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Weekly Update 5th Grade

Week of 10/21-10/26

Weekly Update5th GradeWeek of 10/21-10/26

We're excited about our year ahead in fifth grade!


We strive to create an environment that helps our students to meet their highest potential.

Please read our newsletter each week to get important updates and reminders.

Meet the Team Meet the Team

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Ms. Underwood (5C)

Math

sunderwood@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Mrs. Brown (5B)

Reading & Writing

courtneybrown@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Ms. Gawdun (5A)

Science & Social Studies

rgawdun@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Mrs. Sledge

IRR

msledge@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Mrs, Powell

Math EIP

epowell@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Ms. Kinney

Reading Specialist

Bkinney@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Mrs. Caspary

ESOL

ccaspary@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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Mrs. Stanton-Cooper

ESOL

vstanton@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

Mark Your Calendars! Mark Your Calendars!

  • Oct. 21 - 30th BOO gram fundraiser on sale at breakfast
  • Oct 31st! BOO gram delivery to classrooms
  • October 28- Nov. 1- STARBASE
  • Nov. 5th - NO SCHOOL ~ Election Day

  • Nov. 21st Turkey BINGO & PTA Mtg #3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

  • Nov. 21 - Thanksgiving LUNCH Grades 3,4,5

  • Nov. 25-29, 2024 - NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break

Upcoming Events! Upcoming Events!

Cancer Awareness Shirt Cancer Awareness Shirt

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Panther Store Panther Store

Givebacks

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Fifth Grade Photos Fifth Grade Photos

Enjoy these photos of students during our Hispanic Culture Night, celebrating students attending the Marietta Adaptive Games, and Girls on the Run! The girls pictured below are winners from the poster competition! Congratulations Isabella V., Leslie, Isabella G, and Monce!

Learning Fun This Week! Learning Fun This Week!

In ELA students students continue reading the novel, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Students mapped events in each chapter (exposition, rising action, falling action, and story resolution). Students also examined important story elements such as mood and tone, compared and contrasted characters, uncovered the essential meaning of the text, and annotated significant story events. In math we assessed unit two, measurement conversions. Then in preparation for benchmark testing next week we will be reviewing volume, powers of ten, and all measurement conversions. In Science, we continued our animal classification unit. We studied learned behavior vs. instincts as well as physical traits vs. acquired traits.

What Are We Learning Next Week? What Are We Learning Next Week?

Math - Students will take the district quarter one Benchmark testing this week! Good luck to all of our fifth graders!


Science - We will focus on plant study next week. Students will review classification of plants, seed producing vs. non-seed producing, and study vascular vs. non-vascular plants. Students should bring a plant to school if possible (Please do not feel it is required to purchase a plant! You may bring a house plant or outside plant).


ELA - Students continue reading the novel, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Students will be mapping events in each chapter carefully examining elements of the plot (exposition, rising action, falling action, and story resolution). We continue to write constructed responses providing sufficient evidence to support our claims.

Resources to Assist - Math Resources to Assist - Math

Resources to Help With Reading Resources to Help With Reading

Analyzing tone through word choice | Reading | Khan Academy
Character change | Reading | Khan Academy

Resources to Help with Science & Social Studies Resources to Help with Science & Social Studies

Non vascular vs Vascular Plants

ESOL Corner ESOL Corner

Hola familias! Espero que todos pasen una semana segura y divertida con sus hijos en casa. Para mis propios hijos, las vacaciones significan que van a pasar más tiempo con las pantallas y el internet. ¿Es el mismo para Uds? Les presento este video en español con 5 consejos para mantener la seguridad de sus hijos en el internet.

5 consejos para la seguridad de los niños en internet

Guía para padres: mira el video de consejos de 5 consejos para la seguridad de los niños en internet de Common Sense Media para que puedas tomar decisiones fundamentadas con tus hijos.

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Classroom DoJo Classroom DoJo

Teachers will be using Classroom Dojo to reward positive behaviors. Students earn points and are able to "shop" with their points to purchase items. Teachers also use Classroom DoJo to send quick text messages when needed.

Weekly Communication/Homework Weekly Communication/Homework

Weekly Communication Folders are sent home each Thursday, to be returned on Friday. Inside the folders you will find your student's weekly homework. Your student is expected to complete all homework AND read 20 minutes each night. Homework is turned in on Thursdays and will be graded.

Park Street Dress Code Park Street Dress Code

Transportation Transportation

Arrival / Dismissal

Change of Transportation

If there is a change in transportation arrangements, we require notice from the parent before allowing students to be transported by anyone other than a parent. You may send in a note with your child or email parkstreet@marietta-city.org with the details of the change. We do not allow students to walk or to ride home with unauthorized people.

At dismissal time bus riders will be put on the school bus unless a parent is present for pick-up, or the parent has notified the school office of another arrangement.

Students are not permitted to change buses to ride home with friends without a note from their parent. Please make arrangements for your child before he/she comes to school. If you must make a change during the day, notify the school office staff before 2:30 p.m.

Pick-up by Car in the Afternoon

Anyone picking up a child must have his/her Panther Car Tag. If you do not have a Panther Car Tag, you may get one at Sneak-A-Peek or by coming to the front office.

Please do not park across the street and have your child designated as a “walker”.

This is extremely dangerous, and teachers on duty will stop children crossing the street

unescorted by a parent or adult. If you need to come into the building, please park in a parking space.

Tardy Drop-Off

When a student arrives late (after 8:30), an adult must sign the student in at the office.

Early Pick-Up

Please limit early pick-up of children to emergencies and appointments. If a child is out for any portion of the school day, the missed time is recorded as a tardy. A note sent in the morning will help us to have your child ready. To avoid interruptions to instruction, no student

will be released between 2:45 and 3:15. Parents will be asked to wait for the dismissal bell. Come to the office to check out a student. Please be prepared to present photo identification upon request. No student will be released to an unknown or unauthorized person.

Late Pick-Up

Students waiting to be picked up will be supervised until 3:30. After 3:30 they may be sent to the After School Program if they are pre-registered ($10 fee). Regular after school charges will apply. Many parents sign up for the program so their children can attend in case of emergency.

Attendance Attendance

Attendance is a critical component to the success of an elementary student. If an unavoidable situation necessitates an absence, the parent must notify the school office in writing within 2 school days of the student’s return. You may send a note to your child's teacher or email parkstreet@marietta-city.k12.ga.us



An excused absence means that your child is absent for a legitimate reason, for example, personal illness, illness or death in the family, religious holiday, court appointment, quarantine, or conditions rendering school attendance hazardous to health and safety. All other absences will be considered unexcused.


Georgia Law requires school action after five unexcused absences or ten tardies. The process begins with parent notification.


Students are tardy after 8:30 a.m. A parent must sign the student in at the office if arriving after

8:30 a.m. A student is counted present for the day if he/she arrives at or before 8:30 a.m. and stays until at least 11:55 a.m. or arrives before 11:55 a.m. and stays until 3:15 p.m. Partial attendance of a day is considered a tardy.

Good attendance is vital to the academic success of students.


  • After three parental excuse notes in a semester, parents must submit documentation from a physician explaining the student's absence.

  • If documentation from a doctor is not provided after three parental excuse notes in a semester, subsequent absences will be marked as unexcused.

  • Excessive absences can result in the intervention of the school social worker.

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