Welcome to the 5th Grade

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Welcome to the 5th Grade
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Why we have rules and procedures

• Keep us safe
• Save time
• Make sure learning is happening
• Feel comfortable
• Stop interruptions
• LEARN
• LEARN
• LEARN

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Class Half Blood Rules
Be responsible Use kind words Always
listen Learn, learn, learn!
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Classroom Rules
They will be created and designed by YOU!
We will do this a little later.
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• Morning Procedures

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Get to School on Time!

• At 820 a.m. you will be greeted at the door of
  the classroom by one of your teachers. You will
  make eye contact and say, good morning.
• If it is after 820 a.m.,
• YOU are late!

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Upon Entering the Classroom
1. Un-stack your chair 2. Unpack your backpack
and place it in the closet
(this will be the ONLY time you may go into your
backpack) 3. Place your blue and yellow folders
in two separate piles on your desk 4. Table
monitors ONLY will bring them to the back
baskets 5. Place any notes from home in our desk
basket 5. DO NOT talk to your teachers 5. DO
start your Do Now
.
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After 820a.m.

• Talking is OFF!
• If you have a pressing issue to address with
  one of your teachers, write it on a post-it
  and post on the edge of your desk.
• Work on Do Now
• LATE?
• If you arrive late, unpack quickly and
• silently
• Bring your blue and yellow folders
• to the back baskets and begin the
• Do Now

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• Daily Procedures

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Agenda Notebook

• Bring agenda notebook to class EVERYDAY
• Record homework
• Record word study words
• MONDAY goal statement
• FRIDAY assess your goal

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Agenda Notebook
What goes in it??

• Homework
• Word Study Words
• Class announcements
• Schedule reminders
• Blog address (and password)
• Website address
• Classmates phone numbers

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Classroom Signals
- W for water
- R for restroom
- T for tissue
You will use these hand signals so the teacher
doesnt have to stop teaching. There is
NEVER a reason to be out of your seat without
using a signal
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Classroom Signals

• - I agree or I was thinking the
  same
• thing!
• - You need to state that
  again in a
• complete sentence.
• ROLLING ARMS You can do it! Keep going!

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Classroom Signals

• MOST IMPORTANT CLASSROOM SIGNAL
• When you see a
  fist raised, you
• immediately raise
  your fist in
• response. This is
  a call to
• 
  SILENCE!
• When you are doing group work, a bell
• will ring
  to signal the silence response.

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Questions and Answers

• Raise your hand quietly
• We will only call on QUIET hands
• When someone is called on, put your hand down and
  actively listen to what is said

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Questions and Answers

• What does active listening LOOK like?
• Hmmmmmmmmmm
• You are tracking the speaker
• Turn your body and put your eyes on the person
  speaking
• Your bottom is on your chair
• Your feet are on the floor
• Your hands are still
• Your pencil is down
• Your body is still
• Lets practice!

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Restroom Procedures

• Use in the morning before 820AM and at
• lunch
• Use hand signals to ask during class (DO NOT ask
  
• during lessons)
• Sign out with name and time
• Turn the sign to OCCUPIED
• Walk quietly to the restroom
• Wash your hands with soap
• Leave the restroom clean
• Sign back in with time
• Turn sign to VACANT

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Water Procedures

• Drink water in the morning before 820AM and at
  lunch
• You may keep a bottle of water on
• your desk (water ONLY)
• Use hand signals to ask during class
• DO NOT ask during lessons
• Walk quietly to the water fountain
• One person at a time
• Quickly and quietly return to your seat and
  continue working

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CLASS JOBS

• Class jobs are assigned at the
• beginning of each month
• Choice is determined by the teachers we may use
  a math problem or award based on class behavior
• Jobs must be taken seriously and completed in a
  timely manner

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Pencils

• Pencil Sharpener will sharpen pencils in the
  morning ONLY before 820am
• It is your responsibility to bring two sharpened
  pencils to class EACH DAY
• If your pencil breaks
• Hold up your pencil to signal a teacher
• Quietly walk to back of room
• Put your pencil in UNSHARPENED
• bucket
• Take pencil from SHARPENED
• bucket

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Paper

• Writing paper is in back in the writing station
  (draft, publishing, etc.)
• You may get paper as you need it. If it is during
  class you need to ask permission
• On EVERY assignment, your heading should have
• Name
• Date

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Desk Sharing

• You will be sharing desk space with other
  students
• Do not leave personal items on desk
• The only items on your desk should be your pencil
  holder and your desk box
• (the desk box contains table supplies)
• Your desk top should always be clear, unless you
  are instructed by us to leave work out for review
• Keep the inside of your desk neat and organized

Mi casa es su casa My house is your house.
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Lining Up

• Clear desk quietly
• Wait for your table to be called
• Quietly stand and push in your chair
• Quietly walk to the line
• Stand facing front, arms at sides, eyes facing
  front
• There is NO TALKING on
• line. Period. EVER.

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Walking in Line

• Walk quietly
• Arms at your side
• Stand directly behind the person in front of
  you straight line!
• There is NO TALKING in the hallway. EVER.

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Lunch

• Line up in order
• Lunches will be handed out by the
• monitor
• Remain seated in the lunchroom
• unless otherwise instructed
• Quiet voices
• Respect the lunchroom staff
• Clean-up your table area
• Bring a book or work

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Lunch Release

• Lunch release is a privilege
• Lunch release is earned
• Class behavior and completed
• homework are important factors
• Lunch release can be given and/or taken
• away at any time

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What to do when your done with my class work???

