Welcome to Mrs. Brown's

5th Grade Class

Whats Going On in Class

Language Arts- Guided reading with Chapter books and writers workshop (Narrative Writing), brainstorming, and planning writing.

Math- Place Value, Decimals (writing, reading, and ordering),

Science- Landforms (how they are made)

Social Studies- Learning about the colonial times in American History.

Homework

Students should read 20 minutes a night.  They can read any type of literature.  I want my students to like to read.  I don't want them to read just for a test.

Students will have 2 to 3 math problems a night if they stay in my room for math. 

**** Parents do need to sign their child's agenda's nightly.***

Discipline System

Each student gets paid $50 a day to come to school.  If the student is absence they must bring in an excuse note that will be coded a 1 (excused absence).

Students will be fined for not following rules.

Rules-

1.)    Be Responsible.

2.)    Be Respectful.

3.)    Follow Code of Conduct.

4.)    Have fun Learning.

Fines-

Unprepared for Day

$10 Each Time you return to Your Book bag during the day.

$10 Forms/notes/Letters/Permission Slips not returned by due date

$10 agendas are not brought back and/or signed

Showing Disrespect

$10 Name Calling

$10 Talking Back

$10 Keep Hands and Feet, and Other Items to Yourself

$10 Horseplay

$10 Talking While Someone Else is Talking

$10 Respecting School Rules and Property

Have Contraband

$10 Chewing Gum

$10 Candy (unless give out by a teacher)

$10 Mechanical Pencils

$10 Personal Pencil Sharpeners

$10 Cell Phones, Gaming Systems, IPods, MP3’s, CD players out of book bag during the day (8:00am-3:00pm)

Rewards

Get $25 –helping others

Get $25-having a clean desk when checked

Get $25-cleaning up for others

Get $25- being chosen for Floyd’s Helpers

Get $100- for bringing up your grades from mid-term to reports and vise versa

Along with fines there are consequences:

1^st fine- warning

2^nd  fine- silent lunch

3^rd fine– organized play (up to teacher to decide whether to call parent or not)

4^th fine- Phone Call to parents and a consequence will be determined by parent/teacher, and student

Students will be able to buy:

Lunch with a friend

Lunch outside

Fancy School Supplies from certain teachers

Goodies

If a student is written up and referred to the office the student loses all their money (goes bankrupt) plus gets the punishment given by the office.  This student will also not get paid on a daily basis, but can still receive money if they do the random acts of kindness in the classroom. 

Students will keep their money in “wallets” with a check registrar and will have to keep track of deposits and withdrawals and descriptions of why they got the withdrawal. 

Students will need to pay for their monthly behavior reward.  They need a total of $1,200 for the full reward.  If a student does not have the full amount they will have to pay for time in the reward or get a lesser treat. 

Every child is given the chance to be good and get back to behavior reward by doing nice acts and proving that they can be good. 

• Houghton Mifflon Education Place Parent/ Student resource for skill building
• Book Adventure Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
• NC Science Standard Course of Study Find out what your child is learning about this year in Science!
• NC Social Studies Standard Course of Study Find out what your child is learning about in Social Studies this year!
• Multiplication Help Students can play games to help learn their multiplication facts.
• World Almanac for Kids Kids friendly website for students to learn all kinds of facts.
• Geospy Game for students to learn states and continents
• Foss Science Kits Students can play games to learn about different science topics.
• USA Map test Learn the states of the United States
• Revolution website
• Early American History
• science topic link
• 5th grade Math skills