Mrs. Royer 

Gifted Enrichment   
St. Martin Parish
 Parks (1st-6th), and St. Martinville (1st-5th)

Stephensville: (1st-8th)

 

Email: [email protected] 

Phone Number: 337-845-4663 EXT 2943

 

  

 

Mrs. Royer 

Gifted Enrichment   
St. Martin Parish
 Parks (1st-6th), and St. Martinville (1st-5th)

Stephensville: (1st-8th)

 

Email: [email protected] 

Phone Number: 337-845-4663 EXT 2943

 

 

 

WELCOME!

* Parents: Please keep in touch via REMIND app for more updates.

*Virtual Students - Google Meet link will be emailed five minutes before class to join in!

* Face to Face Students: Teacher will travel to students' school for services.

* MOST IMPORTANT:

All students: Check Google Classroom DAILY for updates for Gifted!

 

 

2022-2023

Dear Parents,  

 

     Welcome to a new school year in gifted enrichment.  My name is Patrice Royer.  I am going to be your child’s teacher of gifted education. I am currently housed at Parks Primary. The principal at Parks Primary is Tassala Jones and the Assistant Principal is Shauntel Blanchard.

 

Gifted Enrichment Lessons Include: 

• Computer Science: Coding and writing/animating stories 

• Novel Study

• Innovative teaching strategies; Critical thinking skills

• Social and Emotional awareness

•  Technologically based teacher lessons and student activities

• Creativity and Art; Science challenges & Math problem solving; Visual Thinking 

• Student self-assessment, student choices, and student interests will be acknowledged

• Keyboarding; Creative Leadership; Cooperative learning in groups

• LEGO Education: Robots- coding/building

• Building and connecting snap circuits via Snap Circuits Kit
• Perplexors/Puzzles
• Visual Thinking Skills

 

MATERIALS NEEDED For CLASS:

Chromebook (charged)

pencil

earphones or earbuds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suggested by week (Optional- not homework)

 

Here are great resources to help the advanced learner excel.  

 

1. www.khanacademy.com 

 

2. Coding: www.code.org or Google's Cs First: https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/c/cs-first/en/curriculum.html 

 

3. ULL: Enrichment Program during Summer : 

https://curriculum.louisiana.edu/about-us/centers/center-gifted-education/childrens-programs/grades-1-6  (Grades 1st-6th)

https://curriculum.louisiana.edu/about-us/centers/center-gifted-education/childrens-programs/grades-7-10 (Grades 7-10)

 

ULL: LAgniappe:

https://curriculum.louisiana.edu/about-us/centers/center-gifted-education/louisiana-lagniappe 

 (For professional development: All teachers, counselors, administrators, homeschool teachers, and parents are invited to attend this professional development conference.)

 

4. Teche Center for the Arts :  https://artsatteche.com/   (Camp opportunities)

 

5. Google Earth

https://earth.google.com/web/ 

 

6. www.thekidshouldseethis.com (Builds curiosity in students- kid friendly videos: many topics from science to art to animation)

 

7.www.mindware.com (toys, games, puzzles to buy)

 

8. https://www.exploringbytheseat.com/   (Virtual Field Trips: Teachers can register & participate in a live session (Q/A type session) with the actual scientists or experts; or they can view past virtual field trips)

 

9. https://www.byrdseed.com/   (Gifted teacher that shares research based lessons for all students- fun and engaging lessons)

        https://www.byrdseed.com/puzzlement-tournament/

 

 

 Please check Remind app for Gifted Ed. Updates throughout the school year

 

 

 

    

 

            

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

                                                       

 

Louisiana Bayou Wildlife Mural

 

 

  

 

TOPS-- Techniques of Problem Solving.  Math problems that increase in difficulty.  Skills include:  Use resources, choose the operation, guess and test, organize data, use logic.  Teacher will keep a record of each child's completion of activity on a rubric with numbers 1-200 by initialing in the box with the card number, once teacher checks for correction.  Level decks A, B, C, D, AA, BB, and CC.  (3rd through 9th grade)

 

 

Visual Thinking allows students to visualize characters, settings, and physical objects.  Concepts: congruence, mapping, order, geometric shapes, illusion, magnitude, part-whole relations, patterns/models, reflection/symmetry, rotation/position, & similarity.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi



Mrs. Royer's Conference Times

Parks Primary
Please call a day in advance to schedule an appointment.
I cannot meet with you unless we have scheduled an appointment.  THANKS !!

      

 

 

 

St. Martin Parish Grading Scale:
New State Grading Scale

 

 

 

 PHONE CALL POLICY---
 Jcall is the St.Martin Parish School Board's phone call notifier system.
You may get a phone call or email for several different reasons: when your child is absent,
discipline issues, or Emergencies/Natural Disasters. 
If you get a call and have questions, please email or call me.