Yearbook School events (Sign Up Genius) Go Speedy Go (info went - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The PTO is looking for volunteers to help out during the school year!  Yearbook  School events (Sign Up Genius)  Go Speedy Go (info went home on Friday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KER6qdcQBr8

 Write any questions you have on the index card provided  Be sure to include your name and email address  Please hand them to me before you leave

 Sixth year teaching 5 th grade at Cerritos  Was a Kyrene student  Graduated from ASU with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in English Linguistics (Go Sun Devils!)  Lifelong learner who loves being enthusiastic about teaching

 Email: Lwontor@kyrene.org  Phone: 480-541-2372  The Wontor Weekly email update (Mondays)  Teacher webpage (www.kyrene.org/lwontor)

 Lunch: 11:10-11:30  Recess: 11:30-11:50  Monday - Art (8:00-8:45)  Tuesday – P.E. (8:00-8:45)  Wednesday – Computer Lab or MakerSpace (8:00-8:45)  Thursday – Music (8:00-8:45)  Friday – Library (8:00-8:45)

 Check for homework (front pocket) and flyers (back pocket) each evening in white binder  Sign your child’s agenda (behavior box) every night  Transportation – If there is ever a change in the normal routine, please let me/the office know (the office after noon)  Listserv – follow the link on the Cerritos Home Page to sign up for school and district communication sent electronically

 The 7 Habits of Happy Kids  C.A.R.E.S.  Wildly Important Goals (WIGS)  Mission Statements

 A way of staying in communication with you about your child’s activities at school  A stamp indicates good behavior and work habits that promote learning throughout the day  A letter will reflect citizenship, or study habits that may need some improvement  The letter written will correspond with the rule listed on the bright pink paper in the page protector  Please initial every day within the behavior box, so I can see that we have communicated

Coo Cooperation Excell Ex llence Raise your hand when you have something to say Try your personal best and give 100% effort Minimize disruptions during learning (getting out of Be an active listener and participate in class seat, having side conversations, etc.) Follow directions the first time Use an appropriate voice level Use manners and be an awesome role model Synergize with others and deal peacefully with disagreements Sa Safety Keep your desk and work materials neat Accountabil Acc ility Push in your chair Come prepared with materials daily (homework, agenda, etc.) Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself Stay on task and engaged in your learning Walk quietly and appropriately in the hallway Take responsibility for your actions Complete work on time Res espect Respect your classmates and your teacher Respect all other people in the building Respect materials by using them as tools, not toys Show kindness in and out of the classroom

 Mutual Respect  Accepting Responsibility and Natural Consequences  Positive Recognition C.A.R.E.S. Slips, Parent Contact, Celebrations  Negative Consequences Behavior Calendar, Behavior Reflection, Parent Contact

Nig ightly ly As s assig igned  Agenda signed  ELA  Math  Social studies & science  Read 30 minutes  Projects  Reading prompt (due Fri.)

#1 place to look: your child’s agenda #2 place to look: on the homework page of my website (as updated as possible)

 Agenda signed every night — even Fridays  Neat & completed with effort  Completed independently (assistance is encouraged once initial attempt has been made, but students should use resources to help first)  Should not take longer than 45 minutes (excluding projects and studying)  Missing/incomplete work must be made up on student’s time (one day given per day absent)  Homework is not tracked in the online gradebook — I will email you if I notice a pattern of incomplete/missing homework

 Read 25 books over the course of the school year  Some specific genres and others are free choice  Books must be 75 pages minimum (except 1 picture book)  Books 250+ pages in length count as 2 books  Students must give 1 book talk each quarter to their classmates  Books read aloud to the class by Miss Wontor count (plan on 4)  Have a prompt to respond to each week (due Friday) in composition book  More information was sent home on a blue piece of paper on Monday (should be in your child’s take -home binder)

 Students will have one day (for each day they are absent) to make up work.  Getting & completing the work from the “Absent Work” file is the student’s responsibility  Email me ahead of time and I will gather any work that I can to send with your child

 Agenda Tabs: Math, Social Studies, Science  Front pocket: Homework  Back pocket: Keep at Home (flyers, etc.)

 Math Friday check-ins and focus tests  Social Studies/Science Quizzes and tests per unit (day varies) Projects  Reading Quizzes and assessment (day varies)  Writing Written work graded by rubric (day varies)

Students will receive a letter grade for each subject on their report card. Parents and students are highly encouraged to check grades online once a week. (via the Kyrene website)  90-100 = A  80-89 = B  70-79 = C  60-69 = D  59 and lower = F

All students have their own leadership notebook  Track individual progress on assessments and goals  Students take ownership and pride in their progress and learning  Tabs: Missions, Goals, Data, 7 Habits, Victories Class Data Wall  Track class progress toward goals (WIGS and WOWS)

Every child is unique and has a different learning style  I believe in meeting each child’s learning needs by guiding them toward individual growth  Instructional Focus Groups (IFG) in reading and math to focus on specific skills, remediation and/or enrichment

Focus Units:  Multiplication & Division of Decimals  Place Value with Decimal Fractions  Addition & Multiplication with Volume  Multiplication & Division Strategies and area  Addition & Subtraction of Decimal  Classifying & Measuring 2D Geometric Fractions Figures  Multiplication & Division of  Geometry & the Coordinate Plane Fractions

9 units:  Personal Narratives  Students move fluidly between  Early American Civilizations reading, writing, speaking and  Poetry listening, and language activities  Through these activities students  Adventures of Don Quixote continue to build background  The Renaissance knowledge, with an increasing  The Reformation emphasis on individual and small group interaction with complex text  A Midsummer Night’s Dream  Native Americans  Chemical Matter

 Our Nation’s Geography  The Constitution & Government  Native Americans  The Civil War  European Exploration  Reconstruction  Colonization  The American Revolution

 Biomes  Body Systems  Earth, Space and Planets  Human Growth and Development  Physical & Chemical  Force and Motion Properties of Matter (Simple Machines)

 Computer Lab  Kahoot  Google Classroom  Internet  Laptops  Smart board

Donations throughout the year are much appreciated! Will be communicated via email or agenda

 Run by Mrs. Martin, our P.E. teacher  Class Playworks time once per month (Wednesday, 9:30-10:00)  Topics: Inclusion, Healthy Play, Respect, Cooperation  Junior Coach opportunity for 5 th graders

 Please do not send birthday invitations to school  Special treats or snacks for birthdays or other occasions are not allowed for the class other than during a classroom party  We play Birthday Bingo and celebrate as a class 

 Volunteering in fifth grade is on an “as needed” basis  I will email you as needed – at home project or in-class opportunities  Sign Up Genius may be used too

 Please take a minute and write a note to your child on the pink sticky note if you haven’t already  Give index cards with questions to me as you leave