General Announcements
 No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.”
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- TOMORROW night-Tuesday, April 19th is BGIS Fine Arts Night/PTO from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Permission forms are due TOMORROW for your child to watch the maturation video and participate in a follow-up discussion with local pediatricians. These activities will take place Thursday, April 21nd.
- Thank you so much for sending in snacks and drinks for the students to enjoy after the ACT ASPIRE testing last week! It was a great reward for their hard work!!
Your child should have brought home their 6th Grade course selection sheet today. Please complete it and send back to school by this FRIDAY. For more information about this process, you can watch the following videos:
Berry 6th grade Berry Middle school video link
The deadline for ordering a BGIS yearbook has been extended until April 29th. You can pay the $35 at myschoolfees.com
Let your child's teacher know if you need a yearbook order form.
Hoover City Schools Middle School transition night will be May 9th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Bumpus, Simmons, and Berry. Students and parents can visit their new middle school and get an overview of classes and activities available to students.We will not be visiting Bumpus at a separate time this school year (The rezoning is pending court approval). For more information click on the following: HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION NIGHT FLYER
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Language Arts:
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- The students need to read "Researchers gathering more data on orcas" on Tween Tribune this week. There will be a spotlight reader on Friday, April 22nd! Please make sure your child has a chapter book to be reading at home.
- We are reading "The Coming of the Surfman" in class this week. We will be comparing and contrasting characters and discuss plot maps. The kids will have a vocabulary and comprehension quiz next Tuesday, April 26th.
- We will not have a Grammar IXL contract this week. We will be completing the test review contract I assigned before testing. It is due Friday, April 22nd. Several of the kids completed it and turned it in already, so they will be able to focus on the math IXL contract.
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Social Studies:
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- We are our unit on slavery and the Civil War. We will have a quiz on April 19th over slavery and reform. I have created a quizizz to review for the quiz (code is 605600).
- After our unit on slavery, we will talk about the Civil War. This week we will talk about the causes and the differences between the north and the south during this time. This is always a favorite topic and we look forward to lots of fun activities and projects!
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Math:
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Today we started our Multiplying and Dividing Decimals Unit.
New IXL activities were assigned today and are due next Monday. Students have homeroom time to get started on these activities every morning. Here is the link for IXL for April 18th-22nd
Cumulative review #22 was assigned today and is due Thursday. We will have a short quiz on Friday
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Science:
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- We are enjoying our latest issue of Science World, We are reading and discussing the many different interesting articles. Today we discussed "Save the Bees." Ask your child if they remember how many important crops are pollinated by bees. Grades will be taken on activities done in class.
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