Welcome to 5 th Grade! Please take any seat and Write a note to your student

1. Welcome to 5th Grade! Please take any seat and Write a note to your student

2. Agenda • Teacher Background • Communication • School and Classroom Rules and Consequences • Student Expectations • Curriculum • Schedule • Homework • Grading Policy • Student absences

3. Teacher Background • Excited to be at Altamont • Erika Mallory contact me at: emallory@sjcoe.net • Teaching for over 10 years • B.A. of Psychology, teaching credential, and M.A. of Educational Technology • 1 to 1 classroom Chromebooks

4. How do We Communicate? • Weekly Message • Classroom Webpage • www.mrsemallory.weebly.com • Email emallory@sjcoe.net • Write a note in your student’s planner • Phone call

5. Altamont School Wide Ideas *4 C’s Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity --connected with CCSS and STEM *3 B’s Be focused on learning Be safe Be respectful --structure for student success

6. Classroom Rules • Be Respectful • To yourself, others, and Altamont School • Be Responsible • For your self, your actions, and your assignments • Be Safe • Follow directions • Ask Questions

7. Classroom Consequences • Warning • Sign Behavior Log • Loss of recess • Behavior Log goes home to be signed • Detention • Phone call home • Conference with principal, teacher and parent

8. Student Expectations • Increased responsibility • Increased instructional pace • Increased technology use • More independent work • Reading to learn • Late work will not be accepted

9. Cirrculum Language Arts • Multi paragraph compositions (opinion, informational, and narrative) • Comprehension of various genres of literature • Grade level vocabulary • Speaking and Listening Mathematics • Proficient in operations • Algebra: exponents and order of operations • Measurement • Problem Solving

10. Curriculum Cont. Science • Living Systems • Mixtures and Solutions • Water planet • Science Fair (more information to come) • STEM emphasis Social Studies • American History • Early explorers and colonies • Westward expansion • Modern era, states and capitals DARE

11. Physical Education • Students will participate in PE 4 days a week • Monday-Thursday 1:56-2:30 • Students are expected to dress accordingly • Missed days must be made up • Questions? Contact Mr. Sauerwald

12. Music • Students may choose to join band or choir • Student responsible to complete missed classwork as additional homework • To participate in band and choir students must receive teacher approval and maintain good grades

13. Schedule

14. Homework • Students are responsible for writing homework in planner • Students will complete missing or late work at recess • Missing work will be noted in planner About 1 hour of homework a night • Monthly book projects • Reports • Spelling • Vocabulary • Nightly Math homework • Reading log 20 min a night • Additional Studying

15. Grading Policy Homework/Classwork • Credit/no credit • Check = credit • Late and/or missing work will be noted in planner Projects/tests • Rubric Scores • 4 Advanced/ above grade level • 3 Proficient/ at grade level • 2 Basic/ approaching grade level • 1 Below Basic/ Does not meet standards Late projects will not be accepted

16. Student Abences • Students are responsible for completing work missed • Students will receive one day per day out to complete work • “While You Were Out” slips

17. Any questions?