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3rd Grade Enrichment Clusters Fall 2015

SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Table of Contents Welcome To Our Enrichment Program

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How Can I Help My Child Choose?

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Multiple Intelligences

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program “Every child should have the chance to be exceptional without exception.”~Dr. Joseph Renzulli Dear Parents, Welcome to the Fall semester of our Enrichment program of Enrichment Clusters for Grade 3 to begin on Wednesday, October 7th for nine weeks, followed by a second semester beginning in January. Our program affords every child an opportunity to participate in an Enrichment slot. This broad enrichment initiative reflects our deep commitment to enabling each student to discover and take pride in the gifts and talents with which she or he is endowed and in our commitment to championing a broader conception of giftedness.

Your children will have the opportunity to explore an area of interest, talent, or passion in depth, while in a small multi-age group with other students and a facilitator who also share this interest. Many clusters will engage a visiting speaker, who is a professional in a related field of study to act as resource for the students’ inquiries and to model what is possible as a 21st Century real world problem-solver. The challenging learning pursued is grounded in the production of a product, performance, or service for an authentic audience.

Our program is based on the Schoolwide Enrichment Model created by Dr. Joseph Renzulli, Director of 3

SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program The National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented. In this model, Enrichment Clusters disseminate enrichment pedagogy to every student and are founded on the belief that everyone has the potential to demonstrate gifted behavior. Our Enrichment Cluster Program also aligns with Multiple Intelligence Theory, and our many varied enrichment learning offerings address the diverse abilities and strengths children possess. Our ultimate goal is to help children develop their interests and talents and understand how they can share their gifts with the world.

Please fill out the Student Selection Form by Friday, September 18th, after which date some Enrichment Clusters will become filled.

Feel free to be in touch with Sharon Marson at: marsos@saracademy.org or at 718-548-1717 x1212 if you would like to be involved in this program or if you have any questions.

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss Principal Sharon Marson Director of the Arts & Enrichment 4

SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program How Can I Help My Child Choose?

To help your child explore his or her interests and strengths, you may want to consider the following Venn Diagram and the type of intelligence each Enrichment Cluster targets, which is listed with each Cluster description.

We are asking that each child select 3 enrichment learning opportunities in which he or she is interested.

Please fill out the online Student Selection Form for your child in grade 3 by Friday, September 18th, after which date some Enrichment Clusters will become filled.

Every student is guaranteed a place in one of his or her three selections. If only one selection is made, we cannot guarantee placement in that Enrichment Cluster.

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Here is a Venn Diagram that can be used to consider your child’s strengths and interests:

Talent

Interest

What did you discover? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart) Using language, spoken or written, to make connections and derive meaning.

You may like to read, play word games, tell stories, discuss ideas, or learn foreign languages.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (Logic Smart) Using numbers and reasoning to make sense of information.

You may like to play chess, decipher strategy games, brainteasers, or logic puzzles.

Spatial Intelligence (Picture Smart) Using mental pictures to learn and remember information.

You may like puzzles, mazes, creating art, or building models.

Kinesthetic Intelligence (Body Smart) Using movement to express thoughts and ideas.

You may like physical activity, sports, dance, roleplaying, acting, or hands-on activities including building things.

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Interpersonal Intelligence (People Smart) Understanding and caring about relationships and people and their moods and feelings.

You may like group games, working cooperatively in a group, or have the ability to motivate people and communicate well with them.

Intrapersonal Intelligence (Self Smart) Using thought and reflection to understand information.

You may like to be alone, are self-motivated, enjoy your independence, and know yourself very well.

Naturalist Intelligence (Nature/Science Smart) Understanding natural patterns and cycles to explain how things work in nature and science.

You may like to learn about nature, enjoy being outside, or appreciate the environment.

Musical Intelligence (Music Smart) Using rhythm, musical patterns, tones, sounds, or melody to understand information.

You may like to sing, play an instrument, compose songs, remember songs, or are sensitive to noises or sounds, and typically have strong language skills.

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Welcome to our Enrichment Cluster Program!

1. CODEKIDS: Robotics And Video Game Programming Have you ever played a video game and wished you could build one yourself? Are you a Lego lover who would love to bring your creations to life? Discover how to write a program (a series of instructions) to make your computer or robot follow commands. (It’s so cool!)

