Transcript Mrs. Mize’s Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade 2014-2015
Core Subject Teachers:
Kate Spoon: ELA
Robin Weston: Math
Elizabeth Mize: Science
Homeroom teachers: Social Studies
What will the schedule be like?
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7:40 (tardy bell 7:50—this includes all safety patrols)
7:50 - 8:15: Social Studies
8:15 - 9:00: Guided reading groups
9:00 - 9:55: Block 1
9:55 - 10:50: Block 2
Recess
11:05 - 12:00: Block 3
12:10 - 12:55: Intervention, EC, ESL, AIG
1:00 – 1:40: Lunch (Spoon 1:00; Weston 1:05; Mize 1:10)
1:45 – 2:30: Specials
2:30: Dismissal from Specialty Class
What is the big change in 5th grade?
Responsibility!
• Students are expected to write down their
homework daily in the planner.
• The Class Dojo report will be our behavior
plan and will be emailed on Fridays. Parents
are expected to check planners daily to know
what the homework expectations are along
with any behavior issues (beyond the Dojo
point system) that may arise. Sign the
planner on Friday!
Expect a new planner each nine weeks. We will keep the old planners at school for
documentation.
Planner page with
homework spaces
ClassDojo
point total
Friday signature shows that
parents have inspected the
planner each night and gone
through contents of the Friday
folder.
Behavior Plan
Check the planner daily!
This planner is very similar to the one
used in middle school, and is a great tool for
responsibility and accountability. Students
are responsible for reminding their parents to
sign the planner at the end of each week
(Fridays). Students who have seven out of
nine weeks with a “clean slate” will have a
planner party each nine weeks.
What is ClassDojo?
ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers
improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and
easily. It also captures and generates data on
behavior that teachers can share with parents and
administrators.
What are our Expectations?
Consequences
• Warning (verbal/nonverbal)
• Accumulated infractions have consequences
such as: separate seating, silent lunch, walking
recess, personal reflections, phone call home,
email home, behavior plan, working lunch.
• More infractions: discretion of the
administration
Rewards
Students who have a “clear slate” (no infractions
for both homework and behavior) are treated to a
Planner Party each nine weeks.
Friday Folders
The Friday folder will contain classwork, tests,
returned homework, notices from the office,
etc. Parents will be expected to look over the
work in the folder, then sign and return the
empty Friday folder. Please initial and return
the tests (papers with grades). Students who
do not return their Friday folders (with no
parent note of explanation) will incur an
infraction.
Online Expectations
Fifth grade students will be expected to use
computers for research and homework. If you do
not have access at your house, then you will
need to arrange for your child to visit a relative,
neighbor or May Memorial Library to complete
assignments online as needed.
Changes in School Policies
Your child’s safety is our number one priority.
Please pay close attention to the flagged and highlighted areas
in the parent handbook. (p 3-4)
• All car pick ups will be given car tags to display in the car
window. If you do not have a car tag displayed, you will be
asked to park your car and enter the school building to
present proper identification to pick up your student.
• Notes must be sent for transportation changes. Students
will have to show the note you sent in the morning before
they will be loaded into a car with someone who is not their
regular pick up person.
• If you are picking up your child and it is past 2:00, please
wait in the car rider line for your child. Appointment notes
must be provided to verify early check outs.
School Expectations
• Attendance and tardies: Please send a note for our files,
even if we have also heard from you via email regarding
your child’s absence. We appreciate a call to the office to
let us know when your child is sick.
• Educational trip absences will not be excused unless a
request is submitted to Mrs. Hancock at least one week in
advance. Strong evidence that the trip will reinforce the
curriculum is required. Evidence must also be provided
after the trip with a journal to submit to Mrs. Hancock
before an excuse is granted.
• Please make doctor appointments during the afternoon,
when your child will not miss key instruction. Limit adults in
the hallways: ALWAYS sign in at the office after being
admitted. After Labor Day, no adults are allowed to walk to
the classrooms without signing in. Display the badge.
• Lunchtime: Check your child’s schedule. Please don’t bring in
food from other restaurants to our cafeteria.
• A note is needed for any change in transportation in the
afternoon. No note, no change (a safety issue). Please do not
make phone calls to the school about a transportation
change. Send a note with your child in the morning. Also
send a note if you will be picking up your child for an
appointment that day.
• Birthday invitations: Please do not send invitations to school
unless you include one for everyone in the class.
• Birthday treats: Unfortunately, due to a state law, we are not
allowed to serve treats before lunch, and our lunches are
right before the afternoon specials and dismissal. There will
not be enough time to share treats with the class. If you feel
strongly about sharing, then a bagged treat can be sent
home in the bookbags.
Building Security
Please be aware that after 3:30 the office will
be closed and there will be no one unlocking the
door. If you have a conference with a teacher,
then the teacher will meet you at the door or
send someone to let you in. This means that
your child must learn to be responsible and
remember whatever he or she needs for
homework completion.
Perfect Attendance
To receive a perfect attendance certificate,
children must be present all 180 school days
with 3 or less excused tardies and no unexcused
tardies. A student is tardy if he/she arrives after
7:50 or leaves before dismissal.
What is SAIL?
SAIL is a school-wide positive behavior
intervention and support initiative.
Students will:
Show Respect
Act Responsibly
Inspire Others
Listen and Learn
This will be particularly helpful in common areas
such as bus, bathroom, playground, hall, etc. and is
the basis for our school-wide Class Dojo.
Tardies adding up?
School policy states that students who
accumulate tardies will take home a note from
administration. If more tardies occur, then a
conference will be requested. Until the parent
comes in for the conference, the student will
have silent lunch. The administration is very
serious about students arriving on time. We
begin work at 7:40 when the students begin
arriving. At 7:50 instruction begins.
Smith Seabee Online Store
Smith attire is for sale via the school website.
Proceeds go toward 5th grade functions.
Handbook Policies
All Smith policies (behavior, bus information,
emergency information, dress codes, cafeteria
rules, etc) are sent at the beginning of the year.
It is also on the Smith School website.
Online grades
Be on the lookout for more
information regarding online grades,
which will be regularly posted.
Field Trips?
We will go to Salter Path, NC for an
overnight ecology field trip called
“Sound to Sea” in March. More
information will be coming soon about
this exciting trip.
How can I help the teachers’ efforts?
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Check the planner every day!
Homework
Support the teacher!
Reading daily
Classroom help
Supplies
Where is the webpage?
• Go to MBSmith elementary school
http://www.abss.k12.nc.us/mse
School phone number: 336-570-6140
• Look for the tab for classroom teachers
• Click on your child’s teachers’ names
• Addresses for emails:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thank you for sharing your children
with us!
We are looking forward to a productive, busy
year. Fifth grade is a year of transition. By the
end of the year, the students will be ready for
middle school.
Fifth grade participates in DARE, goes on an
overnight field trip, helps with safety patrol, and
has opportunities to engage in many other
activities that make this last year in elementary
school special.