the Wiki waiting for you! Overall, I just want to be able to have a place set up for us to use as a communication tool so I can be a resource to you when it comes to differentiating for the Advanced Studies students.**

**As for the older grades (3-5), your students will be pulled out at specific times throughout the week. Even though we don't have to have "planning time" together (since I won't be coming into your classrooms), I would still love to be able to help with differentiation if it's needed! :-)**

**I'm looking forward to working with everyone this year!** **-Melanie**