March 14-18, 2016

General Announcements:

• On Friday, March 25th, we will have our 5K for Causes here at Brock’s Gap. The students have a flyer pertaining to this, but we are also attaching it here:  5K for Causes  The cost is $20 and this covers a t-shirt, water bottle, and running packet.  This is payable on www.myschoolfees.com only. If you want your student to participate, and you are unable to access www.myschoolfees.com please let your homeroom teacher know.  All students MUST have the 5K for Causes flyer signed by a parent to participate.  This is one of the best days of the year at Brock’s Gap!!  This is our version of a Field Day, and we will enjoy the day with our students!
• Extended Day's Spring Break Camp is open to interested BGIS students.  Please see the attached flyer.  The deadline to register has been extended until March 9, 2016. Extended Day Flyer
• This evening, March 15, is Brock’s Gap night at Brixx.  We will get a proceed of all dine in or take out orders all day.  Please see the flyer here:  BRIXX BUXX FLYER
• Hoover Elementary and Intermediate Transition Night will be held on Monday, May 2nd.  Elementary schools will be open from 5:30-6:30.   Brock’s Gap will be open from 6:30-7:30.  On this evening, all students can visit their new schools.  Students and parents can do the following:  school tours, Q & A with principals and counselors, classroom visits, and visit school areas for viewing.  This will take the place of transition field trips that usually take place in the Spring.
• Our front office has created a document that will help as you navigate our recent rezoning changes.  Please see this link for information on what students will attend Brock’s Gap:  Brock's Gap Rezoning Information

• Please check your child’s grades from time to time on INOW.

Important Dates for This Week

• Tuesday, March 15:  FINAL Payment due on myschoolfees.com for the BGIS 5K ($20)

• Tuesday, March 15:  Brixx Pizza Fundraiser

• Wednesday, March 16:  Report Cards

Important Curriculum Date

• Thursday, March 17th:  DOL Week 22 Test
• Friday, March 18th:  Language IXL contract due

Looking Ahead

• March 25:  BGIS 5K

• March 28-April 1: Spring Break
• April 11-14:  Standardized Testing/ACT Aspire
• April 14th:  Physical Maturation video and parent meeting at 5:30
• April 19th: Fine Arts Night/PTO at 6:00-7:30 p.m.
• April 21st:  Physical Maturation Lessons with students
• May 2nd:  Elementary (5:30 -6:30) and Intermediate (6:30-7:30) Transition Night

Curriculum News:

Math News:

**Math- We are moving to the last related part of fractions, decimals, and percents. We started looking at dividing decimals, today. This is a very difficult concept for them to learn, so there will not be a math quiz on it until sometime next week. I have started this by comparing the relationships and connections we can make to multiplying and dividing fractions. We will continue this thinking, as we also introduce the metric system, with its division and multiplication by powers of ten.
Homework: Math Computation

Science News:

**Science- We are connecting our understanding of volume and mass in helping us better understand density. With density, we will look more closely at buoyancy, or why things float or sink. Later, we will start to have some labs outside, as we talk about the relationship between shadows , the sun, and the earth.

Language Arts News:

Topics of Study -

**Reading:  We will continue locating the main idea and details this week and will begin to move to Theme.  It is important to know that we use main idea when reading nonfiction texts.  Theme is in fictional passages.  I have added lots of websites to get some extra practice on the Language Arts page of the blog.  Please encourage your child to spend time practicing these skills.   As a 5th grade, we are assessing the students each week with two passages and questions that resemble those on the ACT Aspire.  

Homework: Read, Read, Read!! Article questions due tomorrow!

**Language/Language IXL- We will continue to work on skills that will be present on the ACT Aspire.  We will not have our usual morning work next week, but there will be an IXL contract due on Friday to continue to practice important skills.  

Homework: All skills due on Friday!

Social Studies:

Topics of Study – We are continuing to learn about Westward Expansion, in particular Lewis and Clark's Exploration as well as Trails West.

                   

We hope everyone has a great week!