Learn to follow a Lego design blueprint to construct robots that use interlocking gears. Remember, your robot will not be able to do your homework for you!

Facilitator: Rivka Heisler Rivka Heisler, mother of 4 Lego crazy kids, has built countless constructions. As SAR’s Technology Integrator she knows several computing languages: LegoNxt, Scratch, Enchanting. In an educational cohort at MIT Rivkah learned more about teaching Scratch to elementary school students. She wishes she could play video games as well as she can program them.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Spatial, Kinesthetic Driving Question: How can we write clear directions that computers can follow and follow directions to build a specified construction?

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2. ELECTRICITY CITY: LIGHT IT UP! What is electricity? How does it work? How does electricity travel? Did you know that electricity is even involved when you turn on a faucet? Let’s use the principles of STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math to figure it out. We will blink and buzz our way to electricity and circuitry! Create your own circuit and investigate which materials conduct electricity.

Discover which ones insulate to stop electrons in their tracks. Explore and practice electricity safety. Make discoveries about batteries and create batteries out of common household items including a lemon, potatoes, and water. Then demonstrate your knowledge and mastery in designing a light-up card that uses conductive properties you came to understand in this charged Enrichment Cluster.

Facilitator: Renata Cohen Morah Renata is an artist, a curious math thinker, a scientist, and an innovator. She taught biology for many years and is now a science specialist at SAR Academy.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Kinesthetic, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial Driving Question: How can our understanding of electricity help us create electricity ourselves?

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3. AD DETECTIVE AGENCY Why is Frosted Flakes cereal popular? How would you sell something to an alien, a pet owner, a child? What makes you say, “I want that?� Be an ad detective, learn the tricks of advertising and go behind the scenes of television, music, and magazines to find out how companies get you interested in their product. How are things placed in a store? Why are some things right next to the cash register? What do successful ads want us to buy, do, or think? Examine food advertising tricks and design your own advertisement using what you've learned. Consider commercials and create an irresistible jingle of your own. This class will inspire you to take a second look at the media messages all around.

Facilitator: Debra Apfelbaum Morah Debra teaches third grade General Studies. She loves to think critically about the world around her and be creative. With Debra's eye for artistry and her love of words she is looking forward to exploring the world of advertising with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Spatial Driving Question: How can we create an ad campaign to interest children in a product?

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4. INTO THE WOODS: Outdoor Adventure Society Join Jessica Haller and an Urban Park Ranger to explore Riverdale Park, a home for wildlife right in SAR’s backyard. In this adventure, experience the natural environment and different ecosystems in all sorts of weather conditions. Consider which animal made tracks we find, which tree makes the best animal home, and which naturally growing plants are safe to eat. Use hands-on experimentation to gather data, identify plants, map various terrain, and analyze and record the findings in a personal field journal. We’ll hike to the park and experience the living laboratory of the natural world and this exciting rain-or-shine adventure!

Field books and ponchos provided.

Facilitators: Jessica Haller and Ranger Grant, Urban Park Ranger SAR mom, Jessica Haller is an entrepreneur, a consultant, a Sustainability Professional, a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Leader with the Climate Reality Project. She cares deeply about the welfare of the environment and is excited to share this passion with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Kinesthetic, Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial Driving Question: How can environmental studies help us make a difference?

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5. PAINT YOUR HeART OUT: Landscape Studio Would you like to work like a fine artist and paint on your own professional canvas? Then roll up your sleeves and come sketch and then paint a landscape in a traditional style using watercolor mediums and mixed media. What landscape lays outside SAR or at Wave Hill? You will paint in both locations. Explore the work of great impressionist painters through modern artists to deepen your visual vocabulary and develop your skill. Consider composition, color mixing, and develop your eye for how you look at nature. Perhaps you would like to display your artwork at Wave Hill’s Family Art Studio. Come enjoy expressing yourself at “Paint Your HeART Out.” Facilitator: Wave Hill Educator Ivy Garcia Ivy Garcia joined the staff as Family Art Project Assistant Leader, fall 2013. Ivy worked as Family Programs Coordinator/Artist Educator at El Museo del Barrio, where she planned and organized art-making, storytelling, musical performances and gallery tours for families and groups, and at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, where she led museum and neighborhood walking tours.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Intrapersonal, Naturalist Driving Question: How can we as landscape artists deepen our appreciation for our beautiful world? 14

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6. BIG SHOT PHOTOJOURNALISM GROUP: Engineer Your Own Digital Camera And Be a Photojournalist!

