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Don't miss out on our upcoming AIG Department Enrichment Events for the 2022-2023 school year. 

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AIG Department Enrichment Events 2022-2023

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Summer 2022

During summer enrichment, AIG students had a chance to explore strategy-based games while focusing on problem-solving skills. Campers played six different strategic games and took notes about social and problem-solving skills they utilized during play. The week ended with students using what they had learned to create their own strategy game.

Nurturing Round 1

Round 1 of Nurturing Lessons kicked off throughout the county on August 29th.  During nurturing lessons, students learn about and practice using critical thinking skills.  View the list below to see the thinking skill each grade level focused on and a brief description of each grade level’s activity.

K- Nurturing Lessons begin the week of October 17th

1st- Creative Thinking- students turned “bubbles” into new and original pictures

2nd-Logical Thinking-students practiced using clues to solve logic puzzles

3rd- Visual/Logical Thinking- Students learned about analogies and practiced solving analogies with words and pictures. 

Nurturing Round 2

K-3 across the county participated in the 2nd Round of Nurturing Lessons beginning the week of September 19th. View the list below to see the thinking skill each grade level focused on and a brief description of each grade level’s activity.

K- Nurturing Lessons begin the week of October 17th

1st- Visual Thinking- students used their eyes and brains to find matching pictures and solve tangram puzzles

2nd-Creative Thinking-students playing a game where they created sentences and added details to a simple line to create new and original pictures. 

3rd- Visual/Logical Thinking- Students continued to learn about analogies, explored number patterns, and solve math problems with missing information. 

Nurturing Round 3

K-3 across the county participated in the 3rd Round of Nurturing Lessons beginning the week of October 17th. View the list below to see the thinking skill each grade level focused on and a brief description of each grade level’s activity.

K- Visual Thinking: Students used their creativity to create a picture using up to three black dots after reading the story, Ten Black Dots.

1- Scientific Thinking: Students learned about scientists and how to think like a scientist. They worked with classifying objects and sorting them into groups.

2- Visual Thinking: Students learned how to use their eyes and brains to complete a Pentominoe puzzle and match rotating shape dominoes.

3- Analogies: Students reviewed all of the analogy skills learned so far and used them in a fun review game.

Nurturing Round 4

K-3 across the county participated in the 4th Round of Nurturing Lessons beginning the week of January 8th. View the list below to see the thinking skill each grade level focused on and a brief description of each grade level’s activity.

K- Visual Thinking: Students continued to use visual thinking skills to find differences in pictures and complete images with combination cards.

1- Logical Thinking- Students learned how to use clues to help them solve a problem or puzzle.

2-Divergent Thinking- Students worked on looking at the same objects from different perspectives and brainstorming what items it most resembled. They also created their own image using a squiggly line.

3- Logical Thinking: Students learned how to solve logic elimination grids by using clues.

Nurturing Round 5

K-3 across the county participated in the 5th Round of Nurturing Lessons beginning the week of January 9th. View the list below to see the thinking skill each grade level focused on and a brief description of each grade level’s activity.

K- Visual Thinking: Students continue to work with visual thinking skills by working with tangrams to create shapes and animals.

1- Evaluative Thinking- Students use evaluative thinking to help them make the best decisions about pets for specific homes and to choose materials that are important in building a dog house, painting a picture, and baking a cake.

2- Convergent Thinking- Students used convergent thinking to decipher a secret message.

3- Logical Thinking-Students continued working with clues to solve logic elimination grids and learned to solve linear logic puzzles.

The North Carolina Governor’s School is a multi-week residential summer program for gifted and talented high school students. Students are invited to apply during the fall of their sophomore or junior years and are notified of their acceptance/non-acceptance in early spring. Students spend four weeks on a North Carolina college campus where they live, go to class with content expert teachers, and experience life as an independent learner. Courses range from fine and performing arts to highly advanced academic disciplines. Information about the Summer 2023 Governor’s School is published and online. All high school guidance departments have been updated with the most current information.

http://www.ncgsfoundation.org/

For more information on the North Carolina Governor’s School, visit the DPI web site or contact Brian O’Shea, AIG Lead Teacher for Secondary Schools (osheabp@rss.k12.nc.us).