WELCOME TO MRS. LADY’S CLASS! 5 th Grade Driswood Elementary School Home of the Outstanding Owls

ABOUT ME  Grew up and live in Washington County  Graduate of Shepherd University  Enrolled Liberty University Online  10 th year of teaching, 7 th at DES  Outside of school  Family, friends, youth leader

DAILY SCHEDULE  8:30 Student Arrival  8:45 Tardy bell  8:55 Specials (Monday- Library, Tuesday- P.E., Wednesday- Music, Thursday- Art, Friday- rotation)  9:40-11:10 ELA  11:10-11:50 Science  11:50-12:30 Social Studies  12:30-1:00 Lunch  1:00-1:30 Outdoor Physical Activity  1:30-3:00 Math  3:00-3:20 Writing  3:20 Pack up  3:25 Dismissal bell

CLASSROOM EXPECTATION  Class created  Sent home for review  Sign and return

DISCIPLINE SYSTEM  Green- Good to go  Yellow- Yield to warning  Red- Stop the behavior- Students will utilize 10 minutes of the recess block to think about their actions and ways to make better behavior choices.  Purple- a phone call will be made to the parents/guardians.  Orange- Student sent to the office with a referral  *hitting, spitting, or fighting is an automatic referral to the office

HANDBOOKS  Please take the time to thoroughly read Driswood’s Handbook and the County Handbook in order to alleviate any misunderstandings about school policy.  Available online

RED REMINDERS  Reminder of expected behaviors  Not for discipline purposes  Can use 2 Outstanding Owls to cancel out a Red Reminder.  See the student handbook for more details.

REWARD SYSTEM  COMPLIMENTS  Outstanding Owls  Group Points

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER  Sent home on Thursday  Can be ed if you prefer  Return form indicating paper or copy  List of graded work to be found in the folder  Upcoming events and tests  Important information

BOOMERANG THURSDAY  Graded work, newsletter, and important information  Remove graded work, sign and return any grade below a 70  Sign comment sheet and return folder on Friday

HOMEWORK  Monday through Thursday  Spelling and Math  Nightly reading and math facts practice  US regions/map folder  One free pass  Red Reminders

MAKE UP WORK  County policy allows one day to make up work per each day absent.  See handbook for further explanation

CONTACT INFORMATION   LiveGrades Message Center  School phone:  Meetings during planning (9:00 am -9:30 am)