First Day!

Hooray! It's the first day of school!

It has been a spectacular day! I know that our class is going to have a fantastic year together. As I told the students today, I am thoroughly impressed with how polite and respectful everyone has been today. I know that it will continue on as our year progresses. Being a fifth grader holds many new responsibilities and, of course, rewards. Our class is now acting as role models for our building's new 4th graders. With their experience and knowledge of our procedures and expectations, I know that these students will soar to success!

Today, we had an all-school assembly introducing our theme, CODE NAME: HORIZON. Who doesn't love a good secret agent theme? As teachers, we are the Master Agents, assisting our agents in training on the quest for the SUPERBRAIN. Balancing academic, social, and independent skills is at the root of our mission. We hope that it will be an effort supported and reinforced with the family.

In addition to our kickoff, I overloaded our agents brains throughout the day with a lot of critical information. We discussed procedures, expectations of both teacher and student, classroom logistics, and our calendar. Phew...there was more but these are at the heart of what we talked about. All of the students were receptive and seemed to follow through.

We are going to do a lot of learning and growing together. I am excited to learn from my students and hope they are ready to learn from one another, as well as me. It's going to be an unforgettable mission!

FYI - Super Parent Agents:

Here are a few nuggets of information for you. Your student will be bringing home a form that discusses our 5th grade behavior plan. This plan has been implemented across the level. Please read over this with your child and discuss. After discussing, please sign and return by Friday, September 3rd. If you would like to check the behavior plan, it is accessible at any time. Please click here.

While discussing the Assignment Notebooks, we put in important dates, as well as our homework for tonight. This can also be found on the blog page above, "Homework? Wait....what Homework?" I update this on a regular basis, in most cases nightly. I have asked that students have a parent or guardian sign the assignment notebook nightly. This allows for you as a parent to see what homework was assigned, as well as spark a dialogue about the events of the day.

If you have questions, please contact me at angeama@pewaukee.k12.wi.us or call 262.691.2100 x3135.