Week of 5/18

We can't believe the last week of school is here!
 It seems like it was just yesterday we saw your children on the first day of school! It has been a wonderful year,
 and we hope you have a great and safe summer!

Important Information for the Week:

Monday-5/18 - BGIS Band Concert 7PM Competition Gym

Students do not have to bring backpacks after today. 

Tuesday- 5/19- Brock's Gap Awards Day! ( Begins at 9:00 a.m.-Competition Gym)Dress Your Best!!

Wednesday-5/20- Early Dismissal 12:45 p.m. 

Thursday-5/21-Early Dismissal 11:00 a.m. Last Day for Students! 
Sack lunches are available if your child pre-orders by Wednesday afternoon.

Friday-5/22- Last BGIS e-News  http://brocksintermediate.al.hci.schoolinsites.com/
5/31- Last day to pre-order school supplies: www.shopttkits.com   Enter Account # 80095                     Choose appropriate GRADE     Enter your child's first and last name    Add to cart; confirm your order and checkout  

Each summer Brock’s Gap hosts a summer camp for students to Jump Start the school year or Jump Ahead with some enriching courses.  We welcome rising 5th and 6th graders to the camp, which is scheduled for July 13th- 17th.  Please visit the following site to find out more information.  We hope to see your child at the BGIS Summer Camp in July.  https://sites.google.com/a/hcs-students.net/bgis-summer-camp/

Hope you a wonderful summer! 

                           

May 11-15, 2015
General Announcements:

• How are we to the end of the year??  This has been an amazing year!  We are so proud of your children, and we are so thankful to have had all of them this year!
• BGIS will be holding “Jump Start” summer camps this summer.  Please see the following link to register:  BGIS Summer Camp Information  This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to get a head start on the academics for next year.
• If you did not purchase your child’s class picture and wish to, please send the picture back to school or send check made to Brock’s Gap or cash for this picture. The cost is $8.  If you do not wish to purchase the picture, please send this back with your child on TUESDAY. 
• Tuesday, May 19th at 9:00 will be our Fifth Grade Awards Day.  You will be contacted if your child will be receiving an award.  This day will be a “Dress Your Best” day.  
• We turned in our textbooks today.  Please be sure your child has all textbooks here at school by tomorrow. 
• Please see the following link to see the Brock’s Gap eNews: Brock's Gap eNews

Important Dates for this Week

• Monday, May 11th- Poem collection slide presentations
• Wednesday, May 13th-Energy Projects due 
• Friday, May 15th- Vocabulary Quiz 
• Friday,  May 15th:  Math Computation Quiz (last of the year!)

 Upcoming Important Dates

May 18:  Clean Out Locker Day on the Voyager Hall.  Please send a sack with your student.

May 19:  Awards Day (9:00-10:15)

May 20:  12:45 Dismissal

May 21:  11:00 Dismissal (LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!)

Curriculum News:

Math News : Topics of Study-  We will continue to be busy mathematicians this week! We are reviewing different Math concepts every day! We will practice standard notation, expanded form including powers of 10, converting measurement (standard and metric), Geometry- (different types of triangles-acute, right, obtuse, equilateral, isosceles, and scalene); Quadrilaterals- trapezoid, parallelogram,-rectangle, rhombus, square; congruent, parallel, perpendicular; Rounding, multiplying, and dividing decimals; Fraction review (add, subtract, multiply, and divide); Order of Operations; and of course.....Solving Real-World Word Problems! Math Comp Quiz on Friday!
Science News :Topics of Study –  This week we will complete our study of HIV/AIDS.  There will be several in class assignments for grades, but no tests to study for outside of class.
Language Arts News from Mrs.Watson:Topics of Study - We will continue with our Poetry unit next week, but no Spelling. We will have vocab. words and your child will have a test on these words Friday. The words will be related to Poetry in some way.
Social Studies News from Mrs. Watson:Topics of Study –   We will continue our study of the Civil War (battles and outcome). There will be an Open Note test on the Civil War material on Thursday.  

                   We hope everyone has a great week!

General Announcements:

• It is hard to believe we are at the end of our school year!  The year has absolutely flown!  We are so thankful that we have had the opportunity to teach your children.

• BGIS will be holding “Jump Start” summer camps this summer.  Please see the following link to register:  BGIS Summer Camp Information  This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to get a head start on the academics for next year.
• Class picture money is past due- Please send $8.00 to purchase the picture or return the picture to school.
• Spring Book Fair is this week! Both classes visited the Book Fair on Tuesday. The Book Fair is available for students to purchase books before school Thursday or Friday.  

Important Dates to Remember: 

*5/8 Maturation video-(*Must have permission to view.) 

*5/11-5/15 HIV/Aids State Mandated Unit-Science 
 (*Must have permission to participate.)

 *Wednesday, May 13th- Science Energy Google Presentation Projects are due (these were assigned last week; daily class time is being provided to complete requirements). 

*Wednesday, May 20th-Early dismissal -12:45 PM 

* Thursday, May 21st-Last day of school-Dismissal -11:00 AM 

* 5/31 Order a school supply kit for 6th grade by May 31 at www.shopttkits.com acct #8009