Welcome to 5th Grade!

About Mrs. D

• Oldest of 4 kids

• From Minden – graduated from Tri-Center

• Graduated from ISU

• Kyle, my husband and Ames, my son

• Ninja and Lucie, cat and dog

• Chiefs!

Tour around the room• Smart board

• Math, SS, Reading boards

• Mrs. D’s corner

• Turn in tray

• Math and SS books

• Homework slips and clips and sheet

• Library – book check out and books from AEA

• Mailboxes

• Index cards – put in drawer

• Construction paper

• Study room

Tour cont’d• Lucky 7

• SS binder shelf

• Small group table

• Assignment board

• Chairs and pillows

• My desk

• Pencils, staplers, etc.

• Post its

• Basketball hoop

Morning Routine• Come in and get out composition notebook

– Date, daily geography question, DOL (orange sheets), Daily Precept

• Read with partner

• Fill out planners

• Go to the bathroom and get a drink before 8:18.

• Make sure you have everything you need for the day by 8:18 –

you WILL NOT be able to go get anything from your locker once

class begins.

• ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE BY 8:18!! I WILL COLLECT THEM EVERY

FRIDAY FOR POINTS.

PE, Music, Art, Band/Choir

• Art is next door – you will have art class on

• You will have PE every day of the week

with Mr. Strasko in the AC – you need to

bring clothes and deodorant EVERY day!

• Music – with Mrs. Meiners

• Band/Choir – Band is T/Th/F Choir is M/W

Homework

• Math homework almost EVERY DAY

• Social Studies will be mainly in class work

as will Science but there may be homework

• Reading – You are required to read 20

MINUTES EVERY NIGHT. It will increase

to 30 in October!

Talking

• When I’m talking, you are listening!

• If your classmate is talking, you are

listening!

• If Mrs. Gibbs is talking, you are listening!

• If ANYONE is talking, you are listening!

• WE WILL BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYONE!

Not allowed in our room…

• Cell Phones

• Words:

– Can’t

– I don’t know

– Retard/retarded

• Negative attitudes

Lunch• First lunch

• Go to lunch at 11:20

• Wednesdays it’s 11:34

• Clock watch for Mrs. Meiners – Sienna

• Lunch number is the same from last year

• Get your food and keep moving through the line

• Water bottles: You can bring them in a CLEAR bottle (no

green Gatorade bottles!) and only water –NO flavors or

propel

Schedules

• Hand out and tape in planners –

Armando

• Grade scale in planners - Alexandra

• Tape on the inside of your planners

front cover

Theme

• Dr. Seuss!

• Quotes on the walls

Birthdays

• I have a cat in the hat hat for each

birthday

• You may bring treats – need to bring

one for everyone in the classroom

and it cannot be homemade

Holidays

• Halloween– you may bring a snack as long

as you bring for everyone and we will watch

it’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

• Christmas- we will watch either Elf or Charlie

Brown Christmas

• Valentine’s Day – same as Halloween minus

Charlie Brown Halloween movie

Work time

• If you are not in band or choir you will have a study hall

every day during 6th period.

• You WILL WORK ON HOMEWORK during that time – if

you are all done there are plenty of practice things you

can do and when you finish all of those you can READ

• Anytime you are done with work in class you may either

read or practice math facts, etc. – when in doubt READ

• ALWAYS have a free read book at your desk!

Reading

• Four books we will be reading are –

–Wonder

– Number the Stars

– Hatchet

– Holes

Math

• Still Saxon

• You will be doing a lot of INDEPENDENT

WORK

• I want you to work through the problem and

then if you have questions you can come to

my desk and we can work through it

together

RESPECT

• You will treat everyone in this room

with respect!

• How do we show respect?

By the numbers activity - Math

• Thomas hand out sheet to everyone

• You need to write down numbers that

represent you

– i.e. (for example) if you are the 2nd child in

your family you could write 2

• Write 5-7 numbers that represent you -

silently

Snowball activity

• Duane hand out sheets

Today’s schedule• Power point intro

• Activities – by the numbers and snowball activity

• Get things settled

• PE

• Special

• Lunch

• Math – pretest

• EVERYONE goes to the band room

• Science

• Social Studies

• Dismiss