Welcome to 5 th grade with Mrs. Grow!

1. Welcometo 5th gradewith Mrs. Grow! Please find your name on your desk and go sit in your seat. Do not open your treat. Begin Welcome Work On Your Desk: All About Me

2. About Mrs. Grow • Master’s degree in education • Loves to teach! • Lives in Germantown • Husband, dog, cat, and fish • Looking forward to learning about each of you!

3. This year we will… • Explore • Divide • Become poets • Read every day • Multiply • Write every day • Ask questions • Hypothesize • Examine • Investigate • Chart • Graph • Present Evidence • Publish writing • Be a team • Respect ourselves • Respect each other

4. Grades: • Separate from conduct • Participation • Quizzes • Tests • Reports • Journals

5. Classroom Rules • Raise hand and wait to be recognized. • Listen and follow directions the first time given. • Be prompt, prepared and organized every day. • Use time wisely. • Show respect by keeping hands, feet, objects and hurtful comments to yourself.

6. ConsequencesIf You Choose to Break a Rule: • First time - Warning • Second time • (one conduct check)-Conduct check and Action Plan Form • Two conduct checks: • silent lunch or • no recess

7. ConsequencesIf You Choose to Break a Rule: • Three conduct checks: parents contacted, silent lunch and/or no recess • Four conduct checks: student sent to principal • Severe disruptions -Students sent immediately to the office

8. Conduct Checks • Papers not returned • Talking at wrong times • Up without permission • Not following directions

9. Conduct Checks • Inattentive • Not prepared • Not respectful of others • Other

10. Rewards! • Verbal Praise (daily) • Positive notes home (random) • Rewards tickets raffle (every Friday) • 30 minutes of free time on Friday with no conduct checks for any students all week

11. Rewards! • Earn ‘brownie points’ • Various other positive perks (throughout the school year) • The joy of learning (each and every day of the school year :-)

12. ProceduresFirst things first! • How does everyone get home? • Parent pick-up • Bus riders • After school care • Special arrangements

13. Procedures: First things first! Entering the Classroom: • 1. Always enter the classroom quietly. • 2. Move your popsicle stick to boy or girl can. • 3. Sit down quietly and check the front board for instructions.

14. Procedures: morning work • Check the whiteboard for instructions • Quietly unpack your backpack • Quietly visit the ‘paper buffet’ • Quietly begin morning work • Drop items in teacher INBOX if necessary.

15. Paper Buffet: • All handouts we will need for the day will be on the back table. • After unpacking, visit the table quietly: • Do not talk • Do not disturb your classmates

16. Paper Buffet: • Going from ‘start’ to ‘finish’ get one of each handout: • Stack the papers in order • Place the papers in your class work folder • Begin work on the designated handout

17. INBOX • Place the following items in the INBOX: • Notes from home • Permission slips • Other • Hand money directly to me

18. Daily Schedule: • Recess 10:00 - 10:25 (front playground) • Specials 10:30-11:20 • Lunch 12:15-12:40 • Expected behavior during specials, lunch, and recess

19. Day A: ART • Day B: PE • Day C: MUSIC • Day D: LIBRARY • Day E: SCIENCE LAB ________________________________________ • Day F: PE • Day G: MATH LAB • Day H: LANGUAGE ARTS LAB WE WILL USE A FILP CHART SO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING EACH DAY 

20. Paper Heading: • Name • Your Number • Date • BE NEAT!

21. Daily Schedule: • Language arts all morning until recess • READING • WRITING • GRAMMAR • Reading and writing journals • Reading and writing groups • Transitions • REMEMBER to use time wisely!

22. Snacks • Are a privilege • To be earned or lost • When will snack be if we earn it? • What are the procedures for snack?

23. Supplies • Where do class supplies go? • Tissue, hand sanitizer, etc. • How are they organized? • How should everything look?

24. Supplies • Classroom library • When can you visit the classroom library? • How is it organized? • ALWAYS have a book at your desk to read!

