The Gribbin Gazette
March 24, 2017
Ms. Gribbin's daughter, Lindsay and her baby girl, Addilyn
A Mother's Love...
My newest, sweetest grand daughter, Addilyn. Born March 20, 5 lbs. and 18 inches long. She's absolutely perfect!
Field Trip to the Fort Worth Science Museum - Permission Slip due WEDNESDAY!
Math Masters
Math Telescoping Exams
2016 – 2017 EXAM DATES
SPRING EXAM DATE: Saturday, April 29th
SPRING ONLINE REG OPENS: February 27th
SPRING ONLINE REG CLOSES: March 10th
SPRING EXAM FEE DUE: March 30th
SUMMER EXAM DATE: Wednesday, June 28th
SUMMER ONLINE REG OPENS: May 11th
SUMMER ONLINE REG CLOSES: May 25th
SUMMER EXAM FEE DUE: May 31st
Parent Information Packet - Acceleration Exams: Math Telescoping, Grades K-7 - ENGLISH VERSION
Shoe & Clothing Drive
Summer Enrichment
The 2017 Summer Enrichment Brochure is now up on the website. Please check out the awesome classes being offered this year. There are over 53 teachers this year in our Summer Enrichment Program, 90 different courses with most being offered multiple times during the summer. Dyslexia courses will again be offered this year for GCISD students that are being served by our Reading Interventionists and NEW GT strand of courses designed specifically for our GT LEAD and ASPIRE Academy students, as well as other GT identified students from surrounding districts. Check out the courses at the link below.
Upcoming Events
- March 28: STAAR Writing (4th)/ STAAR Math (5th)/ Bricks 4 Kids 2:55 NO VISITORS PLEASE
- March 29: STAAR Reading (5th)/NO VISITORS PLEASE/ Fitness Force/ Report Cards available in Skyward
- March 29: Field Trip Permission Slip due
- April 4: Field Trip to Ft. Worth Science Museum
- April 5: National Walking Day & Wear Red Day to support the American Heart Association
- April 6: 1st Grade Program 1:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. DATE CHANGE
- April 14: Bad Weather Make Up Day/No School
- April 21: Spring Dance
- April 25: Pre-K and Kinder Registration 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- April 29: Rachel's Challenge Rally and 5k
At Home Resources:
At Home Resources:
- Read chapter books
- Have students fill out their Reading Logs in Google Drive after they complete a book! *Remember our goal is to read 1,500 pages this year! :) GCISD READS
- Practice Math Facts- Xtra Math or Flash cards. Some other APPS to practice addition facts (addimals, mathmateer)
Options:
Reading:
- iStation
- RAZKids / Epic
- Schoolbo
Spelling:
- Spelling City
- Word Brain
- Cursive Writing
- Cursive Words
- Typing Web
Math
- Prodigy
- Coding
- iStation
- Hooda Math (Higher Level Thinking Activities)
**Please help your student reach their goals by making sure they are reading and practicing their math facts! :) **
Spelling Focus for Next Week:
"Hat Trick 2" words -
For example:
1. retell
2. redo
3. unable
4. unpack
5. unkind
6. reset
7. recap
8. unuseful
#9 and #10 are 'High Frequency' Words that second graders are expected to learn. #11 and #12 are review words from the previous week.
9. too
10. than
11. that's
12. taking
You can find them on Spelling City for extra practice at https://www.spellingcity.com/christinehy/
What Will We Learn Next Week??
- Students will be able to read and write time to the nearest minute.
- Students will be able to differentiate between am and pm.
Humanities:
- Students will be able to create an iMovie on the research they have gathered on their historical person.
- Students will be able to research important historical figures such as W.E.B. DuBois, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Robert Fulton, & Amelia Earhart.
- Students will be able to spell words with the prefixes un- & re-.
- Science:
- Students will be able to research ladybugs and understand the life cycle.