Talented and Gifted

The TAG Pull-Out Program at Ardmore Elementary

Students meet for two hours a week to work on activities outlined in the TAG curriculum guides under the supervision of a teacher trained in delivering the curriculum.  At the primary level (grades 2 & 3) the thematic TAG curriculum alternates every other year. At the intermediate level (grades 4 & 5) the thematic TAG curriculum alternates on a three-year cycle. These plans ensure that students will not repeat any of the content and that a sequence of skills is developed.

TAG Program Components

The components of the Pull-Out program are as follows: 

• meeting together once a week for a minimum of 1.5 hours (grades 2 & 3) and 2 hours (grades 4-5)
• maintaining separate groups for primary (grades 2 & 3) and intermediate (grades 4 & 5) students
• implementing primary and intermediate thematic, interdisciplinary curricular units that rotate on a 2 or 3 year cycle respectively 
• inclusion of higher level, creative,  and critical thinking skills 
• emphasis on  advanced research and study skills 
• providing guided independent study opportunities 
• Junior Great Books Discussion Program 
• offering off-site educational, scientific, and artistic enrichment opportunities

Interdisciplinary Primary Units

• Structures 
• Symmetry 
• Guided Independent Study 
• Junior Great Books Discussion Program

Interdisciplinary Intermediate Units

• Close Encounters With Creative Minds 
• Applied Creative Thinking 
• Guided Independent Study 
• Junior Great Books Discussion Program