Compose and capture interesting, funny, special moments from everyday life while experimenting with framing, lighting, and motion. Using a digital camera or an iPad, become an SAR photojournalist. Then build a camera; a true combination of technology and the arts!

Bigshot, the world’s first DIY digital camera built for STEM learning, invented by Shree Nayar, a Columbia Professor, is a way to learn the art of building a camera. In assembling it with a partner, you will experience science and engineering concepts. Come create a fully functioning digital camera! At the end of the Cluster our cameras will be sent to children in Israel so they too cam capture special moments in their world.

Facilitator: Melissa Rothwax Morah Melissa, has always had a passion for taking pictures. You can count on her to “snap-in!” with her camera at every photo-op. She is excited to explore Big Shot with young camera aficionados.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Linguistic, Spatial, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal Driving Question: How can building a camera and taking photographs change how we understand design and how we see our world?

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7. FOUR STAR DINING FORUM* Yes, we will be sampling the food at area restaurants, but we will be doing much more than that! Be prepared to learn about nutrition, practice math facts, develop your descriptive vocabulary, and explore different parts of the world. Then we’ll be revving up our writing so that our reviews are as tasty and exciting as the food.

Restaurant reviewers are well-respected professionals, who take pride in their work. Their reviews can help determine if a restaurant becomes popular or not, and the reviews themselves are sometimes the most widely read column in newspapers and magazines.

Facilitator: Kathy Kafer While she has never been a professional restaurant reviewer, Mrs. Kafer has enjoyed dining & writing since she can remember. Before coming to SAR, Mrs. Kafer worked as a newspaper reporter, and she has also written plays and screenplays. She is looking forward to working together with SAR's new restaurant reviewers.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Intrapersonal, Naturalist Driving Question: In what ways can thinking analytically and creatively hone our “Restaurant Review” writing skills?

*Please be careful in selecting this Enrichment Cluster for children with food allergies as the establishments visited may not be nut free, etc.

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8. STEM WONDERWORKS: The Science Of Toys Energy, Physics, Chemistry . . . .Toys! Do you love exploring science and doing experiments? Do you ever wonder what makes toys work? We will explore how science is in toys and how toys can be science. Let’s build or take apart several popular toys and explore the mechanics inside: forces, motion, density, buoyancy, and more. Let’s see what is behind all that fun! With your recently acquired knowledge you may want to sketch a design for a new toy that includes science principles. Spark your imagination by seeing what happened when one motivated child built “Cain’s Arcade.” Could your design be the next big craze in toys?

Facilitator: Jennifer Sokol Jennifer Sokol is our Program Coordinator and Middle School Science Teacher with a Masters Degree in Science Education. She loves hands-on science experiments and delving into the scientific mysteries found in all aspects of life.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Linguistic, Naturalist, Spatial Driving Question: What are toy designers thinking?

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9. TOP SECRET: Say It With Sign Can you really speak without using your voice? Come listen with your eyes & let your fingers do the talking.

Discover how fun & easy it is to learn American Sign Language. We’ll start with basic vocabulary and fingerspelling, then develop our conversation skills as we build fluency. Explore how, when, and why sign language began. Discover the power of visual expression and this wonderful and creative way to communicate with others. Develop the tools necessary to communicate with the deaf and hard of hearing.

Most of all, empower yourself by learning this visual language and you can teach others to sign with you.

Facilitator: Lauren Lieberman Lauren Lieberman holds an M.A. in Cognitive Studies in Education from Teachers College as well as a B.A. in Economics & Religion from Columbia University. She taught at the elementary & high school level in liberal arts and sciences. Her current interests are in developing student awareness of the deaf and disabled population, as well as exploring the benefits of sign language for the realm of special education.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal Driving Question: How can sign language get us thinking about spoken language, connect us with others and develop our communication skills?

