GRADES –
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Your 5th grader will now be receiving letter grades on all assignments, homework, bell work, assessments, and participation.
*The grades will be entered weekly.
*Missing assignments will be marked with an M in Infinite Campus. That is an automatic 40%.
*Your student has 2 weeks to complete and turn in those missing assignments. If they are not turned in within that time period they are either given a 0 if no work was observed being done or a 40% if work was observed but they didn’t turn it in.
*Eligibility to play sports is pulled every Tuesday morning so students playing sports can be benched for the week if they have and F’s. Be aware that some coaches required no D’s also.
*If you have a missing assignment in Infinite Campus : you can either finish the assignment on paper that we originally gave you or complete the matching assignment that is on your google classroom under the topic – missing assignments. It will also give you a date that it must be done by. So when you see missing in IC (Infinite Campus) go straight to your google classroom and get it done.
TO DO – Log into infinite campus weekly.
GOOGLE CLASSROOM and ACCOUNT – https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3jQcCVZKuj
All 5th graders need to have access to the google classroom and their San Tan Google account. Missing assignments, videos, information, projects, science fair documents, homework, and other items in both or one class will be found and accessible to the students there. It should be checked 2 or 3 times a week.
TO DO: Make sure your student can access their google account from home and have access to a computer through the week to check and work on their google classroom if needed.
HOMEWORK – https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3jQcpVZKtM
We believe that 6 hours should be enough time for students to get their learning but we also feel like a little responsibility and extra effort put in at home is a best practice for students. So there is a required homework assignment that is graded in 5th grade Math ALSO ANY ASSIGNMENT THAT IS DUE THE NEXT DAY AND NOT FINISHED THEN BECOMES HOMEWORK!
Mrs. G – Homework is found on the google classroom – classwork page – homework heading
* It is assigned on Monday and due on the following Sunday by 12 midnight.
* It is only 6-8 problems for the week should be 10 to 15 minutes a week!
ELECTIVES –
Your student will be doing electives instead of specials. This means they will choose an elective out of the four and they will go to that elective daily for an hour. They will not go to music this semester if they chose PE. They will go to PE everyday. If your student didn’t chose an elective at open house then please have them do so now. They will choose again at the end of the semester for semester 2
CLASSROOM SUPPLIES –
Your student has personal and classroom items on the supply list. They need to bring in and give the classroom items to their homeroom teacher and the personal items should be labeled and kept in their backpacks. The expectation is that your student is prepared each day with their own supplies. They should always have a current reading book, their journals, their pencil pouch with glue stick, pencils and sharpeners or mechanical pencils and extra led, scissors, some form of coloring items, (markers, crayons or colored pencils) whatever they prefer, highlighter, dry erase marker and eraser. They also need some sort of envelope or wallet to keep their classroom money safe. ALL items are kept and moved from classes in their backpacks. They are basically their lockers from now on. In both math and ELA they have workbooks that may come home to work in but PLEASE remind them to put it back in the backpack for the next day as we work in them daily. They should have a snack for both morning and afternoon and ALWAYS a water bottle! Please encourage them to leave all toys, unapproved fidget items, stuff animals, and cards at home. They are not allowed in class! All fidget items that you feel your student needs must be sent as a request in an email with reasons why it is needed if we approve it your student is welcome to bring and use and if they become a problem in the classroom for others or his or her self will not be allowed to stay in the class. We want them running and playing during recess and focused on learning during class time.
TO DO: Review the supplies list and make sure that your student’s backpack is set up for success.
LUNCH AND RECESS –
Your student should bring a lunch daily or can order hot lunch. Link to how to order hot lunch is in the email. REMEMBER that there are absolutely no nuts allowed in the lunch or snacks. They may use the vending machines for items during lunch only. They can not use it during snacks. Snacks should be healthy! They will have time for a morning and afternoon snack as long as they show us they can eat a snack and visit without a problem. The students are not allowed to use the microwave so please make sure that their lunch is kept warm or that is doesn’t need to be warm. Our schedule is not set in stone at this time but we will let you know the time as soon as we do. You are welcome for any occasion to have lunch with your student, please just check in at the front desk. If you are taking your student out or dropping off a meal please make sure that your are doing it at the lunch time so they don’t miss class time. Just keep in mind that we have a food and nutrition policy that asked they lunches and snack are in most part healthy. So try to avoid sending only cookies and cupcakes for lunch. ha ha They have two recess, one after lunch and one at the end of the day. They are welcome to bring in playground equipment please label with their name!
