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Rose Kershing-5th Grade
August 29th 2013
Tularcitos Elementary School
http://www.tularcitos.org
FALL FESTIVAL…… October 5th
3:00- 6:00 p.m.
Our class has been assigned: _______?
PLEASE sign-up to HELP 
YOUR ASSISTANCE IS GREATLY
APPRECIATED!
Our AMAZING….P.T.O.
Hang on to your PTO Activities / Calendar
handout that went home last week 
PTO meetings are held once a month
8:45-9:45 a.m.
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH
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CLASSROOM RULES
THE THREE Rs
BE:
RESPECTFUL
RESPONSIBLE
RESOURCEFUL
Always apply your BEST scholar effort!
POSITIVE INCENTIVES~
Homework Challenge = Homework Pass
3 weeks of complete and timely homework
Whole Class Challenge (classdojo.com)=
Classroom Celebration
Behavioral Consequences
wVerbal Reminder / Warning
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CARD….
CARD
wRed Card = student reflection form requiring a parent
signature. Partial or Full Lunch Detention
wParent / Teacher Conference
wParent / Teacher/ Principal Conference
State Adopted Curriculum
CUSD online link for Curriculum and Instructional information:
http://www.carmelunified.org/domain/19
LANGUAGE ARTS: Macmillian/McGraw – Hill:
MATH: EnVision textbook available online
Students have log in information sheet in their binders.
SCIENCE: Macmillan / McGraw – Hill …student text available online
SOCIAL STUDIES: Scott Foresman Publishing..student text
available online
LIFE SKILLS TRAINING: Princeton Health Press
THANK YOU FOCUS:
Friends of Carmel Unified School
LAPTOPS FOR STUDENTS!
•Daily keyboarding
•Students working collaboratively
•Enhanced research opportunities
•6th grade readiness
8:40-10:30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Math
Math
Math
Math
P.E. 9:4010:25
Math
Snack
Recess
Language Arts
Snack
Snack
Recess
Recess
Language Arts Language Arts
10:30-10:45 Snack
Snack
Recess
Recess
10:45-12:30 Language Arts Language Arts
12:30-1:15
P.E. 10:4511:35
Spanish 11:5512:25
Lunch
Lunch
Music
11:20-11:50
Lunch
Lunch
1:15-2:00
Library
1:15-2:05
Spanish
1:15-1:45
2:00-3:00
Science
2:05-3:00
Computer
Skills
2:10-2:50
Lunch
*Garden
*Art Docent
uHOMEWORK IS POSTED DAILY ON OUR CLASSROOM CALENDAR ONLINE:
uStudents write down homework into their planners daily….please check and initial!
uNightly reading: A.R. Books: Monday-Thursday (20 minutes)
Requirment: 20 A.R. points per trimester
uMath : Nightly (M-Th) Quick check page, Enrichment page and/or Math Menu
item. / Please see ask to see examples of finished work completed by your student
earlier in the day. This is designed to help them complete nightly homework.
uLanguage Arts: Spelling ~ (weekly packet) Final assessment on Friday
Prefixes / Suffixes ~ Final assessment on Friday
uMiscellaneous ~ Science/Social Studies interactive textbook pages,
reports/projects
Students should choose an appropriate
chapter book at their level .
20 A.R. points per trimester are required.
(2 points per week)
A.R. points are factored into report-card
reading grades.
Students will be asked to read and respond to our weekly classroom
blog : accessible on our classroom webpage.
Comments are checked and teacher approved before they are
posted.
Only first names are used and “real” email addresses are not
needed!
Online grades updated weekly. Click on the link from our
classroom webpage….(students know their login & password)
Completed / corrected student work packets are sent home
every couple of weeks. PLEASE SIGN and return EMPTY
envelope
Email or call with any questions or concerns:
[email protected]
659-2276- Ext 257
I will return all calls/emails in as timely a fashion as possible.
Parent / teacher conference (Fall & Spring) or as needed 
A FEW LEARNING PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
Adopt an Element Posters
Solar System Brochure
Explorer Project
State Report / Project
50 States & Capitals
USA MAP (Regions & States)
Geometry “Math Menu” activity
ALL ABOUT FRACTIONS Kaplan Strategies poster
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Kaplan Strategies Posters
OTHER FIELD TRIP LEARNING EXPERIENCES:
* Balclutha Tall Ship ( October 24-25th)
*Planetarium- Hartnell College (Feb.)
*Elk Horn Slough (March 21st)
* Toro Park (May)
INTERESTED in chaperoning??? Please sign up 
Thursday – Friday: October 24th – 25th, 2013
Overnight stay in San Francisco on an 1800’s tall ship
Living History
Crewmates / chanteys/ night watch/ teamwork/ FUN!
Parent Information packets COMING SOON: RETURN REQUIRED FORMS A.S.A.P.
5 Parent Drivers / Chaperones Needed: Please sign up and return completed
forms if interested.…..this one of a kind opportunity can only happen with
your support!!!
FINAL THOUGHTS:
WANTED!!!: Classroom Room Parent/s
Yearbooks…dedication pages
SIGN UPS  Art Docent
Photo Coordinator
Ensign
Galley Prep
Spring-Fling (silent auction item_
Field Trips
Fall Festival
3 x 5 note card to your 5th grade scholar
Questions/comments
Thank you for visiting our
classroom this evening.
Gooooooo bobcats!!!