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.

• March 17-28: AMP Math testing
• March 20th - last PTA mtg and STEM night!
• March 20: Math Family Night (new date)
• March 28th - DONUT DAY!
• March 27- April 4: Spring Book Fair
• April 4: 5th grade Tellus Museum Field trip
• 4/5-4/13: SPRING BREAK
• 4/14-4/15 SOAR bus safety
• 4/17: 101 Dalmatians performance at MMS

ELA - Students have begun Milestones writing preparation. They will be choosing a prompt to write each week (informational, narrative, or opinion). Students will be writing in their digital response journals and using the milestones checklists to guide the writing process.

Math- We will begin new unit on adding and subtracting decimals.

Science - We will begin a new unit on electricity and magnetism.

ELA - We will continue with our Milestones writing preparation. Students complete writing on the various prompts (informational, narrative, and opinion). We will dive deep into the editing process learning about self-evaluation and peer-evaluation using the Milestones Rubrics to evaluate writing. See attached rubrics in the evaluation section of this newsletter.

Math- We will continue with decimals--adding, subtracting, and rounding.

Science - We will continue focuing on circuits and electricity.

Marietta City Schools Nutrition visited our cafeteria as part of a campaign known as Chef's Table to improve school lunches.

Fifth grade classes from area Marietta City Schools attended the Strand Theater downtown on Marietta Square! We learned about all the available electives for sixth grades! Students were able to see talented students perform in band, orchestra, drama, and chorus! After the field trip students were given the opportunity to select electives for next year!

Check out these wonderful timelines posted in the Social Studies classroom!

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.