Fifth Grade Orientation
Fifth Grade Teachers
Margie
Yanet Ririe281.641.3457
Emily
Kimberly
Class Schedule
7:50- 8:10 – Welcome & Greetings
8:10-9:10 - Specials Rotation
9:10-9:30 – CARE Time & Catch Break
9:30 – 11:45 – Block I
11:45 Switch to Block I
11:50 – 12:15 – Lunch for Ririe & Smith
12:15- 12:35 – Recess for Ririe & Smith
11:55 – 12: 20 – Lunch for Washington & McGuffey
12:20 – 12:40 – Recess for Washington & McGuffey
12:45 – 3:00 – Block II
3:00 – 3:07 – Clean up & Close up
3:07 - Car Rider Dismissal
School Phone Number: 281.641.3400
Cafeteria/ Lunch: Lunch tickets should be purchased in the morning before class, if possible.
If you would like to join your child for lunch, it is FCE policy that you and your child sit together at the Reserved Table during lunch so you can enjoy that special time together.
Birthday Treats: These are allowed to be shared at the beginning of recess. You may bring enough for your child’s homeroom class. Only commercially prepared treats, such as cupcakes or cookies, are allowed.
Dress Code: Our handbook states that children may not wear bike shorts, halter/midriff tops, flip-flops, or shoes with high heels. Shorts must reach mid-thigh (and sit at the waist). Also, please no makeup. On PE days, students must wear tennis or rubber-soled shoes. Girls might want to bring or wear shorts under their skirts or dresses on PE days. Please read the District Dress Code for more details.
Snacks: Students are allowed to bring a mid-morning snack. We request that you send a nutritious and healthy dry snack. Please see attached sheet for examples. Students may only bring water to drink during class.
Tardies, Absences, and Changes in Dismissal: Students should be in the classroom no later than 8:05 a.m. Students arriving later than 8:05 should stop at the office for a tardy slip. After the 12th tardy, the child will lose recess.
If your child is absent for one day, please do not call for work assignments. Your child may get their make-up work when they return the following day. If your child will be out 2 or more days, please call for work early in the day to allow teachers time to collect their assignments. The assignments may be picked up in the office between 3:00 and 3:30. A note is required when your child returns to school after an absence.
A note is required if your child is to go home in a different way than is stated on their dismissal form.
Homework/Late Policy: Homework will be limited to no more than an hour a night. For some subjects, the homework will be checked daily. Failure to bring the completed homework to class will affect the student’s weekly conduct grade. Students are expected to be responsible for their homework.
Conference Period: 8:10-9:00 (Monday, Thursday & Friday)
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call during this time. You may also email us at any time or send a note requesting a conference. Fall conferences are scheduled for October 27th and 28th. Additional conferences can be scheduled at parent or teacher request.
Take-Home Tuesday Folders: Folders are sent home Tuesday and contain papers from the previous week along with important information about school happenings. Please take time to review these papers. This is our way of communicating with you about the progress your child is making. Keep all work at home unless you see one that needs to be corrected, signed, and returned. Tuesday folders are due back on Wednesday.
Inside the Tuesday folder, you will also find your child’s conduct card, a card reflecting your child’s behavior for the week. Please sign and return the card with the folder.
Fifth Grade Discipline Plan: Conduct cards are sent home weekly in the Tuesday Folder. Each student is issued one on the first day of each 9 week period. When a student breaks a class/school expectation and needs a conduct mark, he/she will sign the “Choices” book and state expected appropriate behavior. We then transfer this information onto the conduct card (on a weekly basis).
Weekly conduct grades are as follows:
0-1E
2-3S
4- N
5+ U
STAAR: This year, fifth graders will State of Texas Assessments of Academic Skills in reading, math, and science.