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10. COLORWHEEL COLLABORATIVE Have you ever heard of emerald green, Tyrian purple, International Klein Blue or ochre? Behind every color is a story! Come make discoveries about Stone Age cave paintings and mummies painted with Egyptian Blue pigment. How did ancient civilizations use colors and how did they get them? How do we use color today?

Are we so different from Aboriginal people in Australia who use colors to mean different things? Each time we meet we will explore the mysterious story about how a different color came to be. We will find out how it was created and by whom through videos, chemistry, discussions and by exploring warm and cool colors and mixing and using colors ourselves!

Facilitator: Cecily Marbach Cecily Marbach Oberstein is most notably a mom of several SAR students and has enjoyed teaching Learning to Look to the bright students of SAR. Cecily has an MA in Cultural Policy and worked as Studio Manager for a world famous photographer and for a master printmaker.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Naturalist, Intrapersonal Driving Question: How can we impact on and communicate with our environment through color?

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11. i-BOOK PUBLISHING COMPANY: Photographs And Memories* Tell your personal story in a creative way! Do you have photographs of a time or place or people that you cherish? Would you like to create a photo book of that favorite part of your life? Then you will enjoy using an on-line publishing program to turn your favorite memories into a custom-made book! Explore various ways to arrange your photographs in a unique layout, design and embellish your backgrounds, and add some text. Come preserve and publish in the Photographs & Memories Enrichment Cluster!

Facilitators: Beth Pepper & Alana Gelnick & Barbara Sopher Morah Beth, General Studies Principal, has a passion for stories and books that chronicle people’s lives and record personal as well as collective history. Morah Alana, ELC Principal looks to capture special moments in life by designing photo books. Barbara Sopher taught 4th grade enrichment math and Ivrit at SAR. She currently works for Sopher Management, and is a Social Worker with an MBA from Columbia University.

Her true love is being with her family and SAR! Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Linguistic, Intrapersonal *25-35 personal photographs related to a theme are required. Photos need to be brought in digitally on a USB flash drive.

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12. CONSTRUCTION! ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHALLENGE SAR is under construction! Let’s explore the changes that have been made to our school and that are under construction and what can we learn from them. What does it take to make a space inviting, fun, relaxing, exciting for a child, a dog, an athlete, a shoe shopper?

What about a particular place makes you want to go back again and again? Let’s consider design, color theory, and marketing to understand what makes a space work for different people and different needs.

Meet a designer to consider how decisions are made, from materials used to placement of items in a space.

Visit some interesting spaces in our community to experience the impact of those choices. Build a space of your own to reflect your understanding of planning for a particular person or particular purpose. Let’s have fun in “Construction!”

Facilitator: Rena Karol Rena Karol has been an SAR parent for many years.

For the past four years she has spent a lot of time in the ELC as a substitute teacher. Rena is looking forward to sharing her interest in design, and exploring and experiencing it with the children in this Enrichment Cluster.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Spatial, Interpersonal.

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13. INSTITUTE FOR SPORTS SCIENCE: Exploring Human Movement Who is your favorite athlete? What makes the top athlete so much better than others in their sport? Are you interested in the human body, its muscles and bones? Have you ever wondered about the physiology of muscles and how they work and which muscle groups to concentrate on for specific sports? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then join us for “Sports Science: Exploring Human Movement.�

Analyze outstanding plays by your favorite athletes, and show your friends how those best in the game make a difference.

Facilitator: Ken Gleason & Shoshana Cohen Mr. Gleason has been around sports and athletes his entire life. He is a former Division I baseball player at Manhattan College and current basketball and baseball coach on the high school level. He looks forward to sharing his love of athletics with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal Driving Question: How can what we discover about athletes help us understand how to achieve greatness?

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14. CERAMICS INSTITUTE Did you know that one of the first human inventions were clay vessels? Do you know where clay comes from? Have you ever wondered how stone age men were able to carry food and liquids back to their caves?

What is a vessel? Consider how Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Israelites lit their homes and temples?

In this Cluster we will explore where clay is found and how it is made. Experience the full process of ceramic making starting with a slab to sculpting through glazing.

This is a hands-on design experience creating different types of clay vessels that are both functional and decorative.

