January 19th-22nd, 2016

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

General Announcements:	TOMORROW-(Wednesday, January 20th) are 5th Grade CLASS GROUP PICTURES :-)  Looking ahead:  BGIS PTO Parent Academy is NEXT Tuesday, January 26th 6:00-7:30 P.M.Childcare is available. Dr. Kathy Murphy, our Superintendent, is our key-note speaker.   Girls on the Run registration is open for this semester:  Find out more about Girls on the Run at www.girlsontherunbham.org Please make sure your child has a replenished supply of  pencils, glue sticks, colored pencils, markers, eraser caps, and scissors for this semester.. Thank you!   We are collecting Box Tops again.  January 27th is our next collection date this month.  Make sure you label the BOX TOPS with your child's name and homeroom teacher's name.   Prizes will be drawn in March. Thank you for your AWESOME support of this easy school fundraiser!
Language Arts:	We will be talking about point of view this week. Students will identify 1st, 2nd, 3rd person limited and omniscient person point of view. The point of view quiz will be on Friday, January 22nd. The first article was assigned on Tween Tribune last Friday. "Are you willing to travel by drone?" is due on Friday, January 22nd. Students will need to read the article and answer the 3 questions that go along with it. We practiced opening a separate window with the the quiz so that they can easily go back and check their answers, is it is only a 3 question quiz. The assignment is a 10 point homework grade. Spotlight reader will take place on Friday, January 22nd as well. The students will need to bring the book of choice they are reading to school be prepared to present the following: book title, author, main characters, basic plot, and a teacher question of choice. I will be choosing students at random, so everyone needs to be prepared! Grammar IXL skills R.3, T.1, and T.2 (Level G) are due on Google Classroom by Friday, January 22nd.
Social Studies:	We are continuing our study of the creation of the United States government this week with the Constitution and the branches of government. The kids have a BrainPop matching sheet due Thursday, January 21nd. They will need to watch BrainPop video (username: bgisbucs and password: bgis). I have posted discussion/reflection questions on the social studies google classroom for the kids to respond to as a participation grade. I am looking for the kids to answer and give a reason for their opinion. I want to see critical thinking!
Math:	We began our new Unit which focuses on Place Value of decimals, comparing and ordering decimals, Adding/Subtracting Decimals. Cumulative Review #15  came home today and is due Thursday. Here is a link to Cumulative Review #15 Last week's Math IXL was due today.   A new IXL contract came home today and is due no later than next Monday. This week's skills: LEVEL G   C.15-Multiply 2-digit numbers by larger numbers   G 2- Model decimals and fractions G 10- Compare decimal numbers
Science:	We have been sharing our "Human Impact on the Environment" research projects. We will also begin a new unit on matter. We are learning about: matter, properties of matter, mass, volume, density, physical properties of matter, and chemical properties of matter. We will be doing many activities in our Science notebooks.