Weekly Update 5th Grade

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.

• Dec. 3 - Rising Sixth Grade Parent Night 6-7:30 Marietta Sixth Grade Academy Gy
• K-5 MAP Testing window, Dec. 3-12
• Dec. 12th Santa Pictures
• Dec. 13th DONUT DAY!
• Dec. 18th - Kinder Holiday Celebration
• Dec. 19th- Fifth grade Holiday Party (Please See Sign-Up Genius on Class Dojo)
• Dec. 19th PTA Mtg #4 Holiday Performance, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
• Dec. 23 - Jan 3, 2025 - NO SCHOOL ~ WINTER BREAK

Students will be taking the MAP test this week in Math and ELA. Please be sure to make sure your child is getting a good night's sleep and breakfast. We will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next week!

ELA - -Students continue to read The Phantom Toolbooth. The upcoming lessons allow students productive struggle through dialogue to make inferences about potentially confusing characters. Students will create snapshots of these characters.

Math- We will be working on division of multi-digit numbers using partial quotients.

Science/Social Studies - Students will be focusing on Social Studies after break! Students will be exploring how life changed in America at the turn of the century and studying such concepts as the cattle trail, Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail. Eventually students will learn about the impact on American life made by the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).

Check out the learning adventures taking place in Module 2 of our Wit and Wisdom Unit.

Eddy Quibb Maquin and Angie Rubio Castaneda from 5A, Aurora Wyatt and Alexander Vasquez from 5B, Cassiana Hamilton from 5C represented fith grade for the spelling bee. Our spelling bee winner was Aurora Wyatt! Congratulations!!

ELA - Students will continue to read the Phantom Toolbooth. We will be participating in word play activiteis (see above Glipse into ELA)

Math-We will begin a unit on fractions.

Science-We will be studying inventors at turn of the century (Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers, and Alexendar Graham Bell)

Células!

Durante las últimas semanas los alumnos han pasado la clase de ciencias aprendiendo sobre las células y sus contenidos. Si quieres saber más sobre los “bloques” que componen todos los organismos vivos, este video tiene más información. Los alumnos pueden explicar 5 de las partes más importantes en una célula.

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 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.

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 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.