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Welcome to 5Awesome

Once you have found your child’s desk, complete the parent quiz. Don’t peek at your child’s responses!! Please take a moment to write a note to your child! Please join the Remind App by texting @rich5A to the number 81010.

A little about me. . .

• My family and I live in Franklin Park.
• My daughters are at JMU (junior) and

working in Chicago. Time flies!

• I have a masters degree in elementary math.
• This is the start of my 34th year in the

district, all in fifth grade!! Time really does fly!!!

Housekeeping

✓ Yearbooks

• We sign yearbooks the last week of school.
• I emailed the form below today and posted it on Seesaw.

Housekeeping

✓ Dress Code (can be found on the MES website)

• no flip flops
• no spaghetti straps

✓ Riding a different bus

• send a note to school

✓ Any money sent to school must be in a labeled, sealed

envelope.

Housekeeping

✓ Missing School

• An excuse is needed for all absences. (details to follow)
• A vacation form must filled out if you are pulling your child
• ut of school for more than 2 days.
• If you are pulling your child out for more than 10 days, your

child will be withdrawn from school. You will need to enroll them upon your return.

• If you are picking your child up from school before the end of

the day, you will need to notify the office no later than 2:00.

Absent Work

Absent One Day No worries. I will catch your child up when they return. Absent More Than One Day You can request work by calling the

• ffice, but the primary goal is that your

child gets better!

Communication

❖ Email (This is the best way to reach me.) srich@northallegheny.org ❖ Website:

• Go to North Allegheny website (www.northallegheny.org)
• Select School
• Go to Building Staff
• Select Rich, Susan Arco

❖ Take Home Folder

• Includes graded assignments
• Important communications

Conferences

Conferences will be held on: Monday, November 4 from 12:00-7:30 Tuesday, November 5 from 8:00-3:30. The fifth grade teachers are using SignUp Genius, an online site, to schedule conferences. An invitation to sign up for a conference will be sent via email.

Fifth Grade Expectations

❖ Theme for 5A: Choose Kindness Above All Else ❖ Time Management/Organization ❖ Fostering Independence ❖ Following Directions ❖ Making Good Decisions ❖ Assignment Book Requirements

(There must be something written for every subject whether there is homework or not.

❖ Supplies

One Rule-RESPECT

Respect for Self

• Participate positively
• Be prepared for class
• Do ONLY your best work
• Complete all assignments

Respect for Others

• Hands to yourself
• Stay on task
• Include others
• Respect thoughts and opinions of others

Respect for School

• Walk quietly down the hall
• Hands off displays
• Listen to teachers and assistants
• Keep desk, common areas, and cafeteria neat

The reminders page includes general reminders for the year as well as important dates.

Pull Out Schedule

Pull Out Day Time GOAL/IO

• Mr. Voland

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00-2:30 Band/Orchestra Ensemble

• Mrs. Klicker
• Ms. Long

Thursday 2;30-3:15 Chorus

• Mrs. Rodack

Thursday 1:35-2:20

Test Dates

Note: Vacations will not be approved during standardized testing.

Test Dates

ITBS January 13-17 PSSA ELA April 20-24 PSSA Math April 27-May 1

English Language Arts Components

Reading

• Comprehension Skills
• Robust Vocabulary/Cagey Questions/Word Work
• Storytown Reading Book-Story will be read 3 times:

at home, in school, and for analysis

• Close reading strategies
• Reading Guides/Reading Sourcebook Notes
• Text Dependent Analysis essays
• Story Test
• Leveled Readers

Spelling

• Generalization introduced Monday
• Super Speller pages for that week are due on Friday
• Test Friday

Grammar

• DOL twice a week with tests on Fridays
• Grammar notes kept in sourcebook.

Writing In Response to Literature

Text Dependent Analysis

• Answers question
• Cites evidence from text(s)
• Connects evidence to answer
• Written in multiple paragraphs.
• Scored with scoring guide

Writing

3 Modes of Writing

• Narrative, Informational, Opinion
• Focus on paragraph structure:

introduction, body, conclusion

• Scored for:

focus, content, organization, style, conventions

• Scored with mode specific scoring guide

Writing Source Book

• Reference pages will be kept in the writing part of

your child’s 3 subject notebook.

A marking indicator,and not a letter grade, is given the second and fourth nine weeks.

Social Studies

Four Major Units of Study

• Exploration
• American Colonies
• American Revolution
• Framing of the Constitution and Bill of Rights

Making History Come Alive!!

• Hands on activities
• Story Time
• Simulations

Social Studies

★ Students will receive a magazine at the start of every unit. ★ They are encouraged to annotate right in the magazine. ★ Each spread has a reading guide designed to help your child navigate through the reading and pull

• ut the important information.

iPad Information

How will the iPads be used?

• instruction
• research
• presentations
• sharing

Ipad- LOGIN INFO

• Tiger ID = same username and login across

most district technology

– There is an icon on their iPad.

• Email addresses are simplified.

First initialfull last name@nastudents.org

We will be using Seesaw to sharing what your child is learning at school. Seesaw gives your child a place to document their learning, be creative and learn how to use technology.

➢ Each child gets their own journal and we will periodically add entries to it. ➢ All student content is safe and secure. Journals are only accessible to you, your child, and me. ➢ Homework will be posted on Seesaw daily.

➢ If you do not have access to Seesaw, scan the QR code below. Then select your child’s name.

Please proceed to Mrs. Oberndorf’s room for math information.