GAME ON!
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Planner – please check nightly
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Tuesday folders
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Please go over papers with your child
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Sign and return when necessary
Expandables
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Should go home nightly
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Please do not remove any papers
HAC
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If you do not have a password and username, please contact the front
office.
Transportation
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A note is required to make changes
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We cannot accept a phone call or emails. Any changes need to be
faxed to the front office before 3:00.
COMMUNICATION
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Conduct Sheet
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Located in expandable
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Please sign on Tuesday nights where indicated
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Please do not sign for the whole marking period all
at one time.
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A “U” will be given for organizational skills if a
conduct sheet is lost.
CONDUCT
Please sign and date here every Tuesday
night.
REWARDS
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Credit Cards-reinforce the positive
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Credit card parties around every nine weeks
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Vary throughout the year
GRADES
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Progress reports - Sent home midway through marking period.
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Other/Homework- 15% of your child’s grade
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Must come to school with student in the morning.
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Minor/Daily- 40% of total grade
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Major/Tests- 45% of total grade
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Late work is 10 points off for each day late. After 3 days late,
your child will receive a zero or a recess detention to complete
the assignment.
HOMEWORK
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About 45 minutes nightly
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All homework will be written in planner.
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A week’s notice for all major tests
FIFTH GRADE SCHEDULE
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Your child has a copy of their schedule and
should have it in their expandable.
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We also have given them one to go to their
parents.
During specials is a good time to schedule
medical appointments.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Snack – healthy and simple
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If a student forgets something at home, they may not call home to
get it.
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Cute school supplies – sometimes stolen and may become toys at
school-(Discuss student desks)
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Absences and Make-up Work:
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Work cannot be given prior to absences
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1 day per day of absence
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May require recess time to complete unfinished assignments
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Student may bring in electronic devices for teacher led activities.
Only students who have returned a signed technology guideline form
are permitted to use these devices.
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HAC- please check periodically for updated grades. If you do not
have your pin, please contact Claire Loria ext. 5455
THE WEEBLY
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The Weebly is a way for you to get information.
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We have information on the teachers, such as
their contacts.
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We have information about things we will be
doing each week in the classes.
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We will have information about important school
dates and activities.
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We will have study tools, examples of anchor
charts, and pictures.
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You can find this at
www.pattisonfifth.weebly.com
MY KATY CLOUD AND GOOGLE DRIVE
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We have put a label into their planners to help
them remember their student id and password.
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
PLEASE HELP US IN OUR CLASSROOMS
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Volunteers Needed for ONE DAY ONLY to teach Junior Achievement Lessons
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This opportunity is for Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles too!
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We are seeking parents who would like to be involved with the kids for ONE full
day May 19th from 9-3.
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Each volunteer will teach/share one hands-on activity to five separate class groups
during the scheduled times. Lunch/snacks will be served to all volunteers and you are
welcome to have lunch with your student. You will be supported by the teachers
throughout this experience.
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All materials, lesson plans and activities are provided and will be available for
pick up and preparation from the front office.
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Spaces will fill fast. JA classes are forming now and each class will be taught by a
parent volunteer.
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If you would like to volunteer and spend time with your child in the classroom setting,
then this opportunity is for you!
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Make sure to get your name and info on the sign-up sheet from your teacher
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YOU MAY BE THE DIFFERENCE IN A CHILD’S FUTURE.
SCIENCE
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Vocabulary Book- This is located in the students
expandables and should remain there.
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StemScopes- We have already set up the StemScopedias
for every topic for every student.
http://n11008d41172.acceleratelearning.com/login
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Homework: Around 1-2 homework assignments per week.
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Reviews: Located in the student’s notebooks along with
their study topics.
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Notebooks: Used for in class notes, investigations, and can
be used as a way to review for tests or quizzes.
LANGUAGE ARTS
MRS. ESHBAUGH * MRS. JOHNSON * MS. MCCAULLEY * MRS. ZEIDERS
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Grammar & Conventions: This is a two week cycle program that students will observe mentor
text and use them to understand grammar and editing. They will then apply this to their everyday
writing. At the end of each cycle, there will be an assessment for the skill covered.
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Mini Lesson: Students will have a quick, ten minute lesson on ways to improve their writing.
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Independent Writing: Students will go write using what they have learned. Teachers will confer
or pull a small objective group to check on progress. We will be writing narratives, essays, how to’s
and persuasive writing.
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Celebrate: Children repeat what is celebrated! We will be celebrating good writing throughout the
year!
SOCIAL STUDIES
MRS. ESHBAUGH * MRS. JOHNSON * MS. COOPER * MRS. ZEIDERS
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Notebooks: We will only have a class set of textbooks at school so it is important for students to use
their notebooks to study and to record information from class discussions.
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Reviews: These can be found in their notebooks with study tips.
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States Quizzes and Test: We will be having a 50 States Test at the end of the year and a 15, 25, and
40 State Quiz throughout the year. Help your child start learning them early.
READER’S WORKSHOP
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*Word Study: Assessments every four weeks. This is a daily grade.
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*Reader’s Workshop Approach: read aloud, mini lesson, small groups,
conferences and independent reading time
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*Just Right Books: every child reads at a different levels. We teach
strategies and skills on each child’s level.
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*Conferences and small group lessons: Daily and these are fluid and
change constantly.
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Book Logs: Important information about reading is taken from these
logs. They do not need to be signed but they do need to be filled
out.
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Book Reviews: three due every nine weeks.
elizabethengelmann@katyisd.org
nancybjohnson@katyisd.org
margaretemccauley@katyisd.org
AspenCooper@katyisd.org
maryLzeiders@katyisd.org
carolyngruiz@katyisd.org
jacquelineaeshbaugh@katyisd.org
morganditchman@katyisd.org
MaryMPoole@katyisd.org
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EMAILS
School phone: 281 237-5450
It is going to be a
great year!