1. Welcome to Room 409!
*We will begin shortly. Please fill out the “Partners in Learning” on your student’s desk.
*If you would like to, write your child a note on the half sheet of paper.

2. Ms. Vargas 5th Year Teaching B.A. from Cal State San Marcos
K – 5th grade Reading Intervention
K-5th grade STEAM at San Marcos Elementary
5th Grade
B.A. from Cal State San Marcos
Credential from Cal State San Marcos

3. Classroom Rules/Reglas de Clase
Make Good Decisions
Show Respect
Solve Problems

5. Rewards Table points to earn privileges Smart Shot tickets Funny Money
Marble Jar
Verbal praise and acknowledgment

6. Consequences
Warning
5 minute time out, entry in Behavior Log and $20 Funny Money fine
Loss of recess, entry in Behavior Log and $30 Funny Money fine
Loss of recess in a buddy classroom, entry in Behavior Log, a phone call home, and $50 Funny Money fine
Severe: Directly to administration and referral along with a $100 Funny Money fine

7. Class Government
One of the 5th Grade Social Studies Standards includes understanding our government system. To help students better understand our government, students participate in class government. Students hold class positions and table positions.
You can look in the green Banking Folder to find descriptions of class jobs, your childs Funny Money Register, and a record of how much funny money your child has earned so far this year.

8. Schedule 8:45-11:05 Language Arts (Reading and Writing)
11:05-11:25 Recess
11:25-11:55 Reading Intervention and Enrichment
11:50-12:45 Math
12:45-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Math/Silent Reading
2:00-3:00 Technology/Science/Social Studies
3:00-3:10 Class jobs and write in Binder Reminder
PE: Monday and Wednesday morning
Music: Friday morning
Library: Friday morning

9. Attendance!!!!!
Come to school and be on time
Academics and behavior

10. Common Core English Language Arts
READ!, Genre, Inference, and build vocabulary
Increased Rigor
50% Fiction / 50% Non-fiction
Units of Study: Exploration, Matter, Colonization & American Revolution, Life Science, Westward Movement, Earth Science

11. Common Core Writing All grade levels Math
Persuasive (opinion), expository (give information) and narrative (real or imagined sequence of events)
Math
Must know multiplication fact
Place Value and Whole Number Operations
4 Operations with Fractions
Decimals and Decimal Operations
Geometry
Converting Measurements and Finding Volume
Graphing
Science and Social Studies TBD

12. Grading/clasificación
Performance Indicators for Academic Areas 4
Student performance exceeds grade level expectations for this semester with consistent accuracy and high level of quality 3
Student performance consistently meets grade level expectations for this semester 2
Student performance is approaching grade level expectations for this semester 1
Student performance is not meeting grade level expectations for this semester
n/a
Not assessed during this grading period

13. Middle School Prep
Independent
Problem Solvers
Homework

14. Homework Policy Students will have homework Monday-Friday.
Homework should take between 45 minutes to one hour to complete.
Students will have RAH (30 minutes of reading and a reading log entry) and math practice each night.
If your child needs help with his/her homework, please write a note and encourage him/her to come and see me before school.

15. Binder Reminder
Students will write down homework assignments in their binder reminder each night.
Parents/Guardians need to review the binder reminder and check the homework assignments each night.
Parents/Guardians need to sign the bottom of the binder reminder each night.

16. Suggested School Supplies
Pencils
Blue pens with cap
Dry erase markers/whiteboard markers
Dry erase board eraser (sock)
Pencil pouch/box
Personal earbuds (headphones).

17. Family Involvement Connect Ed every Monday night
Joli Ann U Handbook — Sign center fold
JAG Mail
PTO

18. Deposits made on Friday’s before school.
Mission to Save
Deposits made on Friday’s before school.

19. Communication Binder Reminder JAG Mail – Initial and return Notes
Phone: x3409
(before or after school only)
Classroom Website
Appointments
(before or after school)

20. Wish List/Lista de deseos
Post-Its are in the back with wish list items.
If desired, please take a Post-It.