Mrs. Funderburg's Fifth Grade Wolf Pack
Welcome to Mrs. Funderburg's Fifth Grade Wolf Pack
**I will be on Maternity Leave starting April 16- No updates from then until end of school year!
Mission Statement: WE will learn in a safe, nurturing environment to achieve academic success and become productive citizens.
Email: jfunderburg@greenville.k12.sc.us
Phone: 864-355-3927
Class Schedule: Please see schedule below
7:40-8:15 Morning Work
8:15-9:00 Writing
9:00-9:55 Reading
9:55-10:15 IRA /Words
10:15-10:45Wolf Time
10:45-11:35 Related Arts (Switch with Milton)
11:35-12:25 Writing (Watts Class)
12:25-12:50 Lunch
12:50-1:55 Reading (Watts Class)
1:55-2:15 Physical Activity
M- Kickball Field, T- Playground, W- Track, Th- Kickball Field, F- Playground
2:20-2:30 Community Meeting
2:30 Dismissal
Related Arts
Monday-PE
Tuesday-Music
Wednesday-Art
Thursday-None (two on Fridays)
Friday-Computer Lab (8:15-9:00)/Library on A Week
Fifth Grade Syllabus
Procedures and Routines
1. Attendance and lunch count are taken at the beginning of each day, students arriving after 8:00 are considered tardy.
2. Homework is collected during morning routines. Students are to turn in their homework to a specified basket unless otherwise told.
3. Students are to sharpen 3 pencils during morning routines and keep them in their pencil pouch to use throughout the day.
4. Money for fieldtrips, fundraisers, pictures, etc. will be collected and receipted at the beginning of each day.
5. Students may help themselves to tissues whenever they feel the need for them, providing the teacher is not giving instruction. Students may get water when teacher is not teaching and must use the specific hand symbol.
6. Class work is turned in to a specified basket.
7. Students are allowed to go to the restroom at given restroom breaks during the day. In the event of an emergency, the student needs to ask permission from the teacher.
8. Students are dismissed from class only with the teacher’s permission.
9. In the event of a fire, tornado, or other emergency drill, the student’s are to leave the classroom in an orderly fashion and walk directly to a predetermined location outside the building.
10. By the time announcements come on, agendas are filled out and backpacks are prepared for home.
Communication with Parents
Regular communication is important to the success of your student. You will be contacted regularly in the following ways:
1. Blue “Take-Home” folders containing graded student work are sent home every Monday.
2. The online portal to monitor grades, behavior, and missing assignments.
3. Notes will be sent home notifying parents/guardians of missing assignments and scores on assessments in the weekly green “Take-Home” folders. All graded work will be signed and returned by the parent/guardian.
- A newsletter is sent home weekly on Monday in blue “take home” folders.
- Conferences are scheduled for all parents during the 1st nine weeks in the month of October. Additional conferences can be scheduled anytime at the parent’s or teacher’s request.
- Phone Calls and School Messenger
- Website
- Remind 101, please sign up so your child’s teacher can send out reminders to your cell phone or email!
Homework Policy
All 5 th grade students are required to have a student assignment book that is supplied by Welcome Elementary. Students should write down homework assignments daily in their assignment book. All homework is due the next day unless otherwise noted. Students will have math homework assignments Monday night –Thursday night as well as reading 20 minutes each night and completing the reading log assignment. Students will also have a weekly spelling menu that is due on Friday before their spelling test.
Attendance Policy
The school year consists of 180 school days. To receive credit, students must attend at least 170 days of each 180-day year course, as well as meet all minimum requirements for each course. Accrued student absences may not exceed ten days during the school year. Any absence in excess of ten days may cause the student to lose credit for the year.
Make –Up Work Policy
Within 5 days of a student’s return from an EXCUSED absence, the student must complete missed work. Students will have one day for each day missed to complete assignments for an UNEXCUSED absence. Work not turned in within a week of the student’s return to school will earn 0% credit. Teachers and parents will make arrangements if special circumstances exist (e.g.- extended medical absence with notification from doctors).
Overview of 5th Grade Standards
Reading: Students read and understand grade-level appropriate material. They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed, including generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources. Students should be reading independently and on their own, so that by the time they leave 5th grade, they are reading an average of at least ten pages every day. All reading material is aligned with the Common Core standards for 5th grade.
Writing and Speaking: Students write and speak with a command of Standard English conventions that are appropriate to a 5th grade level. Students write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. Their writing considers audience and purpose. They successfully use the stages of the writing process (i.e., pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing successive versions). Students write narrative, persuasive and descriptive text of at least 500 to 700 words. Students deliver coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral communication. All writing, speaking, and listening skills are aligned with the Common Core standards for 5th grade.
Math: By the end of fifth grade, students increase their facility with the four basic arithmetic operations, fractions, and decimals. They know and use common measuring units to determine length and area; they know and use formulas to determine the volume of simple geometric figures. Students know the concept of angle measurement and use a protractor and compass in solving problems. They use grids, tables, graphs, and charts to record and analyze data. All math skills are aligned with the Common Core Standards for 5th grade.
Science: Science in grade five focuses on scientific and technological problem solving and decision making as well as the skills of scientific inquiry: formulating usable questions and hypotheses, planning experiments and product design, conducting systematic observations, interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and communicating the findings to others. Fifth-grade students actively investigate science concepts by predicting, observing, and recording the results of experiments, and they will generate ideas to solve problems. Specifically, students in the fifth grade learn about the life, earth, and physical sciences by exploring them within the framework of the following topics: "Ecosystems: Terrestrial and Aquatic" (characteristics and interactions); "Landforms and Oceans" (natural processes and the ocean floor); "Properties of Matter" (mixtures and solutions); and "Forces and Motion" (position, direction, and speed).
Social Studies: Students continue their study of the history of the United States in grade five, beginning with Reconstruction and continuing to the present day. They learn about the renewal of the country after the Civil War, the continued westward expansion, the rise of the United States as a world power, the nation’s involvement in world affairs in the twentieth century, and nation’s leadership role after World War II. They also learn about the growing pains of the country as its citizens dealt with industrialization, the issues of women’s suffrage and civil rights for all Americans, the Jim Crow laws, economic depression and recovery, and challenges in foreign diplomacy.
Access to the State Standards
www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/parents/standards/index.htm
Rules and consequences
Welcome Elementary is a PBIS school, which focuses on rewarding positive behavior. School-wide expectations are taught at the beginning of the school year and enforced by all faculty and staff. In the event of misbehavior, students may be an “in class reflection” which gives them an opportunity to reflect on their behavior. If misbehavior continues or there is a major discipline issue, students may receive a classroom discipline report or an office referral.
Classroom rules
P are prepared
A act responsibly
W work as a team
S Shows respect
Teachers will be using a name system in their classroom. When students write their name on the board it’s a warning, one check is silent lunch, two checks is phone call home, and three checks is a CDR. Two CDRs in a day or three in a week is an office referral.
*Referrals will be written immediately for major offenses (ex. Fighting).
Long Range Plans
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
