General Announcements:
*Progress Reports came home last Wednesday! If you have not done so, please sign and return!
*TOMORROW is DRESS your BEST at BGIS as we welcome the 4th graders from Deer Valley, South Shades Crest, and Trace Crossings.
*Information came home today about the Maturation video that will be viewed on May 8th for students and May 5th preview night for parents.
Your child must have your permission to view the video on this day and to participate in the State Mandated HIV/Aids Unit.
*Please don't hesitate to email us if you have any questions.
*Class Pictures came home last Thursday! Please return if you do not wish to purchase or use myschoolfees.com to purchase for $8.00.
*As tests and assignments are graded, they are being given back to your child. Please check their Red folder frequently as well as checking your child’s averages on INOW.
*Please see the following link to see the Brock’s Gap eNews: Brock's Gap eNews
Curriculum News:
Math:Topics of Study – We are finishing up our Decimals Unit (Ordering, Comparing, Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Decimals). Math Computation came home tonight and is due Wednesday. IXL from last week is due Wednesday (most students have finished during Team time after lunch). A new IXL contract will be assigned tomorrow (Tuesday) and will be due next Monday, May 4th. We will have a Math Computation Test this FRIDAY.
Science News:Topics of Study – We are finishing up our Chemical and Physical Changes Unit. We have enjoyed the labs with this Unit. We will have a Chemical and Physical Changes Test (Quiz) this Thursday. The Review for this test came home today. We are also reviewing in class. Our tests this nine weeks have been done using their Chromebooks. Your child's test grades have been emailed to them. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
*We will also begin our Energy Unit this week. Students will be working on an Energy project using their Chromebooks during this Unit. They will receive the information for this project tomorrow (Tuesday). This project should be able to completed in class.
Language Arts:Topics of Study - We will begin our reading unit this week on the story, "A Game of Catch." We will study character comparison. We will have a vocabulary test on Friday as well as a comprehension test.
Social Studies:Topics of Study – We will begin our study of slavery before the Civil War. We will learn about the differences in geography between the North and the South and how that affected slavery.
We hope everyone has a great week!
