Mrs. Perry's kids create....

 

Super exciting things are going on at Gilmer Intermediate!!  Students in Mrs. Jones homeroom spent several weeks with Mrs. Roz Perry creating birdhouses, yarn art and more!!  A special helper, Mr. Eddie Coleman, came in to help Mrs. Perry with with the bird houses.  Students used pre-cut boards to make their very own birdhouses.  Once the building was completed students got to take their birdhouses home.  They  then started yarn art!!  Everyone is having a blast in Mrs. Perry's class!!!

Our First Treasured Tales...

Arrrr...Mateys!!  Not only have we been reading up a storm, but we are sharing too!!  Check out these buccaneers and what they have to say about our library bounty!!

Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

By: Betsy Hearne

Treasured Tale by: Audrey Nolan 
(click the link to see the video)

Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

MISSING by: Becky Citra

Treasured Tale by: Makenzie Kitchell

 











 Summary: Thea and her dad have moved everywhere.  when her dad gets and job as a builder for a soon to be guest ranch, Thea's world flips.  She uncovers a decade old mystery.  Can she get to the bottom of the mystery and win the trust of an abused horse?


Now off to find ye treasure in a GREAT GIS Book!!!

Having Fun with Figurative Language!!

So can you really have fun with similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeia???

Well, Gilmer 6th Graders did!!  Mrs. Laster and Mrs. Fritsche brought their Language Arts classes into the library to get some practice with figurative language...At each station students used iPods to watch a short video about each type of figurative language before they had to write their very own!!  They came up with some really creative similes, hyperboles, metaphors and MORE...  Check it out below!

And here are some examples of what they said...

"The birthday cake was a sweet celebration"~ metaphor

"The lightning was tackling the ground"~ personification

"Crackle, hiss, pop went the campfire"~  onomatopoeia

Gilmer Intermediate students have already been reading and discovering GREAT books and AWESOME authors here in our library.  Students have been sharing their faves with the other library visitors!!  Everyone is getting excited about reading!!  Pretty soon these shelves will be completely covered!!

Gilmer Intermediate has gotten off to a GREAT school year!  So many exciting things are happening here.  

GIS 5th Graders participated in a team building activity with their homeroom classes.  They were given a sheet of paper with multiple squares.  There were four strings tied to a marker.  Each string was controlled by a student in the class.  In order to complete the task, students had to make a dot in each square...Pretty TOUGH!!  Find out what the kids learned from the activity...

 I spoke to two 5th graders, Mason Hurt and Luke Watson, who told me all about this task...

"We were doing a team-building activity to start the year off."

When I asked them why they were doing this, they told me "we were learning to work together and how to communicate as a class".

The activity really looked like a lot of fun, but I wanted to know what they learned from it.  They replied "We learned how to communicate and work together.  We have to do those things every day in class and even when we play sports".

Guess what their favorite thing is about Gilmer Intermediate... "having more choices"!!!

It is always exciting to have students doing challenging and fun activities at school.  I am sure this is one that they will remember!! 

BIG THANKS to Mason and Luke for letting me interview them about their experience!!!

Remembering 9/11

Students at Gilmer Intermediate spent some of their Social Studies time today reflecting on 9/11.  Our country will forever remember this devastating event.  

5th Grade Social Studies Class created a special flag to remember 9/11.  They traced their own hands and wrote what freedom means to them.  The entire grade level added their hands to make this AWESOME flag!!  

Way to go 5th Graders!!!

 

Now off to Find Ye Treasure, Matey!!

Treasured Tales

Everyone loves a good book, right?  Well at Gilmer Intermediate we are going to have a chance to share our favorite reads..or our TREASURED TALES with everyone!!  If you read a great book and can't wait to share it, come to the library and pick up a TREASURED TALES form.  Once you have completed it, and it has been reviewed, you will get a chance to create a book trailer or video tale about your book!  We hope that lots of other kids will want to read your book after they hear all about it...

Don't wait...

Get to reading...

...AND FIND YE TREASURE IN A GOOD BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!