Welcome to Fifth Grade Mrs. Lane

1. Welcome to Fifth Grade Mrs. Lane Stewarts Creek Elementary Beginning the Tradition of Excellence Everyday

2. All About Mrs. Lane • This will be my 18th year of teaching and my 3rd year of teaching at Stewarts Creek! • I grew up in North Alabama and graduated from the University of North Alabama. • I have taught in Alabama, Colorado, and now Tennessee. • I am married with 2 daughters. • I love spending time with my family, reading, and baking.  • I love teaching, and I am so excited to be with your kids!

3. Class Philosophy • This is a team effort, and we work together to ensure your students’ success! • All Students can and want to learn. • Students meet high expectations. • We teach students to think and solve problems. • We facilitate learning in a safe and respectful environment. • All I can ask for is THEIR best. • Our class is all about the growth mindset.

4. Agendas and Take Home Folders • Agendas are to be taken home every night. We will not be checking agendas every day. However, students will be responsible for writing daily homework assignments and notes as a means of communication. • Take Home Folderswill go home each Monday. These are to be signed and returned. Please take your student’s papers out and review them. • A weekly Newsletter will also be going home each week. This will contain important dates, extra credit, and current learning objectives.

5. Grading Policy • Our goal is to have every child proficient (80% and above) on any graded work. • If a student makes an 80 or higher, they will have the opportunity to make corrections, if they choose, in order to receive a higher grade. • If a student makes between 70-79, students are required to make corrections. • If a student makes a 69 or below, the skills will be retaught and student will retake the assignment, with the highest score recorded.

6. Extra Credit • Students will have the opportunity to receive extra credit for each subject every 9 weeks. • The extra credit will be recorded as an additional assignment in the grade book. If your student chooses not to complete extra credit, it will not have a negative effect on his/her overall grade.

7. Attendance Policy • Please make sure that your student is in school whenever possible! We understand family emergencies and sickness do happen, but we want to teach our kiddos the value of being at school, and we need your help!  • Please sign and return attendance form acknowledging that you received a copy of our attendance policy.

8. Grading Scale • 93-100 A • 85-93 B • 75-84 C • 70-74 D • 69-below F

9. 4-H • We will be having 4-H meetings once a month this year. They will be very similar to what your child experienced last year in 4th grade. • There will be 3 projects assigned throughout the year that will count as a grade. Please watch for specific dates and instructions for these projects in the 4-H manual.

10. Money • Any money sent to school needs to come in a sealed envelope, clearly marked with the amount, student’s name, teacher’s name, and purpose (i.e. lunch $, field trip). • Daily lunch money will be kept by the students.

11. Transportation Changes • Send changes in writing with your student so the teacher can submit it by 8:00 am to the office for approval. • Due to our inability to verify identity, phone calls and emails will only be accepted in emergency situations. • Notes should contain: • Date of change • Student name (first and last) • Teacher name • Transportation method • (car, bus, daycare, etc…). • Signature For the safety of your students, please keep transportation changes to a minimum.

12. Eating lunch with your student… We encourage you to come have lunch with your student. You and your child will eat at one of the round tables. No outside food please.

13. Behavior Incentives • At the end of each 9 weeks as a reward students with 4 signingsor less will be given the opportunity to attend our 5th grade behavior field trip. • Reasons for signing: • Disrespect • Poor lunch room or Related Arts behavior • Destruction of property • Teacher Discretion • Parents will be notified each time a student signs the behavior book

14. Positive Behavior • Positive Behavior is rewarded with tickets throughout the school day. These are collected over a two week period and add up to different incentives of your child’s choosing. • Ways to earn tickets: • Going above and beyond what is asked of them. • Bringing in needed supplies • Helping out other students/teachers • Working well in groups. • Thoughtful questions and answers

15. Social Media: friend or foe?As soon as Social Media activities enter the classroom, it then becomes a school issue. Please discuss social media responsibility as it pertains to your child.

16. Misc. • Snack: please provide your child with a healthy DAILY snack. Water ONLY to drink. They can bring in plastic water bottles to refill throughout the day. We have severe nut allergies in our class, so please send in snacks that are nut free. • Outside play: we plan to go outside daily weather permitting. Please send your child dressed accordingly including appropriate footwear for playground use. • Related Arts classes are on an 8-day rotation labeled with the letters A-H. PE occurs twice in the rotation. Students MUST have tennis shoes on the assigned PE days!!!!!

17. Class T-Shirts • We will be ordering grade level t-shirts soon. We will send home ordering info as soon as we have finalized the design and find out the cost. • The purpose of these shirts is to keep us safe and looking like a group when we are off SC campuses. • These shirts MUST be worn on the days of these trips or students will not be able to leave campus. I will be happy to store them here if you would prefer!

18. Smart Card Orders • Smart Card orders are due: August 31st • Student ear buds are not required, but they are very helpful to have when we are using the laptop lab in our classroom.

19. Inspiration Wall • We are working to fill our Inspiration Wall with items that motivate us to work hard all year. • Please have your child bring in an item that will remind them of what they want to be when they grow up. (Examples: spatula/chef, toy stethoscope/doctor, picture/artist. (It can also be a printed picture if you can’t find an item.)

20. Speaking of Social Media… • Follow us at… • @MrsLane5th • Sign up for remind texts… • Mrs. Lane (phone number: 81010, message: @lane5th) • Email • Mrs. Lane- lanej@rcschools.net • Thank you so much for taking time to come tonight and I look forward to working with you and your student this year!  • If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. Email is themost efficient means of communication.