1. Welcome to 5th Grade!

2. 5th grade Team Classroom Teachers: Resource Teachers: Mrs. Berkey
Mr. Burke
Mrs. Arrowsmith
Mrs. Demasi
Mrs. Coe
Mrs. Drawdy
Mrs. Jennings
Mrs. Hontos
Mrs. Ohngemach
Mrs. Schroth
Mrs. Van Alsburg
Mrs. Yanekian
Yes, all of these people will be working with our fifth grader this year! So, if you’re child mentions someone you aren’t familiar with, just know that all of these people are here to help your children.

3. Classroom Expectations Use of MobyMax.com No Homework except…
Parents and Planners
Individual teachers will have expectations for how things run in their classroom. You’ll learn more about this as we go along. We will be using MobyMax.com this year as one of our instructional tools across all subject areas.

4. All visitors must sign in at the office, please bring your photo ID.
We love volunteers! Please join Helping Hands as the best way to regularly assist us or your child’s teacher letting them know your interest.
Popping into the classroom is disruptive to the flow of instruction. If you need to bring something to school for your child, please take it to the office and they will get it to us. To avoid children needing to have a forgotten lunch delivered, consider putting $6.00 on your child’s lunch account that can be used for an emergency or a forgotten lunch.
Make-up work is given for ill students when they return to school. If you want to have your child’s work the day they are absent, please contact the office or your child’s teachers to make this request by 8am. Per our school protocol, we do not provide work prior to a trip/vacation. Instead, students should expect to receive their missed work when they return to school. Per county policy, students have one day per each day missed to make up missed work. Please know that we will not hunt your child down for make-up work. They need to show initiative in returning what has been provided to them.
New this year – no Tylenol in the clinic! Anyone wishing for the nurse to give their child Tylenol for headache, pain, etc. must bring in their own bottle and leave it with Mrs Clegg.
Phoenix Gradebook – Earning 4s will be rare – they signify mastery of content AND going above and beyond by answering extension questions. Earning 3s ARE GOOD!  We are using a standards based system, and all the papers you see come home will have numbers on them as the grade. However, there are letter grades on the report card, which are sourced from the number grades for each assignment.

5. Student Responsibilities Conferences Process will vary by teacher
Newsletters (5th Grade Monthly) s
Protocols and Expectations
Thursday folders
Allergies (info in Parent Handbook)
We expect students to be responsible for having their materials with them and school and in class with them every day, this includes their planner. Please check with your child’s teacher about conference times and how to sign-up. Our team will send home a newsletter at the beginning of each month. Please take a few minutes to read through the information. For s, please know that we will respond as quickly as possible, with the understanding that we have 24 hours to reply. If there is something time sensitive, such as a dismissal change, please call the office rather than send an . We will send home Thursday Folders each week which contain student work, information from the school, and information from the PTA. Please review the contents, sign the folder, and return it by Monday. Each of our classrooms has various allergies, so we ask that no foods with nuts or nut products be sent for snack.

6. Sick Days-email and/or call for current day, not future absences
ALL your child’s teachers
Front office or
Volunteer opportunities
Class parties - Winter Party and Valentine’s Day
End of Year Celebration
Information and paperwork on tables
Please the school and your child’s teacher(s) when they will be absent. If your child has more than one teacher, please be sure to include both teachers on the . Each teacher will have various volunteer opportunities throughout the year, please check with your child’s teacher. Each class will have two parties this year and we will also have a 5th Grade Celebration in June. Parents will be needed to serve as Room Parent, help with class parties, and help plan/run the 5th Grade Celebration. All homeroom teachers brought items for you to take home tonight, please check the table of your homeroom teacher.

7. Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning to develop critical thinking, communication, and collaborative skills
Addressing real-world problems
Learning from and engaging with the world outside the classroom while learning content and creating a public product
More info?
We encourage real world problem solving and will engage in various activities throughout the year that will put students’ problem solving to the test.

8. BYOT! Bring Your Own Technology
NOT REQUIRED! Completely optional!
Tech Tuesday primarily, but permitted as indicated by teachers for specific instructional activities
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