Attention Colorado Gifted Educators! Upcoming Project Eagle Workshop Alert: April 17 and 20. (This is not an April Fool's Day Joke.) To learn more or to sign up, go to s.uconn.edu/GTID #uconngifted #projecteagle_gt #coloradogifted
Colorado Workshop alert: Join us Monday April 6 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM in Grand Junction to learn how to use 9 math-based Points of Promise to spot talented ELs in grades 3-5. To register or for more information, go to s.uconn.edu/GTID #ColoradoGifted #CAGT #uconngifted
Check out what Project EAGLE has been up to--and we are not done yet! Teachers in Colorado, Arizona, or Texas, sign up for or request a free one-day talent-spotting in mathematics workshop at identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/ #uconngifted #projecteagle_gt #aagt #CAGT #tagt
Hello Arizona friends! We look forward to seeing you at AAGT conference tomorrow and Wednesday. Come to our session led by Project EAGLE trainers on Wednesday from 1:30 to 2:30, and be sure to visit Kelly at the UConn booth both days. #uconngifted #projecteagle_gt #aagt2026
The #ProjectEAGLE_GT team had a great time meeting Texas teachers and administrators at the @Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented conference. #uconngifted If you want to sign up for a no-cost workshop, sign up here: identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/
Project EAGLE is presenting at NAGC this weekend 9:15-10:00AM Friday and 3:45-4:45PM Saturday. See you in Pittsburgh! #uconngifted #nagc2025
📢Attention Texas Educators! Can you figure out who comes next in the sequence of talent spotters?
🫵You Do!
Sign up for a FREE interactive workshop across the 🤠Lone Star State 🐂 to learn how to spot talented ELs identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/
#projecteagle_gt #uconngifted #EL @txgifted
Colorado, Texas, and Arizona: Who you gonna call? PROJECT EAGLE! We'll help you bust the barriers keeping talented students hidden.👻 identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer #azgifted #txgifted #cagt #uconngifted
This past week, the #Arizona #ProjectEagle_GT team trained teachers to spot talent through interactive math activities in two different workshops, and the #Coloradoteam gave a phenomenal presentation at the 47th annual #GAGT Conference. identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/ #uconngifted
Calling Our Friends in Colorado: Visit us at the 47th Annual Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented Annual Conference. The Colorado #ProjectEAGLE_GT team will present from 11:00-11:55 AM on Monday, October 20. See you there! #uconngifted
📷 ATTENTION: Arizona, Colorado, and Texas!
Join our free one-day, interactive math-based Project EAGLE workshopsoffered throughout the 2025–26 school year.
identifygifted.education.uconn.edu/trainer/
Don’t see a convenient training listed? Submit a request here: s.uconn.edu/eaglerequest
#uconngifted
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:
slate.com/technology/2...
#UConnGifted
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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?
#UConnGifted #FractionFeud
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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?
#UConnGifted
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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.
#UConnGifted
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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
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ELLStrategies
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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?
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ClassroomVisuals
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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_____.
#UConnGifted #ELLStrategies
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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.
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ELLStrategies
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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.
#ELL #UConnGifted
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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. ⬇️
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #ELLStrategies
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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
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #math_puzzle #Geogebra
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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/
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #math_puzzle
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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.
#GT #ELL #UConnGifted #math_puzzle
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