Fifth Grade Mrs. Jana Vermette Back to School Night 2016-2017 Fifth Grade Mrs. Jana Vermette

Mrs. Jana Vermette 23 years of teaching experience 3rd grade – 8 years 5th grade – 15 years Live in El Dorado Hills Enjoy family time, movies, exercise, travel, and all things summer! Love gummy bears and all things coffee  Mrs. Jana Vermette

My Family Husband Marc City of Sacramento Fire Department Chloe – 11 – Entering 6th grade Luke – 8 – Entering 2nd grade Sherman – 2 – Lola – 1 – Our dogs ;)

Common Core State Standards Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are the academic standards developed to unify learning expectations for students across all states. We have CCSS’s for these Academic Areas: -English Language Arts (ELA) -Math -Science (coming soon) Common Core State Standards

Consumable “textbook pages” (completed in class) will be torn out and included with each night’s homework pages. There is online help at https://www- k6.thinkcentral.com Student IDs and passwords are the same as last year Pages can be printed from home Mini tutorials are available I will teach math EVERY DAY and there will be math homework every Monday-Thursday. Go Math!

English Language Arts (ELA) Wonders Reading Program (main) Open Court Reading Program (here and there) Novels (throughout the year) Accelerated Reader 18 points trimester 1 and 2 24 points trimester 3 English Language Arts (ELA)

Writing Directed topics (monthly memories) Journal responses (personal narratives) Daily Language Review (D.L.R.) Essays Document Based Questioning (D.B.Q.s) Story Development Response to literature Writing

Social Studies United States History – Making a New Nation Geography Native Americans Exploration Colonies Revolutionary War States Westward Movement Social Studies

Science Life Science Structure of Living Things Plant Functions Human Body Systems Earth Science Earth’s Water Earth’s Weather The Solar System Physical Science Types of Matter Changes in Matter Science

Health/Fitness Taught mainly by Mrs. Davis Twice a week - 40 minute blocks 20 minutes are instructed by me to total 100 minutes a week Fitness Gram Test in May Upper body strength Cardio Flexibility BMI Water bottle, fruit and veggies allowed in class  Health/Fitness

Grading Policy Every student starts with straight A’s!  Some assignments are checked off for completion Grades are a compilation of: Classwork Homework Tests Projects Quizzes Grading Policy

Homework Between 45 minutes and one hour a night Ravenous Readers: read an additional 30 minutes a night – or 120 minutes a week Students are required to use their Agenda. Assignments are due at 8:15. No late work is accepted in 5th grade. Students have 2 emergency “Curve Ball” passes this year. Once they are used, missing assignments become a zero. Homework

Communication Class Website - http://blogs.egusd.net/mrsvermette/ Main source of communication PLEASE SUBSCRIBE  Weekly Report: Behavior and homework feedback Every Friday – signed and returned by Monday Progress Reports: Mid-trimester using Making the Grade E-mail: I try to get back to you by the end of my work day. Communication

Behavior Non-verbal redirection Verbal warning The above are considered “Clean Slate” days. Log-In (student records date/time/incident in binder) Time-Out (removal to buddy classroom) Office intervention Behavior

California Caverns Planetarium Exploratorium Field Trips

Your Help is Needed Monday copying Art Docent Correcting – especially on Thursdays and Fridays PFO membership Your Help is Needed

Supplies Needed boxes of tissues cleaning wipes pencils colored pencils lined paper Highlighters Correcting pens – non red  Supplies Needed

Fifth Grade Mrs. Vermette jvermett@egusd.net Back to School Night 2016-2017 Fifth Grade Mrs. Vermette jvermett@egusd.net