Christmas Gift

Some wonderful construction trade students at Gilmer Intermediate gifted the library with a fabulous reading bench! I am so excited for students to come and enjoy reading on this hand crafted bench!! Special thanks to Mr. Massey!!!!

6th Grade Virtual Tour

Sixth grade students spent a class period discovering Ellis Island using an online virtual tour.  They are preparing for an inquiry and discovery unit over immigration.  They will read the novel Letters From Rifka along with their research.  The virtual tour provided an overview of Ellis Island, as well as primary sources such as interviews with immigrants who made the journey to America many years ago.

5th Grade lunch book club....

Today was the first meeting of the 5th grade Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul book club. Some members were missing due to the Thanksgiving lunch today, but it was great to see these kids so excited about reading!! A few of us talked about our own family road trips and how they compared to the Heffley's.  We can't wait for our next meeting!!!

GIS Scholastic Book Fair

Gilmer Intermediate's Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success!! So many students are buying great books and enjoying checking out new titles!! We can't wait to add some fabulous books to our library!! A big thanks to GIS parents for supporting us in this fundraiser... Thank you to the parent volunteers for donating your time to help us out... And thank you to the best kiddos in the world for choosing READING!!!

Book Fair Kicks Off Next Week!!!

Gilmer Intermediate's Scholastic Book Fair kicks off next week (October 27-31) in the library. Students and teachers previewed books today. Don't forget that Tuesday night is family night...6:00-8:00!!!  Can't wait to see y'all there!! 

Bluebonnet Reading Challenge

All Gilmer Intermediate students are invited to complete the Bluebonnet Reading Challenge. In order to participate students must agree to:

~Read at least 5 books from the list of nominees...

~Complete a tracking form...

~Be able to share a brief summary of each book they finish...

~Vote in the campus election in January...

The current list of nominees include some fantastic books!!!

5th Grade GT students hard at work!!!

Fifth Grade GT students have been hard at work on artifacts and newspapers from historical time periods.  Just ask them all about it!!!

Check out these books!!!

We have some great books in the library for learning more about different parts of speech and figurative language.  Come check them out and use them in your writing!

Figurative Language with 6th Graders!!!

Students reviewed several types of figurative language in the library. They were able to scan QR codes to watch a short review video before writing their own examples.  Figurative language makes writing come alive!!!

Remembering 9/11 and Celebrate Freedom Week

Although it has taken me a while to get this onto my blog, I still wanted to share.  5th grade GT students at Gilmer Intermediate worked on their patriotic quilt in remembrance of 9/11 as well as honoring our country during Celebrate Freedom week. They used symbolic words to write acrostic poems. Poems were compiled to make this quilt. 

Johnny Appleseed in the Library!!

Mrs. Coleman's class came for their weekly library visit and we read Johnny Appleseed.  Did you know he was actually a REAL person?!  Students enjoyed making their apples in class after reading the book.  ~ Thank you Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Woodard!! 

Checking out Books!!

Check outs at Gilmer Intermediate have been going great!  Students are finding lots of great reads!!

Starting a New Year in the Library

We are getting off to a great start at Gilmer Intermediate School.  Sixth grade students have already been in to check out books and get started on their reading!!  Fifth graders will be coming in very soon.  Everyone is excited to get started reading.  We have some great new fiction and non-fiction titles in the library this year.  Check some of them out!!

 

We will also be collecting Box Tops for Education again this year.  We can use this money, as a campus, to buy educational products for out students.   Please have students bring them to the library or their homeroom teacher.

 

Eco-friendly science projects

Fifth grade GIS students used "trash" materials gathered from home to create these awesome sculptures!!  The creativity and teamwork were really highlighted in these projects!!

Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis

Students in 5th grade created projects explaining complete and incomplete metamorphosis.  They displayed their work in the library.  Great work by our students!!  

Teachers: Julie Moon, Sandra Southwell, and Alyse Bennett.

Upshur County Literacy Bee

Several Gilmer Intermediate Students participated in the annual Upshur County Literacy Bee on March 27th.  These kiddos worked hard and we are SUPER proud of them.  They, along with their GIS supporters, won the spirit stick for having the loudest cheering section.  Congratulations!!!