February 2-6, 2015

General Announcements:

• GRADED PAPERS came home TODAY! Please review your child's papers and send back to school by Thursday. 
•  BGIS Zaxby’s Night is TOMORROW night, Tuesday, February 3, 2015 from 4:00-9:00 at the Zaxby’s on Hwy. 150.  Support BGIS and take a night off from cooking!!
•  We are excited the Voyagers are going to the American Village!  Our field trip is THIS WEDNESDAY, February  4th,  We will be outside most of the day so please dress your child accordingly.  All students need to pack a lunch.  They may bring a small amount of money for a gift shop.  Chaperones should plan to meet us there!  We look forward to a great day!
•  Heart Grams will be sold by the Student Council beginning  this Friday, February 6th through February 12th. These will be sold in the BGIS lobby beginning at 7:30 A.M on those mornings. Heart grams can be given by students to other students at our school.  This is a fundraiser for our student council.  Heart grams are $1.oo each and dollars are preferred over coins.   
•  We are so very proud of our 5th graders!!!! They did an amazing job on both Reading and Math Global Scholar tests they took last week!  The students were so proud to reach and exceed goals they had set for themselves!  We saw growth in both Reading and Math for both of our classes!  Thank you for your support of our classrooms!
•  Our ACT Aspire testing days will be April 7th-April 10th.  Please mark  your calendar and avoid appointments on these dates. Thank you!
•  Please see the following link to see the Brock’s Gap eNews: Brock's Gap eNews

 Important Dates for this Week

• Tuesday, 2/3:  BGIS Zaxby’s Night from 4:00-9:00; Student Council Meeting 7:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, 2/4:  First Priority at 7:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, 2/4: MATH IXL ACTIVITIES due from last week 
• Wednesday, February 4th:  American Village Field Trip
• Wednesday, 2/4:  Lego-Robotics (check your child’s schedule for his or her day)
•  Friday, 2/6:  Heart Gram Sale begins
• Friday, February 6th: Reading/Grammar Test Practice sheets due
• Friday, February 6th:  Science Test (Solar System and Gravity Lesson) 

 Curriculum News:

Math:Topics of Study –  We continue our work with addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators. We are also learning to simplify fractions and doing lots of problem solving individually and together.  Last week's IXL activities are due this Wednesday.  I gave extra time for these activities so the students would have a better understanding. These are the only MATH IXL activities this week.  This Friday, I will have a shorter Math Computation quiz (see the Math Computation that came home today). We will soon be moving on to multiplying and dividing fractions.  

Science:Topics of Study –  We are continuing our study of our Solar System and Gravity.  Important Vocabulary includes:  gravity, friction, weight, spring scale, solar system, planet, star, revolution, axis, inner planets, moon outer planets. Study questions came home today.  We will go over the answer to these questions in class tomorrow.  Students should use these questions along with the Lesson on the Solar System and Gravity to study for their test.  I will send more example questions home tomorrow night.  The Science test will be this Friday. 
Language Arts:Topics of Study –We will continue with our Informative Writing Unit, but will not have Spelling. Also,we are going to begin practicing our Reading/Grammar skills with Test Practice Sheets and these will replace our Reading Log and IXL this week. The practice sheets are due this Friday. 

 Social Studies:Topics of Study –   We completed our study of the American Revolution this week with our test and will begin our study of the Articles of Confederation next week.  We look forward to our American Village field trip!  There are no tests or quizzes next week in Social Studies.

                                    We hope everyone has a great week!