February 1st-5th

General Announcements:	Zaxby's fundraiser night is TONIGHT-Tuesday, February 2nd from 5-9 PM. Hoover City Schools Rezoning Proposal Unveiling Meeting-Thursday, February 4th at 6:00 at Metropolitan Church of God. Valentine Grams will be on sale from Thursday, Feb. 4-Thursday, Feb. 11 in the lunchroom beginning at 7:30. Grams will come with a bracelet, of your choice, and are $1.00 each. Please bring in cash, not coins. We ask that you come knowing the homeroom and the name of the person you are sending the gram to. Our classes will be exchanging Valentines (candy also allowed) on February 12th.  We will also plan to have a special snack on this day. Class lists will come home next week.   BOX TOP COLLECTION: 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!  February 15th-16th - Presidents’ Day Holiday- Students Out and District Professional Development.
Language Arts:	We are reading "A Game of Catch" this week. We will be comparing and contrasting the 3 characters in the story. We will have a Comprehension and Vocabulary test Friday, February 5th using a story they have never read before. The article "Congress welcomes sledders on Capitol Hill" was assigned on Tween Tribune last Friday and is due on Friday, February 5th. 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. Because the website will not allow them to retake a quiz, they may read and take other articles and quizzes to average with their score. Spotlight reader will take place on Friday, February 5th 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! There will be no grammer IXL this week due to Global Scholar testing.
Social Studies:	We are closing our study of the creation of the United States government this week with a New Government test on Tuesday, February 2nd. The study guide went home last Thursday and will be posted on google classroom social studies. I have created a quizlet for the kids to practice.
Math:	We are continuing our practice of adding and subtracting decimals multiplying and dividing decimals by the powers of 10.   We will have our Decimals end of Unit TEST this FRIDAY. DECIMALS Unit Study Guide came home today and is DUE WEDNESDAY. We will be reviewing every day in class this week. We will go over each problem on the study guide in class Wednesday/Thursday. Here is the Link to the Decimal Unit Study Guide Math IXL from last week was due today- LEVEL G- G.15- Compare Decimals and Fractions on Number Lines; G.16-Compare Decimals and Fractions; G.11-Put Decimals in Order; G.7-Round Decimals NO NEW IXL this week!
Science:	We are learning about the Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter. We plan to do a couple of labs involving Chemical and Physical properties this week.   Grades will be taken on Science notebook activities and our lab.