Fun in Fifth!
5th Grade BCE ~ Week of November 27 - December 1
Back from Thanksgiving Break!
Upcoming Events:
5th GRADE DATES:
Nov 27 - Welcome Back from the break!!
Nov 27 - NO CBA in Math today :)
Dec 1 - Spelling TEST
Dec 4 - T-shirt Order forms and Cash DUE $8.00
BCE Events:
Nov 30/1 Birthday Lunch w/ Admin (Nov/Dec birthdays)
Dec 1st Cookies with Santa 6:30-8 pm
Dec 1st Book Fair (shop from 5:30-7:30 pm)
Dec 1-7 Book Fair
Dec 5 - 7:30 am PTA Exec Meeting
Dec 12 - 5th GRADE GT LEAD MEETING (see details below)
Dec 21 - Holiday Parties
Dec 21 - Early Release @ 11:45
Dec 22-Jan 8 - Winter Break NO SCHOOL :)
Jan 9 - 7:30 am PTA Exec Meeting
Jan 9 - CEC
Jan 15 - Dr King Day - NO SCHOOL
Jan 18 - PTA Mtg/Bear Creek Around the World
Jan 22-23 - Talent Show Tryouts
COOKIES with SANTA - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Cookies with Santa
Friday, December 1
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Bear Creek Cafeteria
Help needed to work at the different stations. If you can help please sign up on this link.
Sky Ranch
2nd Payment of $50 was DUE on or before Monday, November 13th!! Please send in your payments ASAP!! Cash or Check payable to Bear Creek Elementary.
The total cost for both students and chaperones is $230. Below are the 2 payment plan options:
OPTION 1: Payment Plan
- $80 Initial payment (includes a $30 non-refundable deposit) DUE OCTOBER 16th
- $50 payment DUE no later than NOVEMBER 13
- $50 payment DUE no later than JANUARY 16
- $50 Final payment DUE no later than FEBRUARY 12
OPTION 2: $230 payment in full was DUE on OCTOBER 16
Humanities
- Paired Text - focus on making connections and comparisons between two different texts, specifically across different genres (fiction vs. expository or fiction vs. poetry)
- GCISD Reads Book Challenge - students will select their challenge for this year (click the link below for details)
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Spelling: Students will study words and their meanings via the Word Study Choice Board . Test on Friday, December 1st.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Unit 3 - Facing Slavery- Students will focus on the facts of the slave trade process, how slave owners acquired slaves, how slaves were treated, beliefs of abolitionists, and the road to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
- BEGiN Cornerstone Task 3 - Students will research, identify, and explain how the challenges and dilemmas slaves faced along the middle passage, during the slave trade, slave auctions, and the road to freedom, as well as the effects and impact that this had on African Americans. Over the course of the next few weeks students will conduct research in order to create a PROBE (more details to come!)
MATH & SCIENCE
- NO CBA this week
- Unit 4 - Multiply and Divide Decimals - Students will begin by multiplying a decimal by a whole number, then move on to multiplying decimals to the hundredths place. Students will interpret and utilize pictorial models to multiply decimals. (See the video below for an example of how students will practice this method). Student will ultimately be able to solve and find a product of two decimals using the operation of multiplication.
- FACT Practice!!! Students are expected to know multiplication facts up through the 12's. Students need to practice nightly using flashcards or XtraMath.org. This helps strengthen fact fluency of all operations.
- NIGHTLY HOMEWORK - Students need to complete the homework sheet for each corresponding day, so they are prepared for class! Students are expected to use RUBIES strategies while reading and solving problems. They MUST show their thinking for each problem.
SCIENCE:
- Earth Science - First, we will learn to how to identify that the surface of the earth is constantly changing by different agents of erosion and weathering. We will complete some experiments that will demonstrate erosion and weathering and what happens to the earth's surface.
5TH Grade GT LEAD/ASPIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT INFO MEETING:
Tuesday, December 12 at 6:00 pm Professional Development Center, 5800 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville 76034. This meeting is for parents who are interested in the Middle School GT program for their:
There will only be one district-wide meeting, but then a video of it will be put on the Advanced Academics website. The referral window for parents to refer their child(ren) for gifted testing is December 4-15. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher if you're planning to do so. The actual Fifth Grade testing will occur January 10-24th.
~Fifth Grade TWEETS~
Choir
Thank you Veterans
Coin Challenge Winner!
Library Learning Commons ~ BOOK FAIR DEC 1-7
BOOK FAIR FRIDAY, DEC. 1 - THURSDAY, DEC. 7
BOOK FAIR Friday, Dec. 1 - Thursday, Dec. 7
Also shop during Cookies with Santa Night on Dec. 1st (5:30-7:30)
Click HERE for Book Fair Contests and to Volunteer
5th Grade Expectations
RESPECT at BCE
Daily RESPECT is an expectation for all 5th graders at BCE! Students carry a daily Conduct Folder and bring it home weekly to communicate RESPECT to you.
Grading Policy in 5th Grade
Remind ~ 5th Grade BCE
No Excuses University
NEU at BCE
- 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!
- EVERY Friday is college gear day! Students are encouraged to wear ANY favorite college gear.
- Stay Tuned for the results and photos of our campus-wide door decorating contest!!
5th Grade Teachers
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://www.gcisd-k12.org/Domain/1256
Location: 401 Bear Creek Drive, Euless, TX, United States
Phone: (817) 305-4860