Faciliatator: Chani Jaskoll Chani, a professional artist and has been SAR’s art teacher for many years. She has studied ceramics and is currently working in a Ceramics Studio creating many different kinds of hand-built vessels.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Kinesthetic

Driving Question: How can clay be used to create a vessel that holds liquids or solids?

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15. COOK UP A TALE ENSEMBLE Would you love acting out scenes from favorite fables and preparing the food for the scene? We will visit tales like Strega Nona and The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola, The Stinky Cheeseman by Jon Scieszka, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl as the chocolate river is stirred. These stories are filled with delicious foods that can stimulate our appetites and imaginations. The ingredients sprinkled in these books will inspire us to cook them up while we act out some of the food-filled vignettes. Let’s choose a scene or two to explore and enter the world of theatrical production and performance as we cook up a tale!

Facilitator: Adeena Rosen Adeena Rosen, SAR mom and lover of food, holds an MA in education. She has worked both as a formal elementary school educator and as a drama teacher in an informal setting.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Kinesthetic, Naturalist, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal Driving Question: How can our love for theater help us express ourselves and communicate with others?

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16. GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTITUTE: What If Picasso Had An iPad? Using Art Apps “Real” Artists Use With iPads we will paint, sketch, and print our artwork while delving into and exploring art apps including ArtRage. Did you know that with art apps you can use a virtual brush and enhance digital images? Imagine what van Gogh’s Starry Night might have looked like if he used apps to paint this masterpiece? Let’s explore the work of various artists and their techniques to imagine what the design and composition of their art might be if they were living in the 21st Century and had an iPad. Come create computer generated masterpieces of your very own. Perhaps you will choose to put them on gallery-display!

Facilitator: Debby Schloss Debby Schloss, a veteran SAR faculty member will be combining her love of art and computers in “What If Picasso Had An iPad?” When Debby isn’t at SAR Academy, she loves spending family time trekking around Manhattan or tiyuling around Israel.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Intrapersonal Driving Question: How can we as digital artists transform the way we look at and create art in the 21st Century?

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17. Geometry + Design = Math + Art Do you like math and art, but don’t see how they connect? In this Cluster you will explore how related they really are. What is geometry? It is a branch of mathematics concerned with shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. Explore these elements and qualities in design in this blended learning Cluster with math educator Yehuda Najman and visual artist Adiella Shem Tov. Explore the work of the cubists, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Calder,and Piet Mondrian and create artworks that reflect your understanding of the blending of math and art!

Facilitators: Adiella Shem Tov and Yehuda Najman Morah Adiella, an SAR art educator who works in our Art Room, created and facilitates Living Torah classes as well as large scale artworks for the school. She has a BFA from Concordia U, where she majored in sculpture and minored in psychology. She’s passionate about Torah, art, and working with children and loves that working at SAR combines all of her interests.

Yehuda, former SAR teacher who has made aliyah, is fascinated by geometry and the way math interfaces with art. He is excited to share this passion with SAR students via skype.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Spatial, Intrapersonal Driving Question: How does understanding of geometry inform design?

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Student Selection Form For Enrichment Clusters We are asking the children to think about the 3 Enrichment Clusters they are most interested in attending. In reading through our selections with your child, please guide him or her in recognizing how he/ she might be interested in several different clusters.

For example, if your child has logical-mathematical intelligence (Logic Smart) then “STEM Wonderworks: The Science of Toys,” “Construction! Architectural Design Challenge,” or “Geometry + Design= Math + Art” might be exciting Cluster selections. Or, if their interest lies in the naturalist arena (Science Smart) then perhaps he or she would be drawn to “Into The Woods,” “Electricity City” or “Four Star Dining Forum.”

Please make 3 selections on the online form by Friday, September 18th after which date some Enrichment Clusters will become filled.

Every student is guaranteed a place in one of his or her three selections. If only one selection is made, we cannot guarantee placement in that Enrichment Cluster. Students will receive their Cluster registration prior to the first session.

If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Marson, our Director of the Arts and Enrichment at marsos@saracademy.org or 718-548-1717 x 1212.

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“Every child should have the chance to be exceptional without exception.” ~Dr. Joseph Renzulli

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