Project EAGLE

Meet the Project EAGLE Trainers! They are excited and ready to lead no-cost workshops in AZ, CO, & TX on unlocking hidden student talent in Gr. 3–5 classrooms. Visit identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/ to learn more about hosting or attending. #Gifted #GTELs #ELLs #MLs

Project EAGLE is a dynamic approach to equitably spot #gifted #ELLs' potential and talent via engaging, problem-based math activities in the elementary classroom—including our 9 Points of Promise (POPs). #UConnGifted

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The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team invites you to check out this reflection from a math teacher who realized how he exhibited the same behaviors he bemoaned in his students when he was outmatched by a topology course:

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Math Puzzle 6 Answer🧩🧩🧩
The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team has been busily preparing to train our trainers this July.

To cut out each card on the sheet, what is the least number of cuts you would need to make?

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The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team has been busily preparing to train our trainers this July.

Fraction Feud requires fraction cards cut from 5x4 sheets. To cut out each card on the sheet, what is the least number of cuts you would need to make?

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How would you prove that 8÷2=4?

Today, we bring you the 12th and final #Project_EAGLE_GT #ELL strategy—multiple modes of expression. There are many ways for students to show their thinking—some verbal and some not.

#UConnGifted #ELLStrategies

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🙋‍♀️ You never taught us this!
🧑‍🏫 Yes I did!
🙋‍♀️(to self): That teacher doesn’t teach.
🧑‍🏫 (to self): Students need to pay attention.
Prevent this with #Project_EAGLE_GT #ELL strategy 11: Structured Conversation.
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While lectures and videos can be powerful teaching tools, they often cannot provide the same conceptual depth as direct experience.

That is why #Project_EAGLE_GT #ELL strategy 10 is Hands-on Learning

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We support building classroom cultures where all students feel comfortable sharing their thinking, even if not fully sure they have the right answer. One way of doing this is through the #Project_EAGLE_GT #ELL strategy 9: Randomization. #UConnGifted
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This week, the #ProjectEAGLE_GT team is providing you with 4️⃣#ELL strategies to make key concepts and learning strategies explicit to students.

Which of these strategies do you use in your classroom?

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Providing Sentence Frames is the fourth #ProjectEAGLE_GT ELL strategy.
Here are some sentence frames for your comments below

My favorite sentence frame for students is ______.
I use sentences frames because_____.

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The #projecteagle_gt Team identified 2 approaches to help Happy the Penguin.
1. Experimental
2. Using calculus
Can you find any others?
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ProjectileMotion #CutePenguins #calculusisfun

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New word for your math word wall:

Vinculum: The line in a fraction that separates the numerator and denominator.

Modeling and practicing academic vocabulary is the third #ProjectEAGLE_GT ELL strategy.

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The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team and Happy the Penguin need your help!

#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ProjectileMotion #CutePenguins

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The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team is excited to share with you the second of our 12 ELL Strategies: Building Background and Developing Academic Vocabulary.

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The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team is excited to share with you the first of our 12 ELL Strategies: Setting Language Goals for Lessons.

If you set language goals in your lessons, comment below. ⬇️

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#ProjectEAGLE_GT uses a dynamic approach to equitably spot #gifted #ELLs' potential via engaging, problem-based math activities in the elementary classroom. Teachers use 12 ELL strategies to engage learners.

#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ELLStrategies

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Math Puzzle 4 Answers🧩🧩🧩
Help The Kingdom of Eagle plan a parade!
Link to GeoGebra Solution and Activity: www.geogebra.org/m/htg5adzg

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Math Puzzle 4 🧩🧩🧩
Can you help The Kingdom of Eagle plan a parade?
Answers to last week’s puzzle: : www.instagram.com/p/DHKhXPERiiv/
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Did anyone solve last week’s puzzle? 🧩

Answers:
On a ruler when we divide 4 by 1/8, we are dividing the 4-inch length into 32 1/8-inch sections.
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Math Puzzle 3 🧩🧩🧩 Sometimes the hardest part of solving a problem is not finding the answer but figuring out what it means.

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Did anyone solve last week’s puzzle? 🧩

New Puzzle Coming Out Tomorrow!
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #whichonedoesnotbelong
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The #ProjectEagle_GT team promotes mathematical thinking every day but is willing to make Feb 29, 2025 a day off.
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #February29
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Math Puzzle 2 🧩🧩🧩

Which One Does Not Belong?
This puzzle taps into #ProjectEAGLE_GT Point of Promise 9: Spatial Skills.

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Did anyone solve last week’s puzzle? 🧩

New Puzzle Coming Out Tomorrow!

#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #multiplicationtables
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Math Puzzle 1 🧩
In terms of n (marked in orange on the multiplication grid), what are the patterns of the lines in yellow (n1=1, n2=4, …), green (n1=4, n2=10 …), and blue (n1=7, n2=12, …)?

Bonus: If n=8, what would the blue product be?

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We hope you join the #ProjectEAGLE_GT Team as we take part in the #greatbackyardbirdcount Friday February 14-Monday February 17.

Learn more about how to get your class involved in as little as 15 minutes: https://birdcount.org

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Hat Tip 🎩to Louisiana High School students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson!

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Finding original approaches to math problems new and old is #projecteagle_GT Point of Promise 5.

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If you are at the Arizona Annual Gifted Conference, be sure to stop by the #UConnGifted booth to say hello ✌️🤛🤘 to Dr. Siegle and our doctoral student Shana. Be sure to ask about how to become a #projecteagle_gt trainer. #GT #ELL #ArizonaGifted

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