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Welcome back to school for the 20245-26 school year!   My name is Valerie Taylor, and I am so excited to be teaching your child fifth grade math and social studies.  Communication is going to be the key to a successful year for everyone involved. We are going to have a great year!

 

MATH

We will be using the Eureka Math Squared curriculum as well as the Zearn online program focusing on place value through thousandths, operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, coordinate planes, volume, and all things fractions this year.  I will be dropping short instructional videos for each lesson in your child's google classroom accounts they may access from home if they need help or review during the year.   

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

We will be learning all about the Medieval Period around the world.  We will be using the new curriculum Gallopade.  Students will have online access to everything as well as a workbook.  Each chapter will have a vocabulary test and a chapter test.  At the end of each unit, a benchmark test  will be  given by the district that is very similar to the LEAP test students will take in  the spring.  

  

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

GOOGLE CLASSROOM will be your best friend!  Have your child log in from home  so that you can see what we did each day!  It will also have important dates as well.

Students will be using Google Classroom daily for assignments in math class.   I will be uploading instructional videos, homework assignments, exit tickets, and websites with extra practice if needed.  

 
HOMEWORK POLICY
You can expect your child to have homework Monday- Thursday night during the week to practice.They will bring their Apply workbook back and forth as where that is where their homework will be.
Homework will be checked for completion the next day.  Your child will start out with a 100 as their homework grade and 5 points will be deducted for every time they do not have their homework completed. 
 
ZEARN

  • Zearn will be used daily to preview/practice skills we have learned in class. 

  • At least 3 Zearn lessons will assigned every Monday for the week and will be due by Friday at 3 pm. 

  • Each lesson completed will be worth a 5 point completion grade in my gradebook.  To receive the points, students must complete all of the scratch work in their Zearn workbooks I will provide.

  • Zearn completion grades will be given for each module each week!

 

ZEARN REQUIREMENTS: 

Zearn can be accessed through the following Clever website:

www.clever.com/in/monroecityschools

 

Communication
 
 
318-322-8976 ext. 4090
 
Class Dojo app - We will be using this app to share news, updates, important reminders, and photos from class.  You may also send private messages to any of the 3 teachers to see how your child is doing in school or to get in touch with us for anything.  Until the internet issues have been resolved, this will be the best way to contact me as my email is not currently working.  I do ask that any private matter is not posted to the news feed, but sent in a private message. 
 
Thank you all so much for your support.  Once again, I am so excited to be your child's teacher and am looking forward to a fun, successful year!