Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Meet Mrs. Stief I will begin my 15th year of teaching at Western Beaver this year. I earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Penn State University. I am married and have one child, Ryan. We live in Patterson Township with our elderly dog, Onyx. I love teaching, especially math and look forward to helping all of the students improve and build their math skills this year. (Insert Picture here)

Meet Mrs. Ondrusek I will begin my 14th year of teaching at Western Beaver this year. I earned my Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I am married and have two children. We live in Center Township with our dog, Evie. I love teaching, especially reading and look forward to helping all of the students improve and build their reading skills this year. (Insert Picture here)

Classroom Rules BE RESPONSIBLE for learning the skills taught in each class and completing the work assigned. BE RESPECTFUL to all adults and peers by using good manners, leaving others’ belongings alone, and showing kindness. Be HERE. by coming to school ready and organized everyday BE SAFE. Physical contact of any kind will not be tolerated. BE YOU by following directions and asking questions or for help when you do not understand.

Schedule 8-8:830 Student Arrival 8:30-8:35 Announcements, Lunch Count, Restroom Break 8:40-9:45 First Period Class: Either Math or ELA 9:45-11:00 Second Period Class: Either Math or ELA 11-11:25 Skill Intervention, Restroom Break 11:25-11:55 Lunch 12-12:25 Recess, Restroom Break 12:30-1:25 Social Studies / Science 1:30-2 Silent Reading for AR Goal and RTI on Monday and Wednesday 2-2:07 Fill in Agendas, Pack Up for Home, Restroom Break 2:07-2:53 Specials 2:55-3:00 Student Dismissal

ELA There will be a grade on your child’s report card that is for ELA. This is the combination of your child’s reading, grammar, spelling, and AR scores.

Reading There will be a reading test for each story. The reading test will have a comprehension section and a vocabulary section. For each story, students will have: Their book that contains the story. A reading packet A vocabulary list Comprehension/Focus Questions On-line features Level Books

Grammar There will be a grammar skill for each story. The students will learn proper identification and usage of parts of speech. 3-4 classroom lessons with practice activities There is a grammar section on each reading test.

Spelling There will be a spelling test for each story. 25 words with spelling patterns. 3 practice activities

A.R.: Accelerated Reader Students will have 30 minutes each school day to read silently at their desk. During this time, your child will need to pick out and read books that are within their AR level. They obtain their AR level by taking an online assessment once each nine weeks. Their level correlates to a point value that they can be expected to earn if they read daily for 25 minutes and take the AR test on the books that they read . Their progress on this goal is monitored and recorded as a part of their ELA grade.

Math This year in math, students will have the opportunity to review, repair, and learn new math skills. We will focus on operations with whole numbers, decimal numbers, and fractions. Students will have their math books, handouts, and notebooks.

Social Studies First and Second nine weeks Social studies textbooks and chapter study guides Chapter assessments

Science Third and Fourth nine weeks Science textbooks and journals Experiments ASSET projects

Technology Regularly used websites: Accelerated Reader: https://hosted216.renlearn.com/24018/ Math https://my.mheducation.com ELA https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do Grades https://skyward.iscorp.com/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wseduwesternbeaverpa/seplog01.w Fairview’s Website https://www.westernbeaver.org/Domain/9

Homework There will NOT be an A LOT of homework assigned. -extremely helpful and important -complete homework with best effort -on time. For ALL subjects, there will be homework assignments just about EVERY night. ALL assignments will be recorded in student agendas. Evening caretakers will need to initial the homework agenda EVERY night, ideally after reviewing the homework for completeness. It is STUDENTS’ responsibility to ask their caretaker to initial the agenda, not the other way around!

Absent Work When your child is absent, please contact the office as soon as possible to notify us and to set up a way in which your child can get their makeup work home. Absent work can be picked up by an adult or sent home with another student (sibling or neighbor). A direction page will accompany all needed materials. Students are given time to complete the work equal to the number of days that were missed.

Supplies Please see supply list. https://www.westernbeaver.org/Page/2148

Contact Info. Email is the fastest way to reach Mrs. Stief. Email: amanda.stief@westernbeaver.org Phone #: 724-643-9680 Ext 3024 Email is the fastest way to reach Mrs. Ondrusek Email: emily.ondrusek@westernbeaver.org Phone #: 724-643-9680 Ext 30___

General Questions Does anyone have any questions regarding ALL of fifth grade? Please email questions specific to your child at a later time.

THANK YOU!! Thank you for coming out tonight for Open House 2018-2019. Please be sure to sign in on the sheet in your child’s homeroom. Please have your child place their name on their scavenger hunt paper before turning it in.