2025 - 2026 School Year

I hope everyone is enjoying the last couple weeks of their Summer break with family and friends and getting plenty of time for rest and relaxation. August is here and before we know it, school will be back in full swing. I am looking forward to meeting all my new students and beginning another wonderful year in 5th grade. I will be your child's ELA teacher (reading, writing, word study) and they will have a second teacher (Mrs. Page) for math/ science/ social studies. 

During 1st quarter, my homeroom students will be participating in art class. 

**Please see "Week at a Glance" section for more detailed plans for each day of the week.**

Important Dates    

Wednesday, August 20 - Meet and Greet at Chelsea 11:30 - 1:00 

Thursday, August 21 - First day of School 

Friday, August 29 - 12:05 dismissal - SIP day 

Monday, September 1 - No school - Holiday 

Friday, October 10 - No school - Institute day

Monday, October 13 - No school - Holiday

Friday, October 24 - End of Quarter 1 

Remind Updates 

Our Encore classes for the year are as follows: 

Quarter 1 - Art with Mrs. Maney

Quarter 2 - Spanish with Mrs. Smerz

Quarter 3 - STEM with Mrs. Jozaitis

Quarter 4 - Music with Mr. Bertrand 

We have PE every day - please remember to have appropriate gym shoes with you each day. 

My ELA classes will visit the library on Mondays. 

 

Quarter 1 Overview

Essential Question: What does it mean to adapt?

Novel: Ungifted by Gordon Korman

 

 

 

Word Study: During word study, we will be utilizing Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) to increase our vocabulary and spelling skills. We will be learning about Greek and Latin roots along with prefixes and suffixes. 

 

Sentence Study: We will be using mentor sentences from our quarterly novels to identify parts of speech, types of sentences, and figurative language. We will also be making connections to SWI.

 

 

Writing: 

• Narrative writing - Students will working on continuing a story as well as writing from a different character or narrator's point of view    

• L 5.2 – I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

 

Reading Literature Standards:

•  RL 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. 
• RL 5.2 - I can determine the theme of a text; summarize a text. 

• RL 5.4 - I can use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
• RL 5.6 - I can describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. 

 

 

Reading Information Standards:

• RI 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• RI 5.2 - I can determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details. 
• RI 5.3 I can explain the relationship between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts, using support from the texts.
• RI 5.4 I can determine the meaning of words or phrases in a text using context clues. 

 

Scholastic Book Club Orders 

Our class code is QCDZK. I place orders from Scholastic at the end of each month. These book orders give our class a chance to build our classroom library as well as earn free books for our classroom. If you need any help with your order, please let me know! Thank you for supporting our classroom. Access Scholastic Book Order Here

 

E-Learning Plan 

In the event of the need to call an e-learning day, we will be utilizing the schedule attached below. E-learning days will only be called if we have fair warning of severe inclement weather and have time to send students home with all their materials and devices.