Mrs. Belanger’s 5th Grade ClassWelcome Students!

Welcome to 5th Grade! This is an important year for

you! Please take a moment to

watch the PowerPoint Presentation.

Once you are finished, please take a moment to go through the checklist that is on your desk.

Finally, make sure that you find your mailbox and bring home your mail.

All About Me My Background

I was born in Stevens Point, WI and moved to Muskegon when I was in 5th grade.

I attended St. John’s Catholic School, 1st- 5th grade. I then attended Mona Shores Schools 5th- High School.

I graduated from WMU with my teaching degree in December of 1993.

I graduated with my Master’s Degree in Technology from GVSU in April of 2006.

My Experience I’ve been teaching for 18 years. I have only taught 5th grade and I

love it!

Mrs. Belanger’s

Philosophy of Learning

The learning environment must be comfortable, set up for success and reinforced positively in order for students to increase self-esteem and self-motivation. All students can be successful in understanding basic concepts when exposed to a variety of learning modes. Hands-on activities, cooperative learning groups and meaningful content pertaining to real-life experiences assist in helping students achieve goals both in school, as well as in society. These varied experiences aid in the development of critical thinkers both independently and within a group.

Goals To give you the academic tools you

need to progress to 6th grade. To provide a supportive learning

environment. To have fun while we learn. To make new friends and discover new

interests.

My Family

My Husband Scott

My Children Connor (12yrs. old) Bryson (8yrs. old)

Our Pet Dog, Barkley

BRYSON

CONNOR

Geography We will be using

maps and atlases to answer weekly Atlas questions.

MathWe will be focusing on:• multiplication and

division of 2 and 3 digit numbers

• measurement conversions

• addition, subtraction and multiplication of fractions with like and unlike denominators

• how to solve multi-step story problems.

Reading We will be reading a

variety of genres including: mysteries, poetry, folktales, realistic fiction, biographies, and non-fiction.

We will be reading in a variety of ways: independently, small group literature circles, whole group instruction, paired-shared reading, choral reading and plays.

We will be incorporating the Daily 5 into our LA time.

Social Studies Mrs. Sylvester will be

your Social Studies teacher.

You will have Social Studies on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Some of the topics that you will cover are: Explorers, 13 Original Colonies and Branches of Government.

Science Mrs. Ellis will be your

Science teacher. You will be going to

Science on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Some of the topics you will cover are: Solar Systems, Body Systems, Heredity and Motion/Energy.

Grammar/Writing Some of the areas we

will be focusing on in grammar are: complete sentences and correct use of all parts of speech.

You will be writing personal narratives, research reports, book reviews, poetry, friendly letters and journal entries.

Conjunctions

Adjectives

Nouns

Verbs

Prepositions

Adverbs

Pronouns

Library Mrs. Duff is our Librarian.

She will be available to answer any questions you may have when checking out books.

You will go to Library on Tuesday.

We will be checking out Accelerated Reader books and/or book report books every week.

Please make sure you bring back all of the books you checked out on time.

Art Mrs. Snoeyer

is your Art teacher.

You have Art on Thursday at 1:55 PM

Gym Mrs. Goodwin will be

your Gym Teacher. You have Gym on

Friday at 1:55 PM. Please make sure you

have an appropriate pair of shoes to wear in the gym. You may keep a pair of gym shoes in your locker.

Technology Mrs. Hackney will be

your Technology teacher. You have Technology

Class on Monday at 9:55 a.m.

Some of the topics you will cover are: how to use Microsoft Word, Internet resources and PowerPoint when creating presentations.

Microsoft Clip Gallery

Music•? will be your Music teacher.•You have Music Class on Wednesday at 11:15 a.m.•You will be learning Patriotic songs throughout the year.

MRS. BELANGER’S CLASSROOM RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Be Respectful To Yourself and Others. (Practice Life-skills and DO NOT give Putdowns.)

2. Use Active Listening.

(Listen with your eyes, ears and heart.)

3. Be Prepared and Ready To Learn. (Follow procedures and study, study, study.)

Homework Homework Policy- Your child will have homework Monday

through Thursday. It should not take your child more than 45 minutes to

complete. Sometimes “projects” will take extra time, but we always

give the students work time to begin working on their projects and assignments.

Our purpose for nightly homework is to teach responsibility by EXPECTING it to be completed and RETURNED THE NEXT DAY.

Homework that is not returned and completed will be marked down ten percentage points each day that it is late.

Tardiness Bell rings at 8:20 a.m. Students who are not in the classroom

by 8:30 a.m. will be asked to go to the office to receive a tardy slip.

Field TripsWe will be going on the following fieldtrips throughoutthe school year: Maple Ridge One-Room School House: October 3,

2012 Seminole Shores Nursing Home: December (specific

date to be determined) Chicago: April 26, 2013 Whitecaps Game: May/June (specific date to be

determined)

Let’s Have a Great Year!