Fifth Grade Mrs Jana Vermette 23 years of

* Fifth Grade Mrs. Jana Vermette

*23 years of teaching experience * 3 rd grade – 8 years * 5 th grade – 15 years *Live in El Dorado Hills * Enjoy family time, movies, exercise, travel, and all things summer! * Love gummy bears and all things coffee *

My Family Husband Marc City of Sacramento Fire Department * Chloe – 11 – * Luke – 8 – Entering 6 th grade Entering 2 nd grade Sherman – 2 – Lola – 1 – Our dogs ; )

*Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are the academic standards developed to unify learning expectations for students across all states. *We have CCSS’s for these Academic Areas: -English Language Arts (ELA) -Math -Science (coming soon) *

*Consumable “textbook pages” (completed in class) will be torn out and included with each night’s homework pages. *There is online help at https: //wwwk 6. thinkcentral. com * Student IDs and passwords are the same as last year * Pages can be printed from home * Mini tutorials are available *I will teach math EVERY DAY and there will be math homework every Monday-Thursday. *

*Wonders Reading Program (main) *Open Court Reading Program (here and there) *Novels (throughout the year) *Accelerated Reader * 18 points trimester 1 and 2 * 24 points trimester 3 *

*Directed topics (monthly memories) *Journal responses (personal narratives) *Daily Language Review (D. L. R. ) *Essays *Document Based Questioning (D. B. Q. s) *Story Development *Response to literature *

*United States History – Making a New Nation * Geography * Native Americans * Exploration * Colonies * Revolutionary War * States * Westward Movement *

* Life Science * Structure of Living Things * Plant Functions * Human Body Systems * Earth Science * Earth’s Water * Earth’s Weather * The Solar System * Physical Science * Types of Matter * Changes in Matter *

*Taught mainly by Mrs. Davis *Twice a week - 40 minute blocks *20 minutes are instructed by me to total 100 minutes a week *Fitness Gram Test in May * Upper body strength * Cardio * Flexibility * BMI *Water bottle, fruit and veggies allowed in class *

*Every student starts with straight A’s! *Some assignments are checked off for completion *Grades are a compilation of: * Classwork * Homework * Tests * Projects * Quizzes *

*Between 45 minutes and one hour a night *Ravenous Readers: read an additional 30 minutes a night – or 120 minutes a week *Students are required to use their Agenda. *Assignments are due at 8: 15. No late work is accepted in 5 th grade. *Students have 2 emergency “Curve Ball” passes this year. Once they are used, missing assignments become a zero. *

*Class Website - http: //blogs. egusd. net/mrsvermette/ * Main source of communication * PLEASE SUBSCRIBE *Weekly Report: * Behavior and homework feedback * Every Friday – signed and returned by Monday *Progress Reports: * Mid-trimester using Making the Grade *E-mail: * I try to get back to you by the end of my work day. *

*Non-verbal redirection *Verbal warning The above are considered “Clean Slate” days. *Log-In (student records date/time/incident in binder) *Time-Out (removal to buddy classroom) *Office intervention *

* California Caverns * Planetarium * Exploratorium *

*Monday copying *Art Docent *Correcting – especially on Thursdays and Fridays *PFO membership *

*boxes of tissues *cleaning wipes *pencils *colored pencils *lined paper *Highlighters *Correcting pens – non red *

* Fifth Grade Mrs. Vermette jvermett@egusd. net