January 12th-16th, 2015

General Announcements:

• We have recently welcomed two new students to Brock's Gap. Yuvi came to BGIS in December from Wisconsin, and Madelyn moved from Enterprise, AL and started BGIS last week. They are both in Mrs. Watson's homeroom. We are so happy to have them as part of our community at Brock's Gap! We also want to welcome "back" Argelia! We are so glad she was able to rejoin our team; She is in Mrs. Ponder's homeroom.
• Please make sure to pay the American Village field trip fee by January 26th at https://secure2.myschoolfees.com.  The cost is $13.oo for students and $9.00 for chaperones.
• To commemorate the "Snowmageddon" 2014 we are offering a special T-shirt. Orders for the "Snowmageddon" t-shirts are due this Friday.
• We are in desperate need of pencils. Please replenish your child's pencils, eraser caps, and glue sticks. Mrs. Ponder is down to her last box of pencils this week! THANK YOU!!!  

Important BGIS Dates:

• 1-13: SCA meeting in health room (7:30)
• 1-13 and 1-15: After school tutoring
• 1-14: First Priority meeting in choir room (7:30)
• 1-14: Lego Robotics Group B (3:00-4:30)
• 1-19: No School (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday)- schools & offices closed
• February 4th, 2015- American Village Field Trip

Upcoming Important Dates:

Curriculum News:

Math: Topics of Study –  We are currently involved in our Fraction Unit of Study. We are learning how to find equivalent fractions and ordering/comparing fractions. This Unit will eventually involve adding/subtracting fractions and multiplying/dividing fractions.  

A new IXL Math Contract came home today and is due no later than next Tuesday, January 20th. A new Math Computation Homework came home today. Math Boxes from the Math Computation are due daily this week.  

Our rescheduled Math Computation TEST is tomorrow!

Science: Topics of Study – We finished up our Human Body Unit last Friday. Today we began our Earth/Space Science Unit. We will be investigating the many different types of technology used to study planets including telescopes, space probes, piloted and unmanned space vehicles (spacecraft), space probes, etc. This is always a very fascinating unit for 5th graders! There won't be any tests or quizzes this week. Grades will be taken on activities done in class.

Language Arts: Topics of Study -This is a Reading week, however, we will be focusing on the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more text using chronology, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, and description.

The test this week will be on text structure of text rather than a story. It is also Word Wizard Week, but students will not have a vocabulary test and we will just review past vocabulary words.

Social Studies: Topics of Study – We will be studying battles of the American Revolution this week, including the location of the battle, generals on both sides of the battle, and outcomes of the battles. A study guide will come home later this week so the students can study for the American Revolution test. This test will include: Causes of the Revolution, Battles of the Revolution and Important People during the Revolution.   

                                  

We hope everyone has a great week!
Sheryl Ponder and Stephanie Watson