May 11-15, 2015
General Announcements:
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
- 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!)
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.
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!
