FIFTH GRADE LEAP

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FIFTH GRADE LEAP

• NUTS AND BOLTS

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EXCITING NEWS!

• We officially, as of today, have a FANTASTIC
  Certified Teaching Assistant
• MRS. NANCY ARON
• GT Certified
• Worked with regular fifth grade at McCoy during
  07-08
• Graduated from TWU
• Parent of two sons

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SCHEDULE

• 750 940 Integrated Language Arts and Social
  Studies
• 940 1030 SPECIALS
• 1030-1100 Complete Language Arts/Social
  Studies
• 1100-1215 Science
• 1220-1240 Lunch
• 1240-100 Recess
• 100 120 ACT (Academic Choice Time)
• 120 250 MATH
• 250 300 Planner, organize to dismiss
• 300 Dismissal
• Library Tuesdays, 1130 1215

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ARRIVAL

• Students begin working promptly at 750
• Car riders and walkers must enter through front
  of school
• Buses drop off on south side of building
• No parent drop-off allowed outside the portable
• May pick up outside the portable only after 345

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MESSAGES TO STUDENTS

• Call the McCoy office to leave a message for your
  child (972/968-2300)
• Office will call the classroom
• Please no emails during school day
• Emails read mainly after school or during evening
  hours

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PHYSICAL NEEDS

• Water bottles highly recommended
• Take home daily to wash and refill
• Mid-morning snack recommended
• Students can bring own individual snack or can
  bring a package twice a month for community snack
• Students encouraged to go to restroom as we come
  and go to specials, lunch, recess

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PLANNERS

• Important tool to help with organization
• I model usage each day
• Homework and other assignments and due dates are
  written in front of students
• Responsibility of student to use
• Parent signature required once each week
• Encourage planner usage as a life skill
• 4.50 cash for planners

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ACCOUNTABILITY FOLDER

• Goes home on Tuesdays except for this week (went
  home today)
• Has status sheet that stays in the folder for
  nine week grading period
• Graded work goes in folder (if available)
• Comments from teacher concerning late work, etc.
• Parent initials required
• Helps determine character ed grades
• Look for carpool card in the folder

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HOMEWORK

• Blogs will be used for reading logs, may be
  handwritten or typed if internet usage not
  available or allowed
• Students will receive prompts for reading logs
  via email through Gaggle
• Multiple assignments each day
• Long-range assignments
• May use ACT time to work on homework except for
  reading log
• Late homework receives a grade of 50
• Detention will be served for homework not turned
  in by Wednesday

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DETENTION

• K-5 participates
• Opportunity to complete unfinished or late
  assignments
• Parents will be given advance notice
• May also be issued for behavior problems
• Faculty takes turns monitoring
• 300-500 Friday afternoons parents pick up
  student in front of the school
• Accountability folder will advise of late work
• Detention notice goes home Wednesday if work not
  in
• Student may bring work on Thursday, if not,
  detention will be served

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FIFTH GRADE ACTIVITIES

• This year students will participate in several
  exciting activities
• 5th grade T shirts
• Colonial Days
• Holiday parties
• Personal drums (w/ Mrs. Draves)
• Silent Auction project
• End of the year graduation and banquet
• To cover these expenses (and not ask for many
  times throughout the year), room parents are
  collecting 30. Please send your to school with
  your child.

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MCCOY AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT

• At McCoy students are expected to
• Be prepared with their materials and assignments
  each day
• Come to school everyday
• Take care of the school property, including
  textbooks
• Follow the Dress Code
• Be respectful to all adults, other students, and
  themselves
• Solve problems without using profanity or fighting

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POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR
PROBLEMSVerbal warningLoss of recess time
After school detentionParent conferenceParent
sitting in the classroom with the studentIn
school suspensionOut of school
suspensionAlternative SchoolOther decided by
Principal or Assistant Principal according to the
CFB Code of Conduct

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CAMP GRADY SPRUCE

• February 3-6th
• Still in the planning stage
• Information will be sent home in the next few
  weeks with specific information
• Parent meeting will be scheduled date will be
  announced soon

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CONFERENCES

• Fall conferencesdates and appointment list will
  be sent home
• Please email me anytime you have a question or
  concern and I will contact you by email or phone
• whiten_at_cfbisd.edu

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MATH GRANT

• -Mrs. Runyon and I received in May, 2008
• - 3,000 for Marcy Cook math materials
• Involves problem solving
• Highly engaging and challenging for all student
• For all McCoy students, grades K-5
• Creates a library of materials for teachers