Policies


 * 5th Grade Policies**

Planners – All 5th graders have a planner issued to them at the beginning of the year. It is a place for them to write down homework, but also a place for them to start to learn long-range planning and scheduling. Each day your child will bring home a planner. Every subject should have something written under it, even if it is just the words no homework. This planner will help keep you and your child up to date on what is going on in fifth grade. Please sign the planner at least once a week. Teachers will check the planner every Thursday morning for a parent signature.

Communication Folders – A communication folder will be kept in your student’s binder. It is a place to keep all notes from school and completed schoolwork. Please check the folder daily.

 Class Rules -
 * Be prepared, organized, and on time every day.
 * Respect yourself, others, and property at all times.
 * Follow all school and classroom procedures.

Daily Behavior Consequences:
 * Level 1 ~ Verbal Warning
 * Strike 1 ~ Note in planner with parent initial.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Strike 2 ~ Note in planner and loss of recess or isolation lunch.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Strike 3 ~ Note in planner, loss of recess or isolation lunch, call to parents.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Severe Clause: Any severe behaviors will result in an immediate office referral.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Positive Behavior

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To help encourage positive behavior the 5th grade team will be using a team point system. Your students can earn points for good behavior (b points) or academic achievements (a points). After two weeks the team with the most points wins! Then the teams will switch around and the whole process will start again. This process encourages good teamwork and life skills of working with others.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">School Work

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All of your child’s schoolwork is important. In order to keep a complete record of grades, your child will not get papers back daily; instead all work will come home in a stapled packet. These packets will come home every other Friday. One packet is for all Language Arts and Social Studies work, and the other packet will be all Math and Science work. Please review the papers with your child and then send the signed packet back to school.