Welcome to 5th Grade!

Mrs. Nechaev and Mrs. RenchRoom C24

Mrs. Nechaev

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Meet Your Teachers…-taught in MVUSD for 21 years

-taught 2nd grade for 20 years

-11th year of job-sharing

-teaching credential from UCI

-holds Masters Degree in Elementary Literacy and Elementary Mathematics

-speak Spanish and German

-CLAD certificate

-loves to use her guitar in teaching

-has 2 daughters and a son (ages 14, 12, and 9)

Mrs. Rench

• Fourteenth year of teaching

• Taught kindergarten and 1st grade in San Diego and Bakersfield

• Taught a multi-level class with 1st-5th grades in Papua New Guinea

• Taught 5th grade in MVUSD for four years and has been job-sharing in 2nd grade with Mrs. Nechaev for the last 6 years.

• Teaching Credential from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego

• Holds a CLAD certificate

• Has a 6 year-old son, a 3 year-old son, and a baby boy turning 1 in September

Parent/Teacher Contacts

• We realize how vital communication is for consistency and success in a job-share situation. We communicate with each other daily through phone calls, e-mails, texting, and notes.

• To communicate with us, please use EMAIL and COPY BOTH OF US in all emails. We will be sending home much information by email, so please make sure we have an updated email address for you.

• We are available by phone but will not be able to get back to you as quickly as not all phone messages or voice mails are received in a timely manner. It is possible your student will need to call home in the middle of the school day, so please make sure we also have the best phone number to get in touch with you.

• Our SchoolWires website has not been updated, so we will let you know when it is active for 5th grade use. Also, we will be using a social media website called Edmodo for students to communicate with us. More information will follow soon.

• Please look at your student’s REMINDER BINDER each day for classroom updates. Your signature is required for full honor points.

-In preparation for middle school, 5th grade students at Buchanan have 2 teachers and switch classes. (In our case, 3 teachers. )

MATH/SCIENCE- Mrs. Nechaev and Mrs. Rench

LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES- Mrs. Williams

-Please direct all questions and correspondence to the appropriate teachers.

-Students will be assessed and placed in Block 1 or Block 2.

-Whole class instruction and collaborative group instruction with several new common core strategies incorporated into lessons

-Note taking strategies, character building activities, gaining independence

-UA time will include extra help for students who need it, as well as enrichment activities such as art, drama, dance, Blazer News, etc.

-Physical Education will be in conjunction with the whole 5th grade team

Instruction-

Grades

Traditional letter grades90-100% A80-89% B70-79% C60-69% DUnder 60% F

Standard Mastery Marks5 Advanced4 Proficient3 Basic2 Below Basic1 Far Below Basic

Math and Reading Breakdown:60% tests40% homework/class work

Writing:20% notebook and daily oral language activities40% writing assessments15% spelling25% grammarSocial Studies and Science:

Combination of class projects, notebooks, and test scores

Silver Honor Roll- 3.5-3.9 GPA Gold Honor Roll-4.0 GPAStudent grades will be recorded in the grade program “Engrade” and can be viewed online by parents at any time. We will give out the information about how to access Engrade very soon!

Homework-Assigned nightly Monday through Thursday

-Should take an average of 60 minutes

-Can take longer if student does not finish work in class

-Written in Reminder Binder

-Parent Signature is required

-Must be turned in the next day

-Late work earns no more than a C

-Failure to turn in homework loses 10 honor points for each missing assignment

-Spend recess making up the missing assignment

-Absences:same number of days + 1 to make up work (i.e. absent for 2 days, has 3 days to make up assignments)

-In depth projects may sometimes take the place of regular social studies or science homework

-Language arts teacher will require 60 minutes of weekly of reading to be logged unless specifically noted in homework binder

-Twice a week: Monday and Friday

-Dress and wear appropriate shoes for physical activity. We do push-ups and sit-ups so if student is wearing a skirt, wear shorts underneath.

-Students who need to miss must have a note which is good for one day unless it is a doctor’s note. That student will also refrain from any physical activity during recess.

-Can bring a towel

-Will undergo physical fitness test at the end of the year

8:25am – Tardy Bell Rings8:30-10:05 – Block 1 (Math or LA)10:05-10:25 – RECESS10:20- 12:25 – Block 2 (Math or LA)12:25- 1:05- LUNCH1:05-1:50 – Universal Access (T,W,TH)1:50-2:35 – Social Studies or Science 2:40 – Dismissal  ** Mondays are Early Release Days – students will be dismissed at 1:40**PE will be on Monday and Friday at the end of the day

Schedule

Classroom Management

-We strive to promote a safe and effective learning environment, reinforcing positive behavior and discouraging negative behavior

-Base our discipline system largely on Character Counts program

-Use 5th grade honor points system-earn 20 points daily-earn points for class work, homework, citizenship, parent signature-All Star days are earned by students who have at least 80% of possible points-start over each grading period

-Behavior Chart

-Table Points

How to help your child study-

- We all want to see our students succeed. Study habits are an important part of this. You can help.

Check agenda every night to see assignments. If nothing is written, then the child should call a study buddy to double check.

Reading Log, Language Arts, and Math will be assigned daily.

Weekly spelling tests, vocabulary tests, reading story tests, and math test should be expected.

All students MUST know their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. If your child has trouble with any of these facts, please help him/her by quizzing him/her frequently (while driving in the car, at dinner, sing the facts…. anything that will help the child to memorize them).

 

Cell phones and Electronic Devices at School:

-We realize that many of our students have cell phones. The teachers will enforce the district policy of prohibited cell phones turned on or out while a student is on campus. Students will need to use their phones off campus. The teachers are not responsible for keeping track of a cell phone.

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