#BCE5th

5th GRADE DATES:

Sept 11 - Math CBA #1 (study math homework from last week)

Sept 12 - TEST over Genres in Reading

Sept 14 - VOCAB Quiz (e-, ex- word list)

Sept 14 - Unit 1 Maps DUE

BCE Events:

9/20 - 3:30 pm CEC

9/21 - Ice Cream Social

9/28 - Pep Rally

10/2 - 7am PTA Exec Board mtg

10/4 - Boosterthon Fun Run

10/5 - No School

10/8 - No School Columbus Holiday

10/22-26 - Red Ribbon Week

10/26 - Pep Rally

10/26 - PM Trunk or Treat

Bear Creek Parents,

We need your help! We continue to have issues with people using the bus circle during morning drop off. As a reminder, during morning drop off, the bus circle is reserved for students who require assistance from BCE staff and buses ONLY. We do not have enough staff to monitor this area in the morning and it creates an unsafe environment for our students. Students should be dropped off in the main circle drive each morning. If parents wish to walk their child in, they will need to park in the parking lot and escort their student up to the main door. We have communicated this message to all of our students. Please help us model being good citizens by following school policies.

• GCISD Reads Challenge Continues

• Beginning of Year Progress Assessments: DRA2, iStation, and Words Their Way (Spelling)

• Workshop Model and Expectations - whole group mini lessons, daily silent reading, reading activities, stop and jot, and guided teacher lessons in small groups

• BHH Readers - What you read in the BOOK, What you think in your HEAD, and how you feel in your HEART

• Genres - different types of books (Fiction vs. Nonfiction) - TEST on Wednesday, Sept. 12th. Students will continue engaging in genre activities in class and need to study their notes in their reading notebooks.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Vocabulary - (e-, ex-) Study VOCAB words nightly; Students will also practice various word choice activities in class; QUIZ on FRIDAY, September 14th!!
• Writing Expository compositions - mini lessons on using the expository writing pillar to plan interesting leads, central ideas, and supporting details. Students will begin writing next week about their 51st State maps.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• Unit 1: Embedded Assessment - Create a 51st state map and write an informational composition

• Reflecting on students understanding of map skills, geography, and how geography affects settlement patterns (SS 8C), they will choose desirable landforms, physical features, vegetation, and climate to:

  • Apply to a new state that they create and design to become a part of the United States. This new state must be taken from land in Canada, Mexico, or one of the existing 50 states. Students should consider their purpose in the design of this new state.

  • Create a realistic map to illustrate this new state with some city locations (and population), including the location of a new capital city, physical features, landforms, etc. (SS 7B, 7C, 7D and 8C)

  • Include the following map features: a legend, scale, symbols, compass rose and any additional symbols the student deems important. (SS 6A) For example with symbols, students may create various dot sizes to represent different population ranges (example map that illustrates this idea - USA Major Cities by Population).

  • Include a multi-paragraph essay/piece of writing (see BOY writing prompt below) to accompany the map that conveys/describes information about the features, climate, and vegetation of this new state (ELA 18A, 20B and SS 7B). Maps MUST be realistic to help write this piece of expository text.

• CBA #1 - TUESDAY, Sept. 11th - Students will take a weekly common based assessment (quiz) that covers learning objectives in class and from homework from the previous week. Students can review and study their class notes and homework to prepare each week!
• Unit 2 - Place Value - Review up to the Billions place, including standard, word, and expanded forms, comparing, and ordering. Students will also begin identifying place value using decimals (tenths, hundredths, and thousandths) and decimal models.
• NIGHTLY MATH HOMEWORK - Students are expected to complete homework nightly. They need to take Math Notebooks home in order to use their notes and strategies to help them. Students must try their best and attempt to answer each problem, even if they are unsure. We will also introduce the RUBIES strategy that they will use as they read and dissect word problems. (***RUBIES strategy card pictured below)
• Math Workshop - Continue practicing expectations for workshop model, as well as discuss expectations for completing assignments and extending learning.
• Beginning of year progress monitoring and pre-assessments on Education Galaxy, iStation, and XtraMath

SCIENCE:

• Properties of Matter - phases and changes in matter
• Beginning of year pre-assessment on Education Galaxy

• We are an official No Excuses University campus. Our belief is that all students have the right to be college ready!
• EVERY Monday is a BCE t-shirt day. Please show your CUB spirit! Wear your 5th grade class t-shirt or a BCE t-shirt!
• EVERY Friday is college gear day! Students are encouraged to wear ANY favorite college gear.

Humanities & Math: Allison Bailey

Math & Science: Shanda Beach, Jason Tom

(* Click on the teacher's name to visit their GCISD website)

Email: allison.bailey@gcisd.net
Website: http://bces-gcisd.ss18.sharpschool.com/
Location: 401 Bear Creek Drive, Euless, TX, United States
Phone: (817) 305-4860
Twitter: @MrsBaileyBCES