OPEN HOUSE2015-2016

Mrs. Meints

STUDENT PLANNER

•Planners should be taken home and shown to a parent each day.

•Please attempt to sign the planner each night (Mon-Thur)

•All homework is written on the board daily. My goal is to have the homework updated on class webpage by 3:00 everyday.

MONDAY FOLDERS

They include student work, a signature sheet, homework slip, field trip forms, and any other items that need to be sent home.

Should be returned Tuesday with the signature sheet.

Your signature lets me know that you have seen all of the information which will include all graded work. A progress report will be sent home at the halfway mark for any subject average that is a D or below.

If there are areas of concern for the previous week, I will mark on the chart.

If there has been missing homework from the previous week, I will make note of it.

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Positive Discipline- highlighting and focusing on the positive traits and behaviorsTicket system

Coach’s Box

-Warning

-5 minute laps

-10 minute lap

-Call/note home

5TH GRADE TESTING THIS YEAR

IOWA Assessment: 10/5-10/8

Milestone: 4/13-4/20

SYNERGY

Forms are here for you to sign to get your log-in information. New students

Please check Synergy on a weekly basis to see your child’s current grades.

SNACKS

Please send your child to school with a snack each day. We eat lunch at 12:01. Typically, it is eaten around 9:50.

You may also send your child to school with bottled water. We have a water fountain in the classroom.

Snacks should be a single serving size.

BIRTHDAYS

You may send or bring in a birthday treat if you wish.

Please make it simple and easy to serve. (Pre-cut or have individual servings for the entire class.)

Birthday party invitations should be distributed outside of school.

LUNCH ROOM

Come enjoy lunch with your child!

First, sign in at the front office and get a visitor’s pass.

Then, meet us inside the dining room for lunch.

Please sit with your child at the visitor’s table.

BUS PASS

Hand written notes for your child to ride home on the bus with another student are no longer permissible. There is a form that must be filled out. The student bus change form can be found either on the school website or in the front office.

DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT/ABSENCE

When your child is absent, please send in an absence excuse upon his/her return.

If your child is going to be absent for several days, I will try my best to work with you and provide some work for him/her to complete.

Make-up work is required to be completed upon return.

TARDIES

Please have your child to school by 7:50. It would be even better if they could arrive by 7:30. We complete our morning work during this time. It is very beneficial for your child to arrive early. This enables your child to get unpacked and settled for the day which is very important at this age. There are a few things that need to be taken care of in the morning, and it helps when students have time.

CONFERENCES

Please send a note or an email to request a conference.

Kelly.meints@cobbk12.org

Conferences may be held in person or by phone.

Conference week will be October 19-23.

HOMEWORK

Students are held accountable for their homework through the use of the work/study habits section of the report card.

Missing 0-3 assignments = can contribute to a Satisfactory rating on the report card

Missing 4-6 assignments = Needs Improvement

Missing 7 or more assignments = Unsatisfactory (This rating will take a student off of honor roll.)

*No Homework Binder

TEST CORRECTIONS

Students will have the opportunity to make Math and Reading test corrections for any grades below a 70.

Students will receive partial credit for corrections.

I will work with your child as needed for setting deadlines for test corrections.

FIELD TRIPS

We will be having several in-house field trips this year and we’ll try to get off campus. We are currently considering: Theater Performance High Touch-High Tech-Hands on Science Experiments

We will have be going to Chattanooga on Friday May 13th – more information to come.

5TH GRADE PROGRAM

November 2nd at 6:00 and a repeat performance on Tuesday November 3rd at 8:00

ELLIS ISLAND SIMULATION

Nov. 10th During the school day

A chance for students to experience firsthand what immigrants traveling to America went through and felt.

Students will need to dress like an immigrant

Parent Volunteers Needed and Appreciated

MATH UNITS

Place Value

Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers/Algebraic Thinking

Measurement

Addition and Subtraction of Decimals

Volume

Addition and Subtraction of Fractions/Data

• Multiplication and Division of Fractions

• Multiplication and Division of Decimals/Algebraic Thinking

• Coordinate Graphing and Algebraic Thinking

• Hierarchy of 2-D Figures• Multiplication and

Division of Whole Numbers and Decimals (Review)

• Addition and Subtraction of Fractions (Review)

READING Reading Skills Sequencing Quote Accurately Compare/Contrast Character Analysis Theme Inferring Determining Importance Cause and Effect Making Connections Questioning Synthesizing Visualizing Figurative Language Point of View

Workshop Model

Reading Journals

Reading Conferences

Guided Reading Groups

Strategy Groups

Authentic grading- grades will come from in class lesson specific objectives related to student’s daily reading

LANGUAGE ARTS GRADES The county has assigned weights for 5th Grade Language Arts.

30% is word work, spelling, and grammar

70% is writing.

WRITING

Narrative Writing Opinion Writing Informational/ Explanatory Writing Research Writing Routine Writing Writing Stamina

•Workshop Model•Writer’s Notebook•Writing Conferences•Strategy Groups•Published pieces•Interdisciplinary

SPELLING

The 5th grade standard requires students to spell grade level appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

We will be assessing spelling in writing assignments and through content related tests. No weekly spelling tests will be given.

Greek and Latin roots will be taught to reinforce reading comprehension. Students will not be required to spell these words correctly.

VOCABULARY

Each Monday students will receive their vocabulary words for the week.

To start the year off, we will be assigning nightly vocabulary homework.

Vocabulary tests will be on Friday.

SCIENCE Constructive and Deconstructive Forces

Matter

Electricity and Magnetism

Cells and Microorganisms

Classification of Organisms

SOCIAL STUDIES

Citizenship

The Civil War and Reconstruction

The Changing Nation

World War I, Jazz Age, and Great Depression

World War II and the Cold War

America 1950-1975

America 1975-present

HEALTH

Nutritional and personal health

Emotional and mental health

Medicine Safety

Disease Prevention

Growth and Development

Personal Safety

TECHNOLOGY

IXL will be available for students soon.

If on phone or IPAD, you can access our classroom blog by clicking on the “mobile” heading on the East Side Elementary website. It will bring up a list where you can click 5th grade and then Kelly Meints

Check school website for important school news. Quick links are on the left side, such as lunch menus, MealPay Plus, and the bus change form. Upcoming events from our school calendar are on the right hand side.

AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

•two Dell computers in the classroom

•an LCD projector and a Dell laptop

•access to laptop computers with wireless internet

•access to a computer lab

•a SMARTBoard

•Ipads

GRADING

We use formative and summative assessments at East Side Elementary.Class work is considered to be a type of formative assessment and will be used to determine a portion of the students’ grades. Formative assessments are used to help students improve by providing practice for students and guidance for instruction.

Summative assessments are used to measure student achievement and mastery of a standard.

EAST SIDE’S DEFINITION OF BULLYING

Bullying is:

Intentional and purposeful, not an accident

A pattern of behavior over time, not just a one time incident

An imbalance of power or strength

A feeling of injury or discomfort by the person being bullied

Bullying is unfair and one-sided. It happens when someone keeps hurting, frightening, threatening, or

leaving someone out on purpose.

Thank you for your support!