CELL PHONES –
There is a no Cell Phones policy in 5th grade, meaning if your child must have a cell phone it must be turned off and in backpack at ALL times. They should not be texting you during the school day. If there is something desperate please call the front office and they will get the message to us. If your student is somehow texting you during the day please let us know or talk to them because they shouldn’t have their cell phones turned on or on their bodies. If your student is found with the cell phone being used or somewhere not in the backpack it will be sent up to the front office with your student.
Other quick items:
DISMISSAL – Unless a walker or they are riding the sports bus. Your student will only be sent out when we see their number show up on our APP. Please make sure that number hanger we gave you at open house is visible. Your student will be taken to aftercare at 3:40 if you are not here to get them.
SWITCHING CLASSES – Your 5th grader will have two teachers. Their homeroom teacher is their morning teacher and that is the teacher that you will volunteer in and also that is the teacher that you will write on any documents that say teacher name. Around noon before or after lunch we will switch classes and your student will be with the other teacher for the afternoon and will get dismissed from that class.
CLASSROOM ECONOMY – We will have jobs in each class and an economy in Mrs. G’s class that goes along with math. They will pay rent, collect paychecks, get citations and bonuses, have a checking account, run a market on the half day’s at the end of each month.
FIELD TRIPS – We will have two field trips this year. We will go the Revolution Festival at Schneff Farm in Nov. and to Science Camp again in April. Be aware of those costs and prepare, especially science camp. Science camp is just as fun if not more the second year and the activities are completely different. There is also another science camp for just Mrs. G’s homeroom known as gifted camp in the fall. If you want to chaperone which we will need and is a amazing time with your child please make sure that you have a current fingerprint card. The directions to get that can be found in Mrs. Laramie letters.
VOLUNTEERS – IF you would like to volunteer in the classroom and didn’t get a chance to sign up at open house you may do so below. Name, student’s name, contact information and if you have something you would prefer to do or not do please add. Please put your student’s homeroom teachers name also. We are looking specifically for art masterpiece and classroom coordinator first and then others throughout the year. DONATIONS: Throughout the year we will have classroom transformations, science experiments and end of quarter celebrations, we will be asking for help with some of the event and items needed, that will be in our weekly email. Please be on the lookout and help if you can. This is not required so if that is something that your family can not do at the time please don’t worry or feel like you aren’t doing your part. but if you can help it is very appreciated. CONTACT: Please feel welcome and encouraged to email either of us or both with any concerns, questions or problems. An email for both of us is the best way to get a conversation started. If more is needed we can schedule a meeting. We are all on the same team and the success of your student is the top priority. We will be asking them to solve a lot of their situations on their own with our guidance. But at the same time if you are hearing things about stuff in the classroom or mainly at lunch and recess please email us and let us know. Despite what people believe it is impossible for us to see and hear everything. ALSO encourage your students to speak up when they see or have thing happen to them that make them uncomfortable or feel unsafe. Those are immediate things that we need to solve! Mrs G – sgustafson@santancs.com
BIRTHDAYS – We will celebrate your students birthday. You are welcome to bring in an item on that day but it can not be a sweet treat. That is the school policy. So chips, fruit snacks, pretzels, popcorn, pencils are some ideas. You would only provide enough for their homeroom not both. You DO NOT NEED to bring in an item we will sing to them and in Mrs. G’s class they will be able to do show and tell on that day. SCHEDULES AND UPDATES: Our class schedules when set will be available for viewing on our websites, google classrooms, and classrooms. All updates will be sent in a weekly email and updated on the website weekly.