25. Organization of Individual Supplies: lockers and desks • Backpacks • Textbooks and Workbooks • Art bags • Lunchboxes, snacks, water bottles • Cup on each desk (tomorrow) • 1 red pen • 1 yellow highlighter • 2 pencils (from ‘new pencils’ cup) • 1 Expo marker*

26. Attention!!! • Getting my attention • Hand signals • Getting your attention • I will stand in front of the class. • Raise my hand. • Wait for everyone to be quiet. • Begin Speaking. • Hit pause

27. Hand Signals • One finger: question • Two fingers: • bathroom or water fountain • Three fingers • tissue, hand sanitizer, new pencil. • **If you feel sick go to the restroom immediately!**

28. Noise Zones • Zero Zone= silent! • One Zone = whisper • Two Zone = regular voice • Three Zone = outside ONLY!

29. Finishing Class Work Early • If you see an * next to the assignment on the board: • Turn it in to your folder • If there is no * • place it in your class work folder • Check ‘To Do’ list on board • READ READ ME!!

30. Classroom Discussions • Please PARTICIPATE • Remember your VOICE • Be RELEVANT • WRITE DOWN off topic questions/comments • On a post it • Or I will write it in the ‘for later’ section of board

31. Moving Around the Room • Remain in your seat • Except for emergencies • Use silent signals • Follow procedures

32. Visiting the computer station • Reasons to visit the computer station: • AR tests: if you have completed all ‘to do’ items you may ask me to take a test. • We will use the computer for some projects, assignments, and center activities.

33. Visiting the computer station: Rules and Procedures • Treat the equipment with care and respect. • Do not abuse the computer equipment in any way or you will loose your computer privileges in the classroom. • Follow procedures for going to the station. • Follow procedures for completing work at the computer station.

34. Make-Up Work • Study Buddy Folder • Volunteer • Extra copies in M-F folders • Help out your classmate, and your teacher!

35. Special Procedures • Intercom • Scheduled Check Out • Assemblies • Group work • Substitute Teacher • Teacher out of the room

36. Visitors • Deserve our respect and welcome • Expect to observe or participate with us as we normally function • There is no need to act any differently than normal when a visitor is in our classroom

37. Teacher’s Desk • IMPORTANT!!! • What is on Mrs. Grow’s desk is Mrs. Grow’s! Please ask if you need something

38. Lining up • Always in number order • Pay attention to who is in front of you and who is behind you • Easy to see who is not present • Never leave a classmate behind! • Fire drills, specials, recess, lunch, etc.

39. Hallway Rules • 3 blocks from the wall • Hands and feet to ourselves • Zero Zone! (no talking) • I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THESE RULES!...please Follow them!

40. Bathroom Rules: • No horseplay • Zone One: • You may whisper, ONLY whisper! • Be quick • If you can not multitask while talking, do not talk at all! • Bathroom monitor • Regulates how many people in bathroom at a time • Reports to the teacher

41. Helpers: Be Proud of Your Work! • Pilot(line lead) • Electrician (line end) • Female Restroom Monitor • Male Restroom Monitor • Recess Rancher • Board Washer Warden • Messenger Magician • Pencil Mechanic* • Clean-Up Custodian

42. Turning in work for a grade • You will know what needs to be turned in by looking at the board. • If there is a star * next to the assignment you will turn it in to your individual file when you finish.

43. Group Work • What happens in group stays in group • Show respect to teammates by listening and being kind • Always do YOUR best and participate • You will always have a job • You will always be held accountable for your job and your contribution to the group

44. Group Work • Group work is a privilege! Please do not loose it. • Three Strikes BE A TEAM!

45. Individual Work • Heading your paper • You will always have your name, number, and date at the top right-hand side of ALL papers. • Remember to follow directions • Remember to always be neat

46. Taking Tests • Use offices if directed • Study and do well • Don’t Panic • Go on to the next question • Take a deep breath • Visualize the page in the book • Remember vocabulary movements • What did you do in groups or in lab?

47. Graded Papers/Wednesday Folders • Review graded papers • Return the folder to me • Every Wednesday you will take the folder home • Review papers with parents • Parents sign and leave comments for teacher • Return only the papers marked ‘return to school’ • Return by FRIDAY

48. Homework/packing-up • Homework will be displayed on the side white board. • Write down assignments in your agenda • Copy exactly as written on board • Highlight yellow for textbook • Circle in red pen for workbook

49. Homework/packing-up • Ask your neighbor to check your bag • Finally Mrs. Grow will initial your agenda • Move your popsicle stick back to start position • If end-of-day privilege was earned, talk to your neighbor at a Zone 2

50. End-of-the Day Privilege • Talk! • Stay in your seat • Talk to your classmates at a Zone 2 • Loss of Privilege • Is at the teacher’s discretion