5th Grade

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• 5th Grade
• 2000-2001
• Back to School Night

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About Mrs. Short

• Raised in Orem, Utah
• Graduated from BYU

• Taught 3rd grade for 2 years
• First year teaching 5th grade

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General Information

• Students need to be on time to school.
• Game boys and other toys should stay at home.
• ParentLink is updated daily489-2852
• Box555
• Please no animals for show and tell.

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Classroom Discipline Plan

• Students are responsible for their own behavior.
• They are required to report their behavior
  rating to me before each recess.
• They rate themselves between 0-5.

• If they rate themselves higher than 0, they are
  required to work off their rating(s) during
  recess.

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• Christmas Around the World
• Hope of America
• State Report
• President Report
• Wax Museum

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Homework

• Reading for 20 minutes a night
• Spelling vocabulary words each week
• Unfinished work in class is considered homework.
• Any other homework will be sent as needed.

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Our Morning Schedule

• 900-Word Work
• 915-Writing
• 1000-Recess
• 1015-Reading/Social Studies
• 1130-Lunch/Prep Time (Students rotate between
  computers, P.E., and library)

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Afternoon Schedule

• 1230-Math
• 130-Recess
• 145-Science/Social Studies
• 255-Clean up and go home

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• Guided Reading (Students read with teacher)
• SSR (Silent Sustained Reading)
• Novels (class reads novel together)
• Teacher Read (Teacher reads out loud to class)
• Grammar
• Writing Process and Traits

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• Fractions
• Decimals
• Multiplication
• Division
• Geometry
• Place Value
• Problem Solving

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Science

• Physical Features of the Earth

• Matter/Chemistry

• Electricity

• Natural Resources

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Social Studies

• United States History

• States and Capitals

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• October 26, 2000
• January 11, 2001
• March 22, 2001

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Thank you for your support!
We are looking forward to a GREAT year!