• Read a book
• Work on word study assignments
• Work on your math FAST FACTS
• Work on your Goal Statement
• Write about the Weekly Message
• Write about the Quote of the Week
• Write about Today In History
• Work on other assignments
• MOST IMPORTANTLY
• Dont disturb others!!!!

Im done
Finished!
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Group and Partner Work

• Groups and partners are thoughtfully assigned
• Do not ask to work with another person/group
• If you have a serious issue, speak with us
  privately or drop a note in the Things I Want
  You to Know box
• These are not optional placements
• DO NOT ask to work outside - this is a privilege
  given by us
• Noise must be kept at a low level

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Desk Work

• You will often be asked to work with your desk
  mates
• You have a number assigned to you on your desk
  (1,2,3 or 4)
• We will use these numbers during lessons so that
  finding a partner is easy
• We will also use these numbers for particular
  group activities

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Stability Balls

• Some of the chairs in our room have been replaced
  by stability balls
• Some may be assigned to particular students
  permanently as the year progresses
• Others will rotate, giving everyone a
• chance to use them
• We will let you know the schedule
• so you do not have to ask

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When You Are Called to the Meeting Area

• Silently gather materials needed
• Stand quietly
• Push in your chair
• Sit next to your partner for that subject
• Sit with back straight
• Eyes front
• Materials on floor in front of you
• Quietly wait for instruction to begin
• Lets see if we can beat last years
• record!

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When You Are Called to Morning Meeting

• Clear your desk
• Stand and push in chairs
• Come to the center and make a quiet circle
• Make sure everyone can find a spot
• Wait for the teachers to begin

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Class Library

• Check out will take place in morning
• You will be assigned a day to go to the library
• You will be expected to read at your level for in
  class work and homework
• Take out a minimum of three books
• to last you the week

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Classroom Library

• We will go over these procedures in the
  classroom.

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Conferencing

• When we are conferencing with a student we are
  INVISIBLE to you
• Unless someone is in a dangerous situation DO NOT
  interrupt
• Yes, not even for a quick question
• You are smart enough to figure out what you need
  by yourself, with the help of a partner or our
  co-teacher

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Homework

• Reading every night for 40 minutes
• Math, Writing or SS, and Word Study daily
• Record your homework assignments in your agenda
  each day
• If homework is missing or incomplete, you will
  receive a pink slip

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What is a Pink Slip?AKA, The Student
Responsibility Card

• A pink slip is sent home when homework is not
  completed
• It lets your parents or guardians know which
  homework is missing
• It gives you an opportunity
• to explain why you did not
• complete your assignment
• It must be signed and
• returned the next day

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Goal Statement

• Written in agenda notebook every Friday
• Goal statement should begin with one of the
  following statements
• This week I tried
• This week I improved
• I want to work more on

This will help your teachers and parents
understand the goals you are working on in school.
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Absent Now what?

• Its YOUR responsibility to check on the website
  or with another student if you are absent
• Homework is posted on the website nightly and
  much of it can be completed whether you were in
  class or not
• If there are handouts, they will be kept in a
  folder near the folder baskets for you to get
  upon your return
• If you are too sick to complete your work, you
  have ONE day for each day you were absent to make
  up the work

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Specials

• Art
• Music
• P.E.
• Computer
• Science
• Line-up in number order
• All class rules will be followed
• Bring your lunch
• MAKE US PROUD!

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Visitors or Guests in the Classroom

• Sit quietly
• Continue working as you normally would
• Be polite and respectful
• IMPRESS THEM!!!

Hello
Hola
Bonjour
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We Recycle

• Paper goes in the BLUE bin
• Notebook paper
• Computer paper
• News paper
• Plastic Bottles
• Water bottles
• Aluminum Can
• Soda cans
• Go in the BROWN bin

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Fire Drills

• Stop everything immediately
• Quietly line up
• Exit through the door and walk down the back
  staircase
• Stay with class at all times
• Remain ABSOLUTELY silent
• Walk quickly and quietly back to the classroom
• Return to the classroom task

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Dismissal Procedures
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Backpacks

• By table (as called), get your backpack from the
  closet
• Return to your seat
• Look at the What you need board
• Pack ALL necessary books/work
• Stack chair once you are packed
• Stand silently behind chair to wait for line-up

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Clean your Area

• Clean your area EVERYDAY!!!
• Straighten the materials in your desk
• Clear your desk
• Clean the floor around your desk
• Put any materials you have away
• Ask yourself Does the room
  look as good as it did this
  morning???

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Leaving for the Day

• Walk down stairs together
• Afterschool kids at the front of the line
• In order to leave the line, you MUST give your
  teacher a hand shake so they know you have left
  the line!

Ciao!
Goodbye
See you later!
Cheerio!
Adios
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Good Choices Fun Learning!
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Other FABULOUS Rewards

• Knowledge gained
• Student of the Week Character
• Classroom job of choice
• Teachers trust
• Happy Note

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Classroom Family
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Respect

• This is your family away from home
• We WILL respect each other
• Give me examples of how we can respect each other
  
• Making fun of others will NOT be tolerated
• You cant say, You cant play.

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Teamwork
Theres no I in teamwork, only a W for we!

• Everyone has a part
• Respect others opinion
• Work together
• Active listening
• Might not always agree, but can talk about it
  nicely
• Trust your classmates

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Kind Words

• Feel good about yourself
• Ways to make others feel good
• Compliments
• Smile
• Praise
• Use manners
• Please, excuse me, thank you, and youre welcome

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• Questions ???