+ Welcome to Back to School Night Mrs. Janet Sugimoto Fifth/Sixth Grade - Room 106

+ Announcements Team Seahawk Work/Study space and supplies at home Art Journal Grant: Donor’s Choose If you’d like to help: Classroom Webpage s://fsd.haikulearning.com/janet_sugimoto/mrs.sugimoto- room106/cms_page/view Access from Sunset’s website Seahawk Folders Room Volunteers

+ 5/6 Combination Class Mature and responsible students 5 th Grade Science, Social Science Rotations: Mrs. Bottalico, Mrs. Cova, Mr. Jenisch, and Mrs. Poggio 6 th Grade Science and Science, Social Science Rotations: Mrs. Bottalico and Mrs. Guttenplan

+ Typical Daily Schedule Journal Writing Language Arts: Informational texts and literature Spelling, vocabulary, grammar Writing – Journal, art journal, across curriculum Math – Consumable textbook, iPad app (HMH Player) Science: * New NGSS, rotations with Mrs. Bottalico)

+ Daily Schedule (cont’d) 5 th Social Science: Colonial America (rotations with Mrs. Cova, Mr. Jenisch, and Mrs. Poggio 6 th Social Science: Ancient Civilizations (rotations with Mrs. Guttenplan 5/6 Grade Language Rotations: M, T, TH, F (focus on oral language) PE (Mondays & Wednesdays)

+ Technology in the Classroom 1:1 iPads Paperwork to review and sign tonight Learning Tool: watch extended use and limit if necessary!

+ Expectations

+ Teachers  Provide a positive environment that fosters learning.  Set classroom and homework expectations clearly.  Communicate regularly on student’s progress with conferences, phone calls or meetings as needed.  Meet the goals of the California Common Core State Standards  Maintain understanding of current effective teaching practices through professional development/

+ Parents:  Support school’s attendance, homework, and discipline policies  Maintain an open line of communication with the teacher via conference, phone calls or meetings as needed.  Provide a quiet place for child to do homework and reading.  Read with your child, modeling ideas, sequence, predictions, cause and effect, characters, and setting.  Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats a nutritious breakfast and lunch each day.

+ Homework

+ Homework is assigned daily (Monday-Thursday) and is usually due the next day. Homework assignments are practice from concepts learned during the day and may consist of any incomplete class work. Students will ALWAYS have time in class to get a good start on that night’s assignment. If the student is an especially diligent worker, he/she will have less to complete on a nightly basis than the less industrious student. Part of every night’s homework assignment is to read at least 30 minutes. Students are required to fill out a weekly reading log. Longer-term projects are assigned periodically and some class time will be spent working on them. Students will also be expected to work on them at home. Students may need to work on these projects and reports over the weekend.

+ Tips for staying healthy Encourage your children to practice good hand-washing habits throughout the day: water and soap! Make sure your children are eating well-balanced meals and getting plenty of sleep. Please do NOT send your child to school if they have a fever and other flu symptoms. Please limit their time on the iPads, computers, and TV.