IOH Gifted Education Program
Dates to RememberDec 12 – Winter Concert at 6:00Dec 17 – Winter Festival at 5:00Dec 23 – Winter Break beginsJan 6 – Teacher Work DayJan 7 – Back to School, 3rd MP BeginsJan 20 – MLK HolidayJan 30 – Literacy Night at 5:00
Please Note…MAP Testing Window
Begins Nov 18th and Ends Dec 20th
2nd MP Ends Dec 20th
Report Cards Issued Jan 10th Coming Up…
Week of December 16th – The 5th Grade Reading Bowl team will be announced!
December 17th – Hot Chocolate Celebration for all math masters.
January 25th – Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Beginning in January, students will be working on their Media Festival Projects!
GEP Happenings:
Issue #2 2019-2020 2nd MP
1st and 2nd grade Deck the Halls Graphing
4th Grade testing acids and bases
Math Mondays - fact fluency and various grade level standards
Chess Fridays - learning the game or strengthening skills
1st Grade is currently working on their unit, Gifts.
2nd Grade is currently working on their unit, Ancient China.
3rd Grade is currently working on their Ancient Egypt Unit and persuasive writing.
4th Grade is currently working on the unit, Acid Acid Everywhere
5th Grade is also working on their unit, A House Divided: The Civil War.
6th Grade is currently working on integers - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division to include numeric and word problems.
7th grade GEP students are in the middle of a very challenging problem-based learning project featuring Unreal Engine 4, a professional industry-standard game development platform
Math Fact Fluency
Students need to practice their math facts to become fluent!
You can have your child practice their facts using the sites listed below, or using some trusty flash cards work just as well!
https://www.splashmath.com/math-skills/math-facts
https://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Index.html
https://www.abcya.com/
https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards
Holiday Mural by 5th grade students
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss