WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE!Fifth Grade teachers: Mrs. Hablutzel and Mrs. Stewart

Welcome!

Have a look around

Can you find your desk? Please take time to organize your desk

with your materials

Mrs. Hablutzel

7th Year teaching in Dwight, Illinois Grew up in South Suburbs of Chicago Graduated from Southern Illinois

University Masters Degree in Administration Married David Hablutzel in 2011 One son, Cole. Almost 1 year old. Dog named Oscar Favorite Color: Purple

Mrs. Stewart

17 years teaching in Dwight Grew up in Kewanee, IL Lived in Las Vegas, NV Graduated from St. Ambrose University Masters Degree for a Reading Specialist Married to Eric Three children: Sarah, Ethan, and Melissa Dogs: Belle and Wrigley Favorite Color: Blue

On your desk you will find… Your textbooks: please put them in your desk You planner: please put it in your desk Fifth grade letter: read carefully and sign Fifth Grade Re-Do Policy: read carefully Fifth Grade Schedule: put this in your binder Parent Questionnaire: to be taken home, filled

out, and brought back on 1st day of school 2014-2015 Student Handbook Form & District

Wellness Policy: to be signed and returned to school

Dwight Elementary School Wellness Program: to be taken home

2014-2015 School Calendar: to be taken home Arbor Management, Inc Letter: to be taken home

Some Burning Questions Answered Yes! Fifth grade teachers have high expectations. Yes! All work is expected to be turned in on time

and there are consequences for not doing so. Yes! You will spend half the day with Mrs.

Hablutzel and half with Mrs. Stewart. Yes! You will probably have some homework

every night. Yes! You always need to write in complete

sentences. Yes! You will be changing clothes for P.E. Yes! You will have one quarter of Health with Mrs.

Goodwin rather than P.E.

Homework All homework is expected to be turned in on time.

On time is considered in the teacher’s hand during the class period it is due.

All homework will be collected from the entire class at one time. If an assignment is finished early, the student will need to

store the assignment in their binder until it is collected. There are consequences for not completing work on

time. See Fifth Grade Homework Policy for more details

Use your planner on a daily basis to prevent homework issues All assignments will be Tweeted on a daily basis. You may

follow Mrs. Hablutzel and Mrs. Stewart on Twitter or see Tweets on the Fifth Grade Team Website.

Formative and Summative

Formative Assessment is to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback about a student’s progress (ex: Classroom Assignments)

Summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at then end of a unit (ex: Tests)

In fifth grade 60% of the grade will be Summative and 40% will be Formative

New this Year!Assignments Can Be RE-DONE!! Any assignment that is turned in ON TIME can be RE-

DONE. Students may re-do assignments as many times as

they choose Students may earn full credit for Re-Done assignments Assignments can be re-done up to 1 week before the

quarter ends Students are responsible for knowing what

assignments they want to re-do and filling out a request form for new copies of an assignment Teachers will not write down all assignments for the students

that can be re-done. Highlight corrections

DASH

Fifth grade students will now participate in DASH

DASH stands for Discipline Action Study Hall

Any student with an incomplete homework assignment will be sent to DASH during their lunch

1st-No Consequence 2nd Warning Note 3rd 30 min detention 4th 30 min detention 5th 1hr. Sat. detention

Mrs. Goodwin is the DASH supervisor

Planners

EVERY student is expected to write ALL assignments in their planner, even if the assignment is completed.

Suggestion: Write “Done” next to the completed assignments

Parents: Please check planners every night to ensure that ALL assignments are complete

Binders

ALL students are expected to have a binder Zippered binders work the best

ALL assignments should be stored in the binder, in the corresponding folder at ALL times Keeping assignments in your desk will only cause

lost and late assignments. Things to keep in the binder:

Loose leaf paper Planner Labeled folders with assignments inside Zippered pencil pouch to hold writing utensils

Switching

Mrs. Hablutzel teaches a section of Reading and all Social Studies and Language Arts

Mrs. Stewart teaches a section of Reading and all Math and Science.

Students are expected to bring ALL materials and assignments with them to class, there will be NO returning to class for forgotten items. This is why the binder is SO important

Any questions?

Mrs. Hablutzel and Mrs. Stewart are eagerly anticipating the start of the new school year.

We have a lot of fun and challenging activities planned that will have all fifth graders using their critical thinking skills.

Please get a good nights sleep to start off the school year with a smile!

Sharon Soto is in the cafeteria accepting money for lunch tickets for your convenience.