2. Welcome to Meet the Teacher/Parent Orientation 5 th Grade

3. Meet the Teacher/Parent Orientation Welcome Goals 5 th Grade Curriculum Grading Classroom Rules Planner/Tues. Folder Parent Conference Day October 13th Q & A and Wrap-up

4. Goals To assist all students to achieve and maintain academic excellence To prepare students for 6 th grade To teach students using TEKS To teach students to be responsible lifelong learners To have fun with the students!

5. Fifth Grade Curriculum 5 th Grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills can be found at: Texas Education Association Website

6. Grading A = Full Accomplishment B = Substantial Accomplishment C= Partial Accomplishment D = Student Difficulty Grading Scale A = 90 - 100 B = 80 - 89 C = 75 - 79 D = 70 - 74 F = 0 - 69 Subjective Grading

7. STAAR for 5th Grade Math: March 30 Reading: March 31 Science: April 22 Students must pass both Reading STAAR to be promoted to 6th grade.

8. District Grading Policy Major Grades = 50% Daily Grade = 50 % Parents can monitor child’s grades through GradeSpeed/Tuesday Folders

9. Classroom Rules-Aligned with the Tuesday Folder # 1 Completes Homework #2 Participates in Class #3 Follows Directions #4 Uses time Effectively #5 Talking #6 Courteous #7 Disciplines Self Consequences: Loss of privileges, lunch at the quiet table or Opportunity Room

10. Tuesday Folders Communication of student’s progress Please review and discuss papers in the folder with your child. Parents must sign and return folder on Wednesday, along with any papers that may need to be signed and/or corrected. Keep all other papers.

11. Kohrville Planner Daily organizer used by students Daily communicator for teacher and parents Used for Goal Setting - Caring and Learning Goals Reference tool Signatures daily

12. Attendance and Tardies Attendance – students are expected to be in school every day unless he is prevented by illness, death in the family, or other legitimate reasons acceptable under Board of Trustee’s policy or state law. Please call when absent and send a note upon return. Absence - in the event a pupil is absent from school for any reason, he is required on his return to school to bring a written excuse signed by his parents as to why the child was absent. Tardiness - students that arrive after 8:20 am must report to the office for a tardy slip for admission to class.

13. Homework Homework is a practice of the skills learned in class. Students will have homework as needed. Although, students should read each night for 20-30 minutes and will have a reading log to complete. Parents should also look over the log and THEN sign. Please DO NOT sign unless they have read. Students will also have a weekly spelling test (THURSDAY). Consult the planner for homework assignments. Students are required to write their homework assignments in them each day as well as their spelling words each week.

14. Contacting by Phone Will check voicemail by 3:30 Leave urgent messages with front office Dial 832.484.7200.

15. Mrs. Karyl Freeman kfreeman2@kleinisd.net 832/484-7190 Mrs. Michelle Bush mbush1@kleinisd.net 832/484-7239@kleinisd.net mbush1@kleinisd.net Contact Information

16. Kohrville Online Visit the Kohrville Website for:Kohrville Website School Lunch and Breakfast Menu Kohrville Chronicle Newsletter Kohrville Calendar Teacher website

17. Conference Periods: 8:30 – 9:15 Monday – Friday (excluding Tuesday) Before or After School Conferences must be by prior appointment.. Please make appointments for conferences.

18. Conference Day October 13, 2014

19. Thanks for coming. We look forward to working with you and your child this year!