Welcome to 5th Grade!

Hello and welcome to our 5th grade information Blog!

All students received all of their required information packets and flyers in their mailboxes on Tuesday, the first day of school. Most have already returned these registration and emergency dismissal forms and we appreciate that very much. For those of you who have not had time to complete those forms, please get those back to us as soon as possible.

Open house for Sunset is Thursday, September 9th. 5th grade parents and students are asked to meet in the gym for a brief meeting BEFORE heading to your child's designated classroom. Even though each 5th grade teacher has a desginated area of study (science, social stuies, and math) that all of the students will participate in, we want to talk to you about how much we make an effort to get our classrooms together to do things as an entire 5th grade rather than just as individual classrooms.Following this informational meeting we all look forward to meeting you individually in our rooms.

Picture day is coming up fast! Picture day is September 29th.

Homework for this week is READING! If your child has been reading all summer long, FANTASTIC! But for everyone else, we're getting back into the school groove by requiring each student to read a minimum of a half hour each night. That works out to 3 1/2 hours total per week that your student needs to read outside of school. Reading goals for each marking period are set with this time factored in. If your student is not hitting their required reading goal, then they are most likely not putting in the time they need to at home. Students have all been told that should after school activities prevent them from reading one night, they will need to double up and read for an hour the next night.

PLANNING BOOKS! Each student received a planning book that they will be required to write both daily assignments in, as well as homework assignments and upcoming events. Next year in middle school, these books will serve not only as the primary home/school connection for information, but they also serve as a hall pass and must be on them at all times. We will use ours in a similar fashion to get them ready to carry their books next year. Please ask to see this book nightly, and ASK YOUR STUDENT to share what it was they accomplished in school that day. If they are not bringing these books home daily, please call or email us and let us know asap!