Mrs. LaBanz

Field Trip Spotlight

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 from 10-2!

All expenses are paid for! Even lunch will be provided.

Cosmic Baseball presenting to students on the importance of school attendance.

Important Weekly Updates:

There will be NO SCHOOL for students from Thursday, October 15th to Monday, October 19th.

We can't wait to see your students on Tuesday, October 20th!

Your student will be bringing home school picutres TODAY (Wednesday, October 14th)
The Pancake Man is Thursday, October 22nd from 5pm-6:30pm
The next girls on the run will be Thursday, October 22 and the 5K is on Sunday, October 25 in Lincoln.
There will be NO HOMEWORK or Spelling Tests while the students are learning about Poetry in Unit 3.
The October"Trait of a Knight" is Bravery. Each Bingo is worth 1 castle coin and a "Blackout" is worth 10 castle coins.
Please do not have your child bring personal sporting equipment to play with at recess. We encourage students to use the recess balls already provided. Thank you for understanding!
CLICK HERE to view the safety patrol schedule.
5th Grade will be "Swinging for the Fences" on an all expense paid field trip to the CHI Health Arena on Tuesday, November 10th!!! More details wil be coming out soon!!
If you have a student celebrating a birthday, they are welcome to bring store bought "birthday treats" for thier class! Please be cognizant of students who may have allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, dairy and gluten.
Please make sure your child has tennis shoes for their PE days. Mrs. LaBanz and Mr. Wiz have PE on Tu/F. and Miss Hatt and Miss Hutchinson have PE on M/TH.
Students are encouraged to bring water bottles everyday to keep in their classroom!
Reminder: 5th grade enters and exits the front doors everyday for both arrival and dismissal. Please plan pick-up accordingly.

What are we currently learning?

Math- Students will be starting adding and subtracting fractions.

ELA- Students are learning about Poetry!

Social Studies- Students will begin learning about Geography.

Science- Students will begin learning about what makes matter.

Dear Families,

Below, you will find information about how our school day will run, schedules, and expectations.

Sincerely,

Mrs. LaBanz

Safety Patrol Schedule

Please contact me with any questions or concerns!

Homework

While homework isn't assigned every night, your child may come home with some. In our class, if students don't complete work in class, it goes home for homework. We will begin using our planners once we get into a full week of learning, so be checking that to see what work your child might be coming home with to complete! The expectation is that work that isn't finished will be put into their homework folder. Below is a break down of possibly assignments you may see as homework:

IXL Tracker:

You will get a new daily IXL tracker sheet each week. We will review this at the end of each school day. If you are missing a code/section you will need to make it up by the end of the week. These sheets will be turned in at the end of Friday every week for completion points.

CKLA Take Home Sheets:

We have new reading/writing curriculum. There will be one take home sheet per week usually. There may be some weeks where we don’t have one for the week. It is one sheet.

Missing work:

If you have any missing work from one of your walk to math, walk to reading or social studies, you may have to take it home to get finished up.

Daily Schedule

I will communicate via email if any changes occur in our schedule!

Orchestra Schedule

Please make sure your child brings their instrument on their scheduled day!

Orchestra teachers email: jvanderwoude@mpsomaha.org

Band Schedule

Please make sure your child brings their instrument on their scheduled day!

Band teachers email: heallen@mpsomaha.org

Grading Scale

Please review the school district's NEW grading scale shown below.

General Info.

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