What's Up Weekly!
GIDDINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS THIS WEEK
Students: Use your strategies and do your very best on the tests this week.
We will be using the student's data from the tests to plan instruction, Focus time activities, interventions, and tutorials.
Work hard and try your best on the tests!!
Students may bring snacks for testing days. Pretzels, crackers, or fruit snacks.
Important Dates:
Monday, November 18- Math Benchmark 4/5th grades
Tuesday, November 19- Reading Benchmark 4/5 grades
Wednesday, November 20-
4th grade Writing Benchmark
5th grade Science Benchmark
Friday, November 22- Family Thanksgiving Meal @ GIS cafe (students can invite 2 guests only because of limited space- Please return orange RSVP note to the office)
Monday November 25- Friday November 29- THANKSGIVING BREAK
Food Drive through next Tuesday, November 19 to benefit our local food pantry.
Thanksgiving Food/Donation Drive
Learn with IXL at home!
We’re using IXL to support our curriculum this year, and your child has access to this online program at home. With thousands of skills that match what we’re learning, as well as insights into student progress, IXL is a great resource to help your child excel.
TOP WAYS TO USE IXL AT HOME
1) Practice
Encourage your child to work on the diagnostics 10 minutes every night.
2) Explore personalized skill suggestions
Encourage your child to visit their Recommendations wall for helpful review or new challenges—it’s full of skills picked just for them!
3) Stay in the loop
Sign in to your child’s account and click on Analytics to see what they’ve been working on and take a peek at their progress. Celebrate your child’s accomplishments Want to receive certificates whenever your child reaches a milestone? Sign in, click on their profile icon, and enter your e-mail address under “Profile & settings”.
What we are learning about in 4th Grade....
Improper, mixed, and equivalent Fractions
Point of View/writing essay
Mexican colonization of Texas through the Empresario system
What we are learning about in 5th Grade....
Add/Subtract Equivalent Fractions
Main Idea/Supporting evidence
Geography/Regions and Landforms
?! Riddle of the Week ?!
Every Brain is Wired differently.
- What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like- it literally rewires it.
- The various regions of the brain develop at different rates in different people.
- No two people's brain store the same information in the same way in the same place.
- We have a great number of ways of being intelligent, many of which don't show up on IQ tests.
Brain Rules by John Medina
Reply to the riddle of the week with the correct answer to receive a prize from Mrs. Floyd.
Please send an email response to the riddle of the week- the first 4 responses will win.
Riddle of the week...
What rewires the brain??
We use tickets to reward positive behavior of students.
Students may use their tickets to purchase items and attend a reward activity every 6 weeks.
Character Counts!! #BuffPride
Braveheart of the Week #Superhero #ThePowerofOne
Braveheart Award for this week goes to..... Mrs. Bahena
Thank you Mrs. Bahena for everything that you do.
Ms. Bahena truly is an inspiring example of a teacher. She's so patient with students and helps them work hard everyday to make progress on their goals. She's always prepared and very organized! She coaches at the high school but always puts her students here at GIS first and is so trustworthy to do the right thing! I am amazed at her work ethic and positive attitude.
Bravely leading students to see their WONDER.
Thank you Ms. Bahena - we appreciate you! (Teacher)
#ThePowerofOne #KnowyourWHY
Giddings Intermediate School
Email: sondra.floyd@giddings.txed.net
Website: https://www.giddings.txed.net/o/gis
Location: 2337 North Main Street, Giddings, TX, USA
Phone: 979-542-4901
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Buffpride/
Twitter: @sgf4osu