Friday, January 19, 2018
Friday, January 12, 2018
Navigators Team Newsletter
January 15-19, 2018
*Please remember that we are a NUT FREE HALL!
- Thank you for your support of our Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night!!
- Our lunch menus can be found out: https://school.mealviewer.com/district/Hoover
- We have completed our Global Scholar/Scantron testing for the winter quarter. Make ups for any students who are absent will be completed next Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Class pictures will be taken on Wednesday, January 17th!
- On Feb. 28th Brock’s Gap Intermediate School will join EVERY school in Hoover for a
Pink Shirt Day. You can help bring awareness to bully prevention by ordering a
CHOOSE KIND t-shirt for $5.00 through myschoolfees. This will cover the cost of
your shirt and raise money to go towards a non-profit organization called myFace. This
organization is dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with facial disfigurement.
Every year, myFace helps hundreds of children born with craniofacial disorders and
Treachers Collins syndrome. Based off the theme of the book Wonder, myFace has
created the Wonder Project by providing curriculums for schools to help adolescents
explore the masks they wear, friendships/relationships, bullying, empathy, acceptance
and choosing kindness through educational activities and exercises. T-shirts are on sale now through February 7th. For further information, please see the attached flyer: Hoover PINK OUT DAY FLYER
- February 19th, which was originally set as a Professional Development Day for teacher and no school for students, will now be a regular school day. This will be the make-up day for the snow day that we had before Christmas.
Important Weekly Dates
Monday, January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School for Students)
Wednesday, January 17: Homeroom Class Picture Day
Friday, January 19: Math Unit 3 (Fractions) Study Guide to be posted for students
Friday, January 19: Language Arts and Math IXL Due (Math to be done during homeroom each day)
Upcoming Important Dates
Monday, January 22: Vocabulary and Comprehension Test on “All Summer in a Day.”
Thursday, January 25: Math Unit 3 Test
Curriculum News
Language Arts:
- Next week, we will read a short story, "All Summer in a Day." During the week, we will focus on determining the theme of the story and compare it to the story we read last week, as well as locating and understanding the meaning of the Figurative Language as it is written in the story.
- We will have a vocabulary and comprehension test about the story on Monday, Jan. 22.
- We will pick back up with IXL (which will be due on Friday, Jan. 19), and it will focus on Theme and Figurative Language.
Math:
We will continue to work on subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. We will review addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators including adding mixed numbers. Our main focus will be on subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators. We will be working with line plots that involve fractions and using data from these line plots. We will have a Cumulative Review for homework. Students will also have an IXL Contract they will work on at school and will be due Friday. The IXL is only for homework if the students have not finished at school throughout the week. We had originally planned to have a Unit 3 Test on Friday, January 19th. Due to Global Scholar/Scantron testing, this has been postponed to Thursday, January 25th. A study guide for this test will be sent home next Friday.
Science:
We will wrap up our unit on ecosystems by discussing different materials and tools to help us design a process to clean an oil spill so that it has the least impact on an ecosystem. Students will be using the Engineering Design process to design, implement, evaluate, and improve a process for cleaning their oil spill. Our next unit will be on mixtures and solutions.
Social Studies:
We will continue our unit on the American Revolution. Next week, we will learn more about the Patriots and Loyalists and look at Minorities that had a part in the Revolutionary War. Please continue to keep your Table of Contents neat and in order.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Navigators Team Newsletter
January 8-12, 2018
*Please remember that we are a NUT FREE HALL!
*We just launched a new website for our lunch and breakfast menus. Check it out at: https://schools.mealviewer.com/district/Hoover
*Chick-fil-A spirit day is Tuesday ALL day! Click here to view the flyer. Chick-fil-A will be using the Planet Fundraiser app, so be sure to scan your receipt using the app if you go and support our school!
Important Weekly Dates
Tuesday, January 9: Chick-fil-a Spirit Day (All day!)
Wednesday, January 10: Reading Scantron Test in Homeroom from 8:20-9:30
Thursday, January 11: Math Scantron Test in Homeroom from 8:20-9:30
Friday, January 12: Science Scantron Test in Homeroom from 8:20-9:30
Friday, January 12: Language Arts Vocabulary Test
Friday, January 12: Language Arts Comprehension Test
Upcoming Important Dates
Monday, January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School for Students)
Friday, January 19: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions and Mixed Numbers/Line Plots Unit Test
Curriculum News
Language Arts:
We will read The Coming of the Surfman and discuss vocabulary, plot (with and without climax), character analysis and comparisons, and more . The students will take a Vocabulary Test and a Comprehension Test on information from The Coming of the Surfman on Friday, January 12th.
Math:
We will continue to work on adding and subtracting fractions. We will review addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators including adding mixed numbers. Our main focus will be on subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators. We will have a Cumulative Review for homework. Students will also have an IXL Contract they will work on at school and will be due Friday. The IXL is only for homework if the students have not finished at school throughout the week.
Science:
We will wrap up our unit on ecosystems by discussing different materials and tools to help us design a process to clean an oil spill so that it has the least impact on an ecosystem. Students will be using the Engineering Design process to design, implement, evaluate, and improve a process for cleaning their oil spill.
Social Studies:
This week we are learning more about the Loyalists and the Patriots during the American Revolution. We will not have a Social Studies test this week. We will continue to study the American Revolution for the next few